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How can you receive a guest and leave room for their preferences?
This lesson introduces sharing within Chinese tea practices. The fictional visit does not prescribe one drink or one serving rule for everyone.
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Lin welcomes her new neighbor, Sam, at the door.
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林在门口迎接新邻居萨姆。
She offers him tea or water and waits for his answer.
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她问他要茶还是水，然后等他回答。
Sam says, “Water, please. I do not drink tea in the evening.”
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萨姆说：“请给我水。我晚上不喝茶。”
Lin brings a clean cup and sits down with her guest.
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林拿来一个干净的杯子，和客人一起坐下。
They talk about the places they grew up in.
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他们聊起各自长大的地方。
This is one imagined visit, not a rule for every home.
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这是一次虚构的来访，不是每个家庭都要遵守的规矩。
neighbor — someone living nearby
grew up — spent the years of childhood
Why does Sam choose water?
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Main scenario
A friend visits your home for the first time. You have tea and water; you are the host.
Ask about a drink preference, respond to a refusal, and explain your own hosting choice.
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Log in to practiseUNESCO describes drinking and sharing as parts of China’s tea-related practices.
Traditional Tea Processing Techniques and Associated Social Practices In China
Is there a similar or different practice in your life? You may invent an example or skip this question.
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