一项偶然的发明：an accidental invention
1、你知道茶，作为世界上最受欢迎的饮料（仅次于水），是一项偶然的发明吗？
did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world(after water), was invented by accident?
2、许多人都认为大约在5000年以前就开始了饮茶。
Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,ooo years ago.
3、据说一位叫做神农的中国统治者最早发现了茶可以饮用。
it is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink.
4、一天，神农在户外的炉火上烧水。
one day shen nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.
5、茶树上有几片叶子掉入水里，过了一会。
some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time.
6、散发出怡人的香味，于是神农品尝了这褐色的水
it produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water.
7、它非常香醇。
it was quite delicious
8、就这样，世界上最受欢迎的饮料之一被发明了。
and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.
9、数千年后，“茶圣“陆羽在他的茶经一书中提到了神农。
a few thousand years later, Lu Yu , the “saint of tea” mentioned Shen nong in his book Cha jing.
10、该书描述了如何种植茶树和泡茶。
the book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea.
11、它还讨论了什么地方出产最好的茶叶，而且应该使用什么样的水来泡茶。
it also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.
12、人们认为茶是在公元6至7世纪传播到了朝鲜和日本。
it is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.
13、在英国，大约知道1660年茶才出现
in England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660.
14、但不到100年的时间里，茶已成为国饮。
but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink.
15、从中国到西方国家的茶叶贸易始于19世纪。
the tea trade from china to western countries took place in the 19th century.
16、这使得茶树和茶叶传播到世界上更多的地方，使之深受欢迎。
this helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world.
扩展资料：
invention的动词形式：invent
invent 英[ɪnˈvent] 美[ɪnˈvɛnt]
vt. 虚构; 发明，创造;
[例句]He invented the first electric clock
他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
[其他] 第三人称单数：invents 现在分词：inventing 过去式：invented过去分词：invented
