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Did tea and beer bring about industrialisation? A. Alan Macfarlane thinks he could rewrite history. The professor of anthropological science at King’s College, Cambridge has, like other historians, spent decades trying to understand the enigma of the Industrial Revolution. Why did this particular important event - the world-changing birth of industry happen in Britain? And why did it happen at the end of the 18th century? B. Macfarlane compares the question to a puzzle. He claims that there were about 20 different factors and all of them needed to be present before the revolution could happen. The chief conditions are to be found in history textbooks. For industry to ‘take off, there needed to be the technology and power to drive factories, large urban populations to provide cheap labour, easy transport to move goods around, an affluent middle-class willing to buy mass produced objects, a market-driven economy, and a political system that allowed this to happen. While this was the case for England, other nations, such as Japan, Holland and France also met some of these criteria. All these factors must have been necessary but not sufficient to cause the revolution. Holland had everything except coal, while China also had many of these factors. Most historians, however, are convinced that one or two missing factors are needed to solve the puzzle. C. The missing factors, he proposes, are to be found in every kitchen cupboard. Tea and beer, two of the nation’s favourite drinks, drove the revolution. Tannin, the active ingredient in tea, and hops, used in making beer, both contain antiseptic properties. This, plus the fact that both are made with boiled water, helped prevent epidemics of waterborne diseases, such as dysentery, in densely populated urban areas. D. Historians had noticed one interesting factor around the mid-18th century that required explanation. Between about 1650 and 1740, the population was static. But then there was a burst in population. The infant mortality rate halved in the space of 20 years, and this happened in both rural areas and cities, and across all classes. Four possible causes have been suggested. There could have been a sudden change in the viruses and bacteria present at that time, but this is unlikely. Was there a revolution in medical science? But this Access https://ieltsonlinetests.com for more practices page 6 was a century before Lister introduced antiseptic surgery. Was there a change in environmental conditions? There were improvements in agriculture that wiped out malaria, but these were small gains. Sanitation did not become widespread until the 19th century. The only option left was food. But the height and weight statistics show a decline. So the food got worse. Efforts to explain this sudden reduction in child deaths appeared to draw a blank. E. This population burst seemed to happen at just the right time to provide labour for the Industrial Revolution. But why? When the Industrial Revolution started, it was economically efficient to have people crowded together forming towns and cities. But with crowded living conditions comes disease, particularly from human waste. Some research in the historical records revealed that there was a change in the incidence of waterborne disease at that time, especially dysentery. Macfarlane deduced that whatever the British were drinking must have been important in controlling disease. They drank beer and ale. For a long time, the English were protected by the strong antibacterial agent in hops, which were added to make beer last. But in the late 17th century a tax was introduced on malt. The poor turned to water and gin, and in the 1720s the mortality rate began to rise again. Then it suddenly dropped again. What was the cause? F. Macfarlane looked to Japan, which was also developing large cities about the same time, and also had no sanitation. Waterborne diseases in the Japanese population were far fewer than those in Britain. Could it be the prevalence of tea in their culture? That was when Macfarlane thought about the role of tea in Britain. The history of tea in Britain provided