Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему Британские чайные традиции

the 1660s by King Charles II and his wife the Portuguese Infanta Catherine de Braganza, but the concept of ‘afternoon tea’ first appeared only in the middle of the 19th century.

of Bedford, in the year 1840

- strong tea. This rule came from the fact that the British were afraid to spoil white porcelain cups with strong tea. Fine porcelain cups seemed so thin and fragile that the British were afraid to damage them. So first they poured milk into a cup, and then the hot tea.

the morning
The first breakfast - about eight o’clock
At eleven or twelve o’clock it is time to “lunch”
The middle of the working day – “tea break”
At five o'clock in the evening - «five-o'clock tea»

my cup of tea.
Teaching children to read is just my cup of tea.

It's not my cup of tea.
Hip-Hop is definitely not my cup of tea.

the most used idioms with the word “tea”

Not for all the tea in China
I would not wear this ugly skirt for all the tea in China.
To be as good as a chocolate teapot
The new diet you've advised me is as good as a chocolate teapot.