The Story Of Tea
Difficult Word's
- Consumed - सेवन
- Beverage - Liquid for drinking कोणतेही पेय
- Aromatic - Fragrant सुगंध
- Brew - to make by boiling उकळून चहा तयार करणे
- Astringent - harsh कडक
- Tropical - उष्णकटिबंधातील
- Intermediate - Coming between two मधला
- Distinctive - Making distinct भिन्नत्वदर्शक
- Antidote - a medical substance that is used to prevent a poison एखाद्या विषाचा व रोगाचा परिणाम रोपखणारे औषध
- Restorative - having the ability to restore health पुनर्संचयित
- Inscription - a thing inscribed कोरीव लेख
- Characters - signs or letters used in writing लेखनात वापरली जाणारी अक्षरे
- Specifically - Intended for one particular thing नेमकेपणाने
- Botanist - an expert in or student of the scientific study of plants वनस्पतिशास्त्रज्ञ
- Ceremonies - religious or public occasion समारंभ
- Spiritual - affecting the human spirit अध्यात्मिक
- Anniversaries - the date on which a Special event वर्धापन दिन
- Cardamom - the aromatic seeds of a plant वेलची
- Mace - dried outer cover of nutmeg जायपत्री
- Connoisseur - an expert judge in matters of taste उत्तम अभिरुची
- Relish - to enjoy the taste मोठ्या आवडीने रसास्वाद घेणे
MARGIN QUESTIONS
Q.1. How is tea the beverage made?
Answer. - Tea is made by brewing that is by infusing the tea leaves in boiling water.
Q.2. How is the tea that is packed and sold to us made?
Answer - The leaves are at first dried, curved, and processed before they are packed and sold to us.
Q.3. Where are tea estates located?
Answer - many of the word's best tea estates are located on hill slopes at an elevation of up to 1500 meters.
Q.4. Why are tea plants pruned?
Answer - the plants are pruned and kept at the height of about 3 feet to enable easy plucking of the leaves.
Q.5. What are botanical names? How are they decided?
Answer - botanical names mean scientific names. There are many species of plants in the world. For recognizing the plant by specific name throughout the world the scientific name is used. The scientific name is decided by the type of plant and its features.
Q.6. What does tea contain? What does it not contain?
Answer - Tea contains caffeine, Which gives the drink stimulating quality. It doesn't contain carbohydrates fat and proteins.
Q.7. Who was Emperor Shennong?
Answer - Emperor Shennong is the father of Chinese agriculture and medicine.
Q.8. What did he carry out for the investigations about tea?
Answer - He carried out for the investigations about tea because it was the unknown plant and it has amazing flavor.
Q.9. How did tea reach other parts of the world?
Answer - Turkish traders began to bargain for tea on the border of Mongolia. from Mongolia, it spread to Japan, Europe, and England.
Q. What is the difference between legends or stories and history?
Answer - The words legends or stories are mostly imaginary. they described some events or famous personalities in the past. History is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
Q.11. Can you guess the origin of the Marathi word 'chaha'
Answer - Chinese character 't' was first used to describe the tea. But later new character ch's was developed. It is very close to the Hindi word chi. by changing the name slightly chaha was used in Marathi.
Q.12. What is the difference between claim and fact?
Answer - The differences between claim and the fact is that claim means the statement of truth that has to be verified. And fact means reality.
Q.13. Do you have any ceremonies associated with food items?
Answer - Actually we don't have any ceremony that directly associated with food items but on some festivals, Indians prepare some special food items Puran Poli, kadhi, and some sweet food items.
Q.14. What are the good qualities of tea?
Answer - It is a healthy, enjoyable, and stimulating drink full of good qualities.
Q.15. Why are the cups only half filled in Chinese tea ceremonies?
Answer - The cups are half-filled in Chinese tea ceremonies because the Chinese believe that the rest of the cup must be filled with friendship and affection.
ENGLISH WORKSHOP
Q.1. List all the names of geographical places mentioned in the passage.
Darjeeling, Assam, Bhutan, Northeast India, Upper Bramhaputra valley, Nilgiris.
Q.2. Make smaller words using the letters in the given words.
- Actually - Act, Tally, Cut, All, Tall.
- Refreshing - Refer, Sing, Shine, Fresh, Rise.
- Immediately - Idea, Made, Tail, Media, Edit.
- Investigation - In, On, Vest, Sting, Go, Ton.
- Meditation - Media, Diet, Donate, Tea, In, On.
- Enjoyable - Able, Enjoy, Joy, No, An, Able.
- Loneliness - Lone. Ill, Lion, Son Line, One.
- Friendship - Friend, Ship, Dish, End, Ring.
Q.3. From the passage copy correctly three s that begin with 'How'
- How did tea first come to India?
- How and when did people first begin to drink tea?
- How did this magical beverage get its name?
Q.4. Find out the meaning of the following from a good dictionary.
- Infusion - Act or keeping something in a liquid for some time.
- Inscription - Letter/ Words carved on something or stone.
- Connoisseur - Expert judge
- Restorative - Able to bring back health.
- Radicals - Fundamental.
Q.5. List the words related to agriculture, chemistry from the passage.
- Agriculture - Leaves, Shoots, Plants, Botanical name, tropical, climate.
- Chemistry - Aroma, Flavour, Taste, free radicals, antioxidants.
Q.6. Complete the following sentences with the help of passage.
- Camellia sinensis is an evergreen plant that grows in a tropical and subtropical climate.
- The teas we buy are usually classified according to their leaf size.
- In many countries around the world, tea drinking is an important social occasion.
- Our body produces chemicals called free radicals.
Q.7. Prepare a flow chart to show the growth and journey of tea from the plantation to our homes, Use information from the lesson.
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