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Tea Time

Date: Mar 07 2008

Themes: Food

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

One thing that almost every culture has some version of is tea. It’s just so nice to drink something warm with a soft flavor. Tea has a little caffeine in it, but not enough to keep you up or make you wired. A lot of teas are good for you too.

There’s a tea for almost every occasion: breakfast, dessert, bedtime. But sometimes there’s no occasion. You just want some tea. Watch Amanda and Marni decide which kind of tea to drink today.

3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.

Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Amanda

Marni

Amanda: So, I am so sorry it’s cold in here, but I think I have something that might warm you up. I’ve got some tea selections.

Marni: I guess you do. I love tea.

Amanda: Me too. It’s the new coffee.

Marni: The new coffee you think? I guess it’s always been the new coffee for me because I don’t like it.

Amanda: It’s easier on your stomach. It’s about a third of the cost. You might not look as cool walking around with a little tea bag…

Marni: I never worry about looking cool.

Amanda: Oh, you don’t? I do a little bit. But if I get a Starbuck’s tea, I’ll usually tuck that tag in there.

Marni: Oh wow.

Amanda: Looks like a cup of joe.

Marni: I never tuck. So, yeah, these are very nice assortments. I’m a big fan of peppermint tea, very good for the stomach if you’re not feeling well. Chamomile, really relaxing…

Amanda: ...if you’re a little stressed out.

Marni: But today I’m going to with the spice rooibos ruby red chai that sounds very exotic.

Amanda: Sugar? Cream?

Marni: No just straight.

Amanda: Splenda?

Marni: No.

Amanda: Straight up?

Marni: Just straight up. Thanks, my throat…

Amanda: I’ll be back in a jif, OK?

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Discussion

Amanda apologizes that her house is a little cold, but offers Marni some tea to warm her up. She sits down next to her with more boxes of tea than she can carry!

Amanda and Marni both like tea, but Amanda thinks it’s cooler to drink coffee. Sometimes she disguises her tea as coffee in order to look cool.

Marni looks at the different kinds of tea and chooses the one that sounds the most exotic to her. Amanda gets up to make it for her and Marni says she’d like the tea plain.

What sort of tea is there in your country? Do you put sugar or cream or anything in it? Did you notice the Turkish tea that shows up in our wedding video?

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devlet

Tuvalu

ı do like tea especially turkish tea.ıt isgood for health

status-quo

Russian Federation

as for me, i like cold black or green tea as well as hot one))) believe me cold tea is great))) in russia people like coffee more than tea…especcialy in the morning))

AShakeel

India

good. reply to my message.

strongatmaca

Turkey

people drink tea every time of the day in turkey ı drink tea every morning

ealla

China

good.Tea also can make you keep fit.

AShakeel

India

Hi, write me in detail.

yucie

Malaysia

i love tea….

behnnam

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

hi there

we also drink a lot of tea every day in Iran, it is one of the constant items in any parties held in my country. even so, coffees are becoming quite common here as well. briefly speaking, drinking cofee gives you a feeling of being an upper class person, despite that you can not ignore tea for a long time,

cheers

Pooh8x

Viet Nam

i like tea espcially peach tea . In my country people always make tea when they have guests. only with a cup of tea , people can talk to each other all the time.I think tea is a kind of culture.

yucie

Malaysia

tea is good..

yucie

Malaysia

tea contains caffeine that make us awake.

it also good for our health.

deeqbaari

Somalia

before the breakfast and the afternoon

Min Soo

South Korea

I love a tea, but I don't dring a tea many times. I think I drink a tea when I come down with a cold. I am a big fan of chysanthemum tea, by the way!!

m25

China

tea is cool and useful.different tea has fifferent function,not only keeping you awake,some can take you to a sweet sleep.i don't drink it much,but i live in a enveroment that evertbody love it.so tea isn't a kinda something fulfill my thirsty but a culture.

WillXie

China

I like tea! It’s a good drink.

moojuker

South Korea

When I have cup of coffee,

I have trouble with my stomach.

So, these days, I enjoy Green Tee.^^

After drinking this, I feel good better than before.

prince charming

China

i like tea as much as my grandfather. it was he who taught me to enjoy tea.now i am out studying. either am i far from tea,but him.i like tea and i like him!

Hector Camo.

Guatemala

sorry i don´t drink a black tea, only sourse tea….

Hector Camo.

Guatemala

oh…really, really i don´t like tea. well talking about tea there are two kind of teas: 1. black tea, and 2. sours tea some times when i have im gonna drink it, but only sours teas for example orange sour tea, lemon tea, etc. but black tea not because contain cafein and its bad for our body…..