an extraordinary coincidence of dates. Tea was relatively expensive until Britain started direct trade with China in the early 18th century. By the 1740s, about the time that infant mortality was falling, the drink was common. Macfarlane guesses that the fact that water had to be boiled, together with the stomach-purifying properties of tea so eloquently described in Buddhist texts, meant that the breast milk provided by mothers was healthier than it had ever been. No other European nation drank tea so often as the British, which, by Macfarlane’s logic, pushed the other nations out of the race for the Industrial Revolution. G. But, if tea is a factor in the puzzle, why didn’t this cause an industrial revolution in Japan? Macfarlane notes that in the 17th century, Japan had large cities, high literacy rates and even a futures market. However, Japan decided against a work-based revolution, by giving up labour-saving devices, even animals, to avoid putting people out of work. Astonishingly, the nation that we now think of as one of the most technologically advanced, entered the 19th century having almost abandoned the wheel. While Britain was undergoing the Access https://ieltsonlinetests.com for more practices page 7 Industrial Revolution, Macfarlane notes wryly, Japan was undergoing an industrious one. H. The Cambridge academic considers the mystery solved. He adds that he thinks the UN should encourage aid agencies to take tea to the world’s troublespots, along with rehydration sachets and food rations
第1轮对话迭代
User_SUN
你是负责教授雅思英语的陈教授: 现在， 协助我完成以下学习任务，给出中文提示，涉及原文字段使用英文: task1协助我完成段落大意理解 让我们一段一段来，你应当给出中文提示和需要理解的原文，不生成图片，每一段都给我详细的单词表和中文提示
Gemini_AI
你好！我是负责雅思教学的陈教授。很高兴能协助你备考。雅思阅读（IELTS Reading）的核心能力之一就是快速把握段落大意（Skimming for Main Ideas）。
既然你是理科生，我们不妨把理解文章看作是“解题”：每一段都在提供线索或设定条件。
我们按照你的要求，一段一段来。首先来看 Paragraph A。
📚 Paragraph A 重点词汇表
在阅读之前，先扫清一下这一段的拦路虎：
Rewrite history (phrase): 重写历史（指改变人们对历史事件的既定认知）。
Anthropological science [ˌænθrəpəˈlɒdʒɪkəl saɪəns] (n.): 人类学（研究人类社会、文化发展的科学）。
Enigma [ɪˈnɪɡmə] (n.): 谜，谜团，令人费解的事物。
Industrial Revolution (n.): 工业革命（18世纪末至19世纪初的工业化进程）。
World-changing (adj.): 改变世界的。
📖 原文片段 (Paragraph A)
A. Alan Macfarlane thinks he could rewrite history. The professor of anthropological science at King’s College, Cambridge has, like other historians, spent decades trying to understand the enigma of the Industrial Revolution. Why did this particular important event - the world-changing birth of industry happen in Britain? And why did it happen at the end of the 18th century?
💡 陈教授的引导提问
这一段通常是雅思阅读文章的“引入段”（Introduction）。它没有给出结论，而是提出了问题。
请你根据这段文字，用中文回答我：
除了介绍 Alan Macfarlane 教授的身份，这段话主要指出了他想要解开关于“工业革命”的哪两个具体疑问？（提示：请关注段落末尾的问句）
第2轮对话迭代
User_SUN
工业革命为何发生在英国？ 工业革命为何发生在 18 世纪末？
Gemini_AI
回答得非常精准！🎯
没错，这段话的核心就是提出了这两个关键的时空维度问题：
地点：为何偏偏是英国？
时间：为何偏偏是18世纪末？
带着这两个疑问，我们进入 Paragraph B。这一段开始分析现有的解释，并指出了其中的逻辑漏洞。
📚 Paragraph B 重点词汇表
这段话里有几个逻辑性很强的词，理科生应该会很眼熟：
Take off (phrasal verb): (经济/工业) 起飞，腾飞。
Affluent [ˈæfluənt] (adj.): 富裕的，富足的 (synonym: wealthy)。
Market-driven economy (n.): 市场导向型经济。
Criteria [kraɪˈtɪərɪə] (n.): 标准，准则 (criterion 的复数形式)。
Sufficient [səˈfɪʃnt] (adj.): 充分的，足够的。
- _注意文中的逻辑搭配：necessary but not sufficient (必要但不充分)_。
Urban [ˈɜːbən] (adj.): 城市的 (opp: rural 农村的)。
📖 原文片段 (Paragraph B)
B. Macfarlane compares the question to a puzzle. He claims that there were about 20 different factors and all of them needed to be present before the revolution could happen. The chief conditions are to be found in history textbooks. For industry to ‘take off’, there needed to be the technology and power to drive factories, large urban populations to provide cheap labour, easy transport to move goods around, an affluent middle-class willing to buy mass-produced objects, a market-driven economy, and a political system that allowed this to happen. While this was the case for England, other nations, such as Japan, Holland and France also met some of these criteria. All these factors must have been necessary but not sufficient to cause the revolution. Holland had everything except coal, while China also had many of these factors. Most historians, however, are convinced that one or two missing factors are needed to solve the puzzle.
