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Student 4: There is an unusual utensil required there are two people having tea and sweets.
during the Japanese tea ceremony: a whisk. I picture them chatting in a cozy living room.
Student 1: What is it for? Student 2: In Japan the tea ceremony, as the
Student 4: To beat the mixture and make it frothy. name suggests, is reverential. The five people
Student 3: The rest of the utensils are quite invited are extremely grateful and they show
similar among the cultures, as they all use a respect to the host in every movement. It is a
spoon and a container to drink the tea. It can be quite formal affair. There are schools to learn
either a cup (used in the UK, Russia and Mexico) how to make tea the proper way, how to bow
or a bowl (in Japan). and how to drink it. You can see the elegant
Student 2: We found that the container is related movements and the ceremonial environment.
to how people drink tea. Cups are to be used I find it fascinating.
individually, but bowls are used for all attending Student 1: What can we conclude?
to the tea ceremony. All guests drink from the Student 3: That tea represents much more
same one. They want to highlight the value of than just a hot beverage. Each culture portrays
the community. its values while drinking it and each is just as
Student 4: In Russia something similar happens. interesting, important and fascinating as
Even though each person has their own cup, the other.
they relate drinking tea to the fact of sharing a Student 1: Very well. Now, who would like some
meal in a familiar environment. That is why they tea?
use the samovar, which contains large quantities
of the hot beverage, ready for anyone.
Student 3: Yes, I really like that part. So we can PRACTICE 9
find Russian families drinking cup after cup
without stopping the conversation to make
more tea. TRACK 49 (Practice 9, Activity 1)
Student 1: What other values did you recognize
in the essays? Ana: Do you agree with the idea that defending
Student 2: I believe Mexicans mainly drink tea yourself is a right?
to find some comfort or as a cure for some Luis: Why… I don’t know… it depends...
diseases, as we’ve discussed. When they have a Ana: I heard defending yourself is a human right.
stomachache they will make some chamomile tea. Pedro: If you are subjected to injustice, you have
Student 4: The British are more practical, they the right to defend yourself.
make tea to drink on their own, while working. Luis: Ana, where did you hear it was a human
It is a quick and easy affair. Of course, they can right?
invite someone to tea, so we can say they either Ana: A friend of my mom’s told her. She’s a
drink it alone or with guests. But what I find most human rights activist.
interesting is that they import tea. Thus, we can Luis: Oh! So it may actually be a human right;
read about the British Empire between the lines. however, I think we should look it up.
Student 1: What do you mean?
Student 4: Well, Orwell states that the best tea is TRACK 50 (Practice 9, Activity 4)
Indian or Ceylonese. He talks about Chinese tea,
as well. He refers to the different materials the Statement 1: I will read the bibliography at the
utensils are made from and how they all come end of a few books and search for the books I
from different parts of the world. The only British find listed there.
ingredient involved is milk! So we can imply that Statement 2: I will write down information from
they got all the things surrounding tea from books about a specific subject. Then, I will read
the colonies. that information carefully and take some notes.
Student 1: That is quite interesting. What can Statement 3: I will look for opinions about an
you say about the other cultures and how they issue in newspapers and compare them.
drink tea? Statement 4: I will look at my class notes to write
Student 3: Russians have it all day, but from what the key points of what I have not.
we read, I believe they drink tea in company, so

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