Some facts about tea 课文翻译

Tea isthe most popular drink in the world after water.除了水，茶是世界上最受欢迎的饮料了。There are thousands of different kinds of tea.茶的品种成千上万All tea comes from the leaves and buds of the tea plant.所有的茶都是茶树的叶子和嫩芽做成的After picking the leaves and buds,the farmers process them into black tea,oolong tea,green tea or white tea.叶子和嫩芽采来以后茶农把它们加工成红茶（注意翻译成红茶不是黑茶，乌龙茶，绿茶或白茶

Black tea was invented in China in the Ming Dynasty as a way to keep tea fresh为了让茶保持新鲜，我国在明代就发明了红茶.As tea has to travel a long way to reach places such as the UK,Canada and Australia,因为把茶运到英国加拿大，澳大利亚要经过很远的路途Westerners drink mostly black tea.

西方人喝的最多的是红茶However, the majority of the world drinks green tea.Herbal tea is not really tea.但是世界上大部分人喝绿茶。药茶不是真正的茶It mainly contains herbs,fruits,spices,but no leaves must come from this plant.

它包含的主要是草药，果子，香料，没有茶树的叶子

All tea naturally contains caffeine.所有的茶含有天然咖啡因Caffeine is in the tea leaves.咖啡因存在于茶叶中Decaffeinated tea is regular tea(usually green or black),but people have processed it to take away the caffeine.不含咖啡因的茶就是普通茶（常喝的绿茶或红茶)人们在加工时就去除了其中的咖啡因

In recent years,organic tea has also become popular.近年来有机茶也越来越受欢迎It is tastier and healthier.它口感更好也，更健康However,usually it costs more than non-organic tea.但它一般比非有机茶要贵This is because the size of the tea crop is often smaller.因为这种茶的茶树通常比非有机茶的茶树矮小