💡 陈教授的引导提问
这一段列举了教科书里常提到的“工业革命爆发条件”（如技术、劳动力、交通、中产阶级等）。
作为理科生，请你用逻辑思维帮我分析一下：
既然日本、荷兰、法国等国家也满足了上述许多条件（Criteria），为什么 Macfarlane 认为这些条件并不足以解释工业革命的发生？（请用文中提到的“必要”和“充分”的关系来回答）
第3轮对话迭代
User_SUN
Macfarlane 认为这些条件是工业革命发生的必要条件（必须具备才能启动革命，缺一不可），但并非充分条件（仅靠这些条件无法单独促成革命）。
Gemini_AI
完全正确！逻辑非常清晰。👏
你准确地抓住了这一段的核心逻辑：教科书里的那些条件（如劳动力、资本、技术）只是“门槛”，迈过这个门槛不代表一定会发生工业革命，还需要一把特殊的“钥匙”来开启这扇门。
既然常规因素解释不通，Macfarlane 教授把目光转向了一个意想不到的地方——厨房。
让我们进入 Paragraph C，看看这把“钥匙”到底是什么。
📚 Paragraph C 重点词汇表
这一段涉及一些生物和医学相关的词汇，理解它们对于掌握核心观点至关重要：
Active ingredient (n.): 有效成分，活性成分。
Antiseptic properties [ˌæntɪˈseptɪk ˈprɒpətiz] (n.): 防腐特性，杀菌特性（这是解题的关键词）。
Waterborne diseases (n.): 水传播疾病（如霍乱、伤寒等）。
Epidemics [ˌepɪˈdemɪks] (n.): 流行病，疫病。
Dysentery [ˈdɪsəntri] (n.): 痢疾（一种严重的肠道传染病）。
Densely populated (adj.): 人口稠密的。
📖 原文片段 (Paragraph C)
C. The missing factors, he proposes, are to be found in every kitchen cupboard. Tea and beer, two of the nation’s favourite drinks, drove the revolution. Tannin, the active ingredient in tea, and hops, used in making beer, both contain antiseptic properties. This, plus the fact that both are made with boiled water, helped prevent epidemics of waterborne diseases, such as dysentery, in densely populated urban areas.
💡 陈教授的引导提问
这一段非常简短，但直接抛出了 Macfarlane 的核心假说。
请根据这段文字，回答以下问题（可以用中文）：
这段话指出了“茶”和“啤酒”之所以能推动革命，是因为它们不仅需要煮沸水（boiled water），还含有两种特殊的物质（Tannin 和 Hops）。这就赋予了这两种饮料一种什么关键特性？这种特性具体帮助人们预防了哪一类疾病？
第4轮对话迭代
User_SUN
这两种饮料被赋予的关键特性是防腐/杀菌特性。 这种特性具体帮助人们预防了水传播疾病（如痢疾）。
Gemini_AI
完全正确！🌟
你抓住了核心逻辑：茶和啤酒中的单宁（Tannin）和酒花（Hops）具有防腐/杀菌特性（Antiseptic properties），加上煮沸水的步骤，有效地阻断了水传播疾病（Waterborne diseases）。这在当时的卫生条件下简直就是“救命稻草”。
接下来，我们要进入 Paragraph D。这一段非常有意思，它像是一个“侦探破案”的过程，使用了理科生非常熟悉的排除法。
📚 Paragraph D 重点词汇表
这一段涉及人口统计和医学历史，注意以下词汇：
Static [ˈstætɪk] (adj.): 静止的，停滞的（指人口没有增长）。
Burst (n.): 爆发，突增。
Infant mortality rate (n.): 婴儿死亡率。
Halve [hɑːv] (v.): 减半 (half 的动词形式)。
Sanitation [ˌsænɪˈteɪʃn] (n.): 环境卫生（设施），公共卫生（如下水道系统）。
Draw a blank (idiom): 一无所获，扑空，找不到答案。
📖 原文片段 (Paragraph D)
D. Historians had noticed one interesting factor around the mid-18th century that required explanation. Between about 1650 and 1740, the population was static. But then there was a burst in population. The infant mortality rate halved in the space of 20 years, and this happened in both rural areas and cities, and across all classes. Four possible causes have been suggested. There could have been a sudden change in the viruses and bacteria present at that time, but this is unlikely. Was there a revolution in medical science? But this was a century before Lister introduced antiseptic surgery. Was there a change in environmental conditions? There were improvements in agriculture that wiped out malaria, but these were small gains. Sanitation did not become widespread until the 19th century. The only option left was food. But the height and weight statistics show a decline. So the food got worse. Efforts to explain this sudden reduction in child deaths appeared to draw a blank.
