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afternoon tea/ 下午茶/ (xiàwǔ chá)

A: China's tea culture has a long history. Do you like to drink tea?

中国饮茶文化历史悠久,你喜欢喝茶吗？

(zhōnɡɡuó yǐnchá wénhuà lìshǐ yōujiǔ, nǐ xǐhuān hēchá ma?)

B: I really do like it. I've even researched it. 

我很喜欢,对此我还专门做过研究。

(wǒ hěnxǐhuān, duìcǐ wǒhái zhuānmén zuòɡuò yánjiū.)

A: China's tea tradition can be traced back to more than 3,000 years BC, but the concept of afternoon tea didn't appear until the 17th century in England.

中国饮茶的传统可以追溯到公元前3000多年,但下午茶的概念却是到17世纪才在英国出现的。

(zhōnɡɡuó yǐnchá de chuántǒnɡ kěyǐ zhuīsù dào ɡōnɡyuánqián sanqian duōnián, dàn xiàwǔchá de ɡàiniàn quèshì dào shiqi shìjì cáizài yīnɡɡuó chūxiàn de.)

B: As cultural exchange between the East and West deepened, the tradition of afternoon tea slowly entered China. 

随着东西文化交流的加深,下午茶的传统逐渐进入中国。

(suízhe dōnɡxī wénhuà jiāoliúde jiāshēn, xiàwǔ chá de chuántǒnɡ zhújiàn jìnrù zhōnɡɡuó.)

A: Yup. To date, afternoon tea has slowly become more fashionable in the country, especially in the regions of Guangdong and Fujian.

没错。如今,下午茶在国内日渐流行,尤其是在广东和福建地区。

(méicuò.rújīn, xiàwǔchá zài ɡuónèi rìjiàn liúxínɡ, yóuqí shì zài ɡuǎnɡdōnɡ hé fújiàn dìqū. )

B: Speaking of the Guangdong province, Cantonese morning tea and dim sum are also famous. 

说到广东,广式早茶和点心也十分有名。

(shuōdào ɡuǎnɡdōnɡ, ɡuǎnɡshì zǎochá hé diǎnxīn yě shífēn yǒumínɡ.)

photo/illustration: Liu Xidan/Global Times