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1、AnelegantafternoonteaRomanticBritainOnesunnydaymorning,Ifoundabooknamed"AfternoonTea"whenIfoolingaroundinthelibrary.TheBritishstylecoverofthebookattractedmyattention.Ipickedthebookandfoundachairnearthewindow.Thesunlightstreamedinthroughthewindow,likealigh
2、tmusicsinginginaquiethouse,warmandpeaceful.Thewordsaresimplebutelegant.AtthetimeIheardtheassignment,"AfternoonTea"immediatelyjumpedintomymind・SoIchoseitformytopic・Britain,thesameasChina,isabigcountryofdrinkingtea,buteachofthemalsohasuniquefeaturesandrepre
3、sentstheteaculturesbetweentheeastandthewest.InChina,peoplesamplethefragranceofthetea,whileinBritain,therewillbemuchmorecomplicated・Peopleaddmilkandsugarintheteaandalsoenjoytheteawiththedessert.Britishspendalotoftimeondrinkingtea,and"afternoontea"hasalread
4、ybecomethesymboloftheelegantlifestyleoftheBritish.Britishstartedtodrinkteainabout1650,andinthelateseventeenthcentury,theoutlineoftheteadrinkingformed,andintheearlynineteenthcentury,"afternoontea"appeared.ThefirstpersonwhoenjoytheafternoonteawasAnnaBedford
5、VII,aduchesswhoknewhowtoenjoythelifeinVictoria'stime.Atthattime,peopleofupperclassusuallyhadsupperataroundeighto'clockintheevening.ButAnnabegantofeelhungryatroundfouro'clockintheafternoon.Thishadleftheralongtimeoffourhours・Therefore,shetoldtheservanttobri
6、ngatrayoftea,bread,butterandcaketoherroomduringthelateafternoon.Shebecametodiscovertheafternoonteaisakindofsowonderfuldessertthatshebegantoinviteherfriendstoherroomtojoinherteaparty.Afternoonteawassoonfavoredbymostwomen,becausetheythenhavereasonstogettoge
7、therandkillingtheleisuretime・AfterAnna'slaunchoftheafternoontea,womenoftheupperclassdidthesameintheirhomeanditlaterbecameafashionablesocialevent,providingaplaceforpeopletomeetnewfriendsandgetnewinformation.Thetraditionalafternoonteausuallycontainsateapoto
8、ftea,severalteacups,silverspoonsandanoriginalroomorparties・ThisstartedattheVictoriatimeandcontinuedtillnow.Generally,hostesswillmaketheteafortheguestsandsometimestheoldestdaughterwillhelptotreattheguestsaswell.Andof