💡 陈教授的引导提问
这一段历史学家们试图找出导致人口突然爆发（特别是婴儿死亡率减半）的原因。他们提出了四个“嫌疑人”（可能的原因），但经过分析后全部排除了。
请协助我整理一下案件线索，用中文简要回答：
历史学家考察了哪四个可能的原因？这四个原因分别是因为什么理由被“排除”或认为站不住脚的？
(提示：可以列个简单的 1, 2, 3, 4 清单)
第5轮对话迭代
User_SUN
原因：病毒和细菌的突然变化；排除理由：这种情况可能性不大。 原因：医学科学革命；排除理由：当时比李斯特引入防腐外科早一个世纪，不存在相关医学革命。 原因：环境条件变化；排除理由：农业进步消灭疟疾的收益有限，且公共卫生设施直到 19 世纪才普及。 原因：食物条件改善；排除理由：身高和体重数据显示下降，说明食物质量并未提升反而变差。
Gemini_AI
总结得非常棒！📑 条理清晰，完全符合原文的逻辑——排除了所有“常规嫌疑人”后，真相似乎越来越扑朔迷离。
这时候，我们就要进入 Paragraph E 了。这一段是 Macfarlane 理论的关键转折点，他开始把之前的线索（城市化、疾病、饮料）串联起来。
📚 Paragraph E 重点词汇表
这一段描述了社会现象和政策的影响：
Crowded [ˈkraʊdɪd] (adj.): 拥挤的。
Incidence [ˈɪnsɪdəns] (n.): 发生率（指疾病等）。
Deduce [dɪˈdjuːs] (v.): 推断，演绎。
Malt [mɔːlt] (n.): 麦芽（酿造啤酒的主要原料）。
Gin [dʒɪn] (n.): 杜松子酒（一种廉价烈酒）。
Antibacterial agent (n.): 抗菌剂。
📖 原文片段 (Paragraph E)
E. This population burst seemed to happen at just the right time to provide labour for the Industrial Revolution. But why? When the Industrial Revolution started, it was economically efficient to have people crowded together forming towns and cities. But with crowded living conditions comes disease, particularly from human waste. Some research in the historical records revealed that there was a change in the incidence of waterborne disease at that time, especially dysentery. Macfarlane deduced that whatever the British were drinking must have been important in controlling disease. They drank beer and ale. For a long time, the English were protected by the strong antibacterial agent in hops, which were added to make beer last. But in the late 17th century a tax was introduced on malt. The poor turned to water and gin, and in the 1720s the mortality rate began to rise again. Then it suddenly dropped again. What was the cause?
💡 陈教授的引导提问
这一段引用了一个历史上的“反面案例”来验证啤酒的保护作用。
请根据这段文字，回答以下问题：
17 世纪末引入的“麦芽税”（tax on malt）导致穷人的饮水习惯发生了什么变化？随之而来，死亡率（mortality rate）出现了怎样的波动？
第6轮对话迭代
User_SUN
饮水习惯变化：穷人不再喝啤酒，转而饮用自来水和杜松子酒。 死亡率波动：18 世纪 20 年代死亡率开始上升，之后又突然下降。
Gemini_AI
回答得非常准确。👍
你不仅理清了因果关系，还抓住了关键的时间节点。麦芽税迫使穷人放弃了有杀菌作用的啤酒，转而饮用不卫生的生水和烈酒，导致死亡率回升。
但文中最后那个问题——“死亡率为何后来又突然下降了？”——正是 Paragraph F 要解决的核心谜题。Macfarlane 教授为了解开这个谜，把目光投向了遥远的东方。
📚 Paragraph F 重点词汇表
这一段是文章的论证高潮，出现了一些比较抽象的词汇：
Prevalence [ˈprevələns] (n.): 流行，盛行，普遍存在。
Coincidence [kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns] (n.): 巧合（指两件事同时发生）。
Purifying [ˈpjʊərɪfaɪɪŋ] (adj./v.): 净化的。
Breast milk (n.): 母乳。
Logic [ˈlɒdʒɪk] (n.): 逻辑。
📖 原文片段 (Paragraph F)
F. Macfarlane looked to Japan, which was also developing large cities about the same time, and also had no sanitation. Waterborne diseases in the Japanese population were far fewer than those in Britain. Could it be the prevalence of tea in their culture? That was when Macfarlane thought about the role of tea in Britain. The history of tea in Britain provided an extraordinary coincidence of dates. Tea was relatively expensive until Britain started direct trade with China in the early 18th century. By the 1740s, about the time that infant mortality was falling, the drink was common. Macfarlane guesses that the fact that water had to be boiled, together with the stomach-purifying properties of tea so eloquently described in Buddhist texts, meant that the breast milk provided by mothers was healthier than it had ever been. No other European nation drank tea so often as the British, which, by Macfarlane’s logic, pushed the other nations out of the race for the Industrial Revolution.
