早安英文 第578期:tea居然不是茶? 又被刷新了认知!

 

I thought we could talk about English tea first! Do you all love and drink lots of tea?

我们先聊聊英国茶！你们都很爱喝茶吗？

How would you like it? / How do you take it?

有什么要求？

Can I have my tea with milk and one sugar please?

可以给我来一杯茶加奶，一颗糖。

Can I have my tea with no milk and two sugars?

可以给我来杯茶不要奶，要两颗糖。

Can I have my tea with extra milk and three sugars?

我可以要一杯茶，多奶，三颗糖。

Builders tea = no sugar and very little milk

没有糖，一点点奶的茶

关于tea的表达：

not my cup of tea

不是我的菜（不喜欢某样东西或人）

That album¹ is not my cup of tea.

这个专辑不合我胃口。

Storm in a teacup

没什么大不了

This is just a storm in a teacup.

这没什么大不了的。

tea time = dinner time

吃晚餐

Tea and sympathy² = You are going to listen to a person with yourheart. Give them some attention!

用心倾听某人

Not for all the tea in China!

天大的好处我也不同意！

1 album   

n.集子，粘贴集，影集，邮集，歌曲集

参考例句：

• The photos belong in an album.这些照片应该放在相册里。
• Will you look over his album?你要不要去看看他的歌集唱片？

2 sympathy   

n.同情，赞同，同感，慰问，吊唁

参考例句：

• He felt great sympathy for these people.他很同情这些人。
• Sympathy is his best quality.同情心是他最好的品质。