Did you know that tea，the most popular drink in the world（after water），was invented by accident？Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5000 years ago.It is said that a Chinese ruler（統(tǒng)治者） called Shen Nong was the first to discover（發(fā)現(xiàn)） tea as a drink.One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and was kept there for some time.It smelt nice so he tasted the brown water.It was quite delicious，and so，the world's favorite drinks was invented.
   A few thousand years later，Lu Yu talked about Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing.
   It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.In England，tea started to be sees around 1660，but in less than 100 years，it had become the popular drink.The tea trade from China to Western countries began to develop.jye.ai the 19th century.This helped to spread the culture of tea and the tea plant to many places around the world.Even though many people now know about the culture of tea，the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.

The History of Tea
50 centuries ago	Tea was（1） invented invented by accident.
During the 6th and 7th centuries	Tea was brought to Korea and Japan.
Around the 8th century	Lu Yu（2） wrote wrote a book about tea.
Around the（3） seventeenth/17th seventeenth/17th century	Tea（4） appeared appeared in England.
In the 19th century	The tea（5） trade trade from China to Western countries began to develop.