10 The Tale of Tea

THE TALE OF TEA by Shalini Vallepur

沙利尼·瓦勒普尔的《茶的故事》

HOP IN THE TEAPOT Hello! I'm Rani, and this is my food truck. It is called the Teapot because I serve the best tea around. Which tea do you want to try? MENU Black tea Green tea White tea Oolong tea Oh, no! I've run out of tea. I need to get more. Hop in the Teapot, and I'll tell you the tale of tea. THE TEAPOT

跳进茶壶里喂！我是拉妮，这是我的餐车。 之所以叫茶壶，是因为这里的茶是最好的。 你想喝哪种茶？ 红茶绿茶白茶乌龙茶哦，不！我的茶喝完了。 我需要更多。跳进茶壶里，我给你讲一个关于茶的故事。 茶壶

THE TALE OF TEA Tea plantation, Kenya Tea is grown around the world. It is grown on farms called plantations. THE TEAPOT China, India, Sri Lanka, and Kenya grow the most tea in the world Tea plantation, Vietnam Tea comes from leaves that grow on small bushes. The leaves are green and shiny.

世界各地都有茶叶种植。 它生长在被称为种植园的农场。 中国、印度、斯里兰卡和肯尼亚是世界上种植茶叶最多的国家。越南的茶叶来自生长在小灌木上的叶子。 叶子又绿又亮。

PERFECT WEATHER Tea grows best in places that are warm and get a lot of rain. This tea map shows some of the places where tea is grown. NORTH AMERICA Argentina SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA South Africa India Japan ASIA China Sri Lanka AUSTRALIA Tea plantation in Assam, India The soil that tea grows in is very important. The soil affects how the tea grows and how it will taste. Teas can be named after the places where they are grown, such as Assam and Darjeeling.

茶在温暖多雨的地方生长得最好。 这张茶叶地图显示了一些种植茶叶的地方。 北美阿根廷南美欧洲非洲南非印度日本亚洲中国斯里兰卡澳大利亚印度阿萨姆邦的茶园茶叶生长的土壤非常重要。 土壤会影响茶叶的生长和口感。 茶可以以它们生长的地方命名，比如阿萨姆邦和大吉岭。

A TEA PLANTATION THE TEAPOT We made it to the tea plantation! The leaves are ready to be harvested when the bushes reach about 3 feet (1 m) tall. Some tea plantations have houses and schools for the workers and their families. A lot of tea is grown on smaller farms.

茶园茶壶我们来到了茶园！当灌木长到3英尺（1米）高时，叶子就可以收获了。 一些茶园为工人和他们的家人建了房子和学校。 许多茶叶是在较小的农场种植的。

THE HARVEST Workers pick off the buds and two or three leaves from the top of each stem. Only a few leaves are taken from each bush so the bush keeps growing. Workers come back after a week to harvest again. The harvested leaves are placed in baskets and then taken to the factory. Big machines are sometimes used to harvest leaves, but the best tea comes from handpicked leaves. THE TEAPOT

收割工人从每根茎的顶端摘下花蕾和两三片叶子。 每棵灌木只取下几片叶子，这样灌木就能继续生长。 工人们一周后又回来收割。 收获的叶子被放在篮子里，然后被带到工厂。 有时用大型机器收割茶叶，但最好的茶叶来自于手工采摘的茶叶。 茶壶