1. Муниципальное бюджетное общеобразовательное учреждение
Лицей №4 г.Данков Липецкой области
Лицейское научное общество
«СИНЯЯ ПТИЦА»
Конкурс исследовательских работ
«Первые шаги в науку»
Секция «Лингвистика»
Тема проекта:
«The Tradition of Tea Drinking in Great Britain and in Russia»
Авторы проекта:
Авдеева Анастасия Черных Алёна
10В класс
Руководитель:
Черных Наталия Ивановна учитель английского языка
г.Данков
2017

2. Content Hypothesis Tea in England Tea in Russia Attitude to tea
Tea proverbs and idioms
Conclusion
Resources

3. Hypothesis
Tradition of tea drinking is important for both our countries .

4. History of Tea Appearance
Tea in England
History of Tea Appearance
English tea drinking traditions have a long history. Tea was brought to England in the 17th century by a Portuguese princess, who married king Charles II of England and has been popular in the country ever since.

5. When the first clippers began to bring tea to England from China and India, it was very expensive. The reason was that the members of the church called it a “sinful drink” because it was coming from a non-Christian country.

6. There are two kinds of tea: «afternoon tea» is taken at about five o’clock, but can hardly be called a meal.

7. A «high tea» is between 5 and 6 o’clock
A «high tea» is between 5 and 6 o’clock. It usually consists of ham or tongue, tomatoes salad or sausage with strong tea, bread and butter, cream and a cake.

8. However, from the 18th century tea began to be used by the common people too.

9. Tea was lighter and easier to transport than gin and brandy, small sacks of tea were easy to hide under clothes, so it was very profitable for tea-smugglers.

10. Traditional tea time
Traditional tea time in English is late afternoon when world-famous 5 o’clock tea is served.

11. Five o’clock tea is a ceremony, a work of art
Five o’clock tea is a ceremony, a work of art. It is not only about a perfect combination of the tablecloth, the napkins, the flowers, the vases and the tea sets. It means a certain way of behaving and talking too.

12. Anna, Duchess of Bedford, can be credited for creating the tradition of afternoon tea. She would become hungry during the afternoon in the long hours between breakfast and dinner. She began asking her servants to bring her some sweets and a cup of tea to ward away her hunger.

13. Afternoon tea also gave way to another favorite tradition: the creation of tea gardens. Tea gardens were quiet places, created specially for taking in afternoon tea, with beautiful flowers, herbs and quaint outdoor furniture.

14. Today tea gardens are not as popular as they once were but one can still stumble across many throughout the countryside.

15. In England today the tradition of afternoon tea continues on at home, in upscale hotels, in department stores and even in the small neighborhood cafes and tea rooms founded in every town.

16. But tea is also drunk in the morning and during the day because the English believe it helps to be healthy.

17. Kinds of Tea in Britain
There are a lot of traditional tea-rooms in England, where ideally you should not ask for a cup of tea, but say you want an Earl Grey or an English Breakfast because you should drink your teas according to how you are feeling.

18. For example English Breakfast is a strong tea which fills you with energy. And Prince of Wales or Earl Grey are more relaxing. Green teas are very refreshing, very light and good after meals.

19. Tea is traditionally served with lemon or milk
Tea is traditionally served with lemon or milk. Tea used to be drunk black without anything in it. But as people became more in a hurry they added milk to drink it more quickly.

20. The essence of tea-drinking has not changed
The essence of tea-drinking has not changed. Tea is drunk with milk, usually from china cups. The atmosphere is more important than quality of the food and the tea.

21. Finally, tea should not be drunk in a hurry and should be accompanied by friendly conversation.

22. The emergence of tea in Russia
History of Russian tea-drinking ceremony has begun in 1638 when Russian Tsar Michael Fedorovich got special diplomatic gift from Altyun-Khan ruler of Mongolia.

23. Tea became available in Russia in the 17th century, brought by the caravans of traders on camels who would make the cross-continent journey from China.

24. This journey took almost an entire year to complete, resulting in tea being quite expensive and only available to the aristocratic class for many years.

25. Everything changed in 1880. Tea became widely available and was embraced by all social classes.

26. What is the samovar?
What is the samovar? In the Dictionary of Russian it is spoken: " Samovar - the metal device for boiling waters with a furnace inside, filled coals “. In the explanatory Dictionary of alive great Russian language of V.I.Dalj (SPB - M., 1912г., т.4) it is said: " the Samovar - water-heating for tea a vessel, Copper with pipe and brazier inside "

27. Around the 17th century the samovar was introduced in Russia, and became the centerpiece of any Russian household rich or poor.

28. The samovar was a large decorative urn made from copper or silver which could hold a large quantity of water.

29. The child can even use a samovar - water is poured, fuel is pawned and the set fire chip falls to a pipe. In crude weather or at wet fuel the samovar needs to be inflated.

30. The samovar was the central symbol of the Russian tea ceremony.

31. Russian tradition of tea drinking
Well-known, that tea has come to Russia from the East. It does not signify that before Russia drank only vodka.

32. In the past Russian tea party was quite picturesque and colorful that is why it became an often subject of painting on lacquer boxes, trays, porcelain pieces .

33. Frank conversation directly with the interlocutor and furthermore with several interlocutors always is combined psychologically. It includes some topics and there are as a rule some age groups – from children up to great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers at the table.

34. There are some rules to prepare good tea
There are some rules to prepare good tea. They say that water should be boiled till "sparkling boiling" when first air bubbles appeared.

35. Often tea is served with slices of lemon
Often tea is served with slices of lemon. The whole world considers tea with lemon a Russian invention — this combination is often referred to ‘Russian tea’. Thus, lemon is a necessary attribute of the Russian tea table.

36. Attitude to tea
We asked our classmates and teachers about their habits of tea drinking . Now we know that most of our teachers and students prefer black tea.
Attitude to tea interviewing students

37. Tea proverbs and idioms
The British drink their afternoon tea round the fire in winter and out in the garden on sunny summer days. The British have many tea proverbs and idioms.
1. Husband's tea.
2. Reading the tea-leaves.
3. Not for all the tea in China.
4. Easy as tea-drinking.
5. Make the cup run over.
6. My cake is dough.
7. Kiss the cup.

38. Russian proverbs about tea.
1.Чай попил - орлом летаю, водку пью - свиньёй лежу.
2. За чаем не скучаешь – по три чашки выпиваешь.
3. Чай не пить – на свете не жить.
4. Самовар кипит – уходить не велит.
5. Пей чай – удовольствие получай.
6. Выпей чайку – позабудешь тоску.

39. Conclusion
People from different countries like tea. They follow their own traditions of tea drinking and try to keep their traditions. Traditions are very important for all countries because they keep our history and make us individual.

40. Resources
Майол Энтони, Милстед Дэвид. «Эти странные англичане»,Эгмонт, Россия Лтд, 1999
Налбандян Зураб «Чаепитие у королевы. В начале XXI века» в Британии», Время 2007
Офф Хайнц «Инструкция АО применению», Аякс пресс, 2006http://narody.ru/video-topiki-dlya￾shkolnikov-tea.html
wikipedia. org/wiki/ Russian_tea_culture
Shop samovar.com.ru/trad.html
tea company.com/russian_tea_history.php
festival.ru/statiy/page3.php

41. Thank you for attention!