大多数英国人喜欢喝茶。英国人每年要喝掉占世界产量1／4的茶叶。他们是世界上最厉害的饮茶者。许多英国人一天至少要在八次不同的场合喝茶。他们在两餐之间喝茶，也在就餐中喝茶。他们在床上喝早茶——有些喝早茶的人将闹钟与自动煮茶机设定在一起。他们也会在客厅或花园里喝

Most people in Britain like drinking tea. Britons drink a quarter of all the tea grown in the world each year. They are the world’s greatest tea drinkers. Many of them drink it on at least eight different occasions during the day. They drink it between meals and at meals. They drink early-morning tea in bed. Some morning tea drinkers have automatic tea-making machines connected to their alarm clocks. They also drink afternoon tea in their sitting-room or in their gardens.