论英国下午茶文化分析研究 文化英语管理专业

Acknowledgments My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to Professor Lu Chunmei, my supervisor, for her constant encouragement and guidance. She has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis, given me suggestions on the topic and encourage me to finish the thesis. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis could not finish successfully. Second, I extend my thanks to Professor Li Qiang and every teacher who has helped me with useful suggestions on the structure in his class. Besides, my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help, encourage and time in listening to me and helping me work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis.AbstractTea is not only a kind of drink, but also a culture and a spirit. Referring to the tea culture, the first country that emerges in people's minds is often China. Indeed, China is the largest tea producer in the world, so there is rich and special tea culture in China. With the development of history, tea culture has been developed and promoted and it was given a profound cultural connotation. However, because of the different origins and ways of drinking, the connotations of tea culture are also very different. Britain is the largest tea consuming country in the world and the British Low Tea culture gets a new height with the British unique historical background and customs although tea culture originated in China. British Low Tea culture is one of the British landmark features, with noble and elegant temperament. It profo...