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茶包的故事

The Story of the Tea Bag · HSK 3 Chinese story

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有些 发明 是 偶然 出现 的, 茶包 就是 这样。Some inventions appear by accident, and the tea bag is one of them.

1908 年 左右, 纽约 有 一 个 茶 商人 想 省钱。Around 1908 a tea merchant in New York wanted to save money.

他 把 茶叶 放 在 小 丝绸 袋子 里 寄 给 客人。He put tea leaves in small silk bags and sent them to customers.

客人 以为 要 把 袋子 直接 放进 热水 里。The customers thought they should put the bags straight into hot water.

他们 试 了 试, 觉得 很 方便, 就 要 买 更 多。They tried it, found it convenient, and wanted to buy more.

后来, 人们 用 纸 代替 了 丝绸。Later, people replaced the silk with paper.

现在, 全 世界 每天 都 用 很多 茶包。Now the whole world uses many tea bags every day.

Words in this story

发明
invention
是
to be
偶然
by chance
出现
to appear
茶包
tea bag
就是
exactly; just
年
year
左右
around (a number)
有
to have; there is
茶
tea
商人
merchant
想
to want; to think
省钱
to save money
茶叶
tea leaves
放
to put
在
to be at; at; in (doing)
小
small; little
丝绸
silk
袋子
bag
里
inside
寄
to send by post
客人
guest
以为
to think (wrongly)
要
to take (time); to want
直接
directly
放进
to put into
热水
hot water
试
to try
觉得
to feel; to think
很
very
方便
convenient
就
then; right away
买
to buy
更
more
多
more; a lot
后来
later
人们
people
用
to use
纸
paper
代替
to replace
现在
now
全
all; completely
世界
world
每天
every day
都
all; always
很多
many; a lot of

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