💡 陈教授的引导提问
Macfarlane 在这里使用了一个“控制变量”——日本。日本当时的情况和英国很像（大城市、没下水道），但结果却不同（日本病死的人少）。
请结合这段文字，回答以下两个问题：
Macfarlane 认为是什么东西保护了日本人免受水传播疾病的侵害？
文中所说的“非凡的巧合”（extraordinary coincidence）具体是指哪两个事件在时间上重合了？（请注意年份）
第7轮对话迭代
User_SUN
- Macfarlane 认为是茶在日本文化中的盛行（或日本文化中普遍饮茶的习惯）保护了日本人免受水传播疾病的侵害。 2. “非凡的巧合”指的是：一是18世纪40年代英国茶变得普及（英国18世纪初与中国开展直接贸易后，茶价下降并普及）；二是同一时期英国婴儿死亡率开始下降，这两个事件在时间上重合。
Gemini_AI
太棒了！🎉 你的答案非常精准。
你敏锐地捕捉到了 Macfarlane 逻辑链条中的关键一环：时间上的巧合（Coincidence of dates）。正是这种巧合让他坚信“茶”就是那个被忽视的关键变量。
但是，逻辑严密的理科生可能会问：既然日本也有茶，也有大城市，为什么工业革命没有发生在日本？
这正是 Paragraph G 要探讨的问题。这一段稍微有点难，因为它涉及一些经济决策和社会选择。
📚 Paragraph G 重点词汇表
这段话里有几个非常有意思的词，特别是最后一个双关语：
Futures market (n.): 期货市场（说明当时日本商业非常发达）。
Labour-saving devices (n.): 省力设备（机器的本质）。
Astonishingly [əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋli] (adv.): 令人惊讶地。
Abandon [əˈbændən] (v.): 放弃，抛弃。
Wryly [ˈraɪli] (adv.): 嘲弄地，讽刺地（带着一种苦笑幽默）。
Industrious [ɪnˈdʌstriəs] (adj.): 勤劳的，勤勉的。
- 注意与 Industrial (工业的) 的区别，这是作者的文字游戏。
📖 原文片段 (Paragraph G)
G. But, if tea is a factor in the puzzle, why didn’t this cause an industrial revolution in Japan? Macfarlane notes that in the 17th century, Japan had large cities, high literacy rates and even a futures market. However, Japan decided against a work-based revolution, by giving up labour-saving devices, even animals, to avoid putting people out of work. Astonishingly, the nation that we now think of as one of the most technologically advanced, entered the 19th century having almost abandoned the wheel. While Britain was undergoing the Industrial Revolution, Macfarlane notes wryly, Japan was undergoing an industrious one.
💡 陈教授的引导提问
这一段解释了日本走上了一条与英国截然不同的道路。
请结合这段文字，帮我分析一下：
日本当时为了避免失业（avoid putting people out of work），做出了一个什么惊人的决定？（甚至连什么东西都放弃使用了？）
作者在最后玩了一个文字游戏：他说日本经历的不是“Industrial Revolution”（工业革命），而是“Industrious one”。根据 Industrious 的词义，你认为作者想表达日本当时的社会发展是依靠什么驱动的？（是机器，还是人力？）
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User_SUN
日本的惊人决定是放弃使用省力设备，为了避免人们失业，甚至连动物和轮子都放弃了。 作者想表达日本当时的社会发展是依靠人力驱动的（而非工业革命所依赖的机器），核心是靠人们的勤劳工作推进，而非省力设备和工业化生产。
Gemini_AI
分析得非常透彻！🔍
你不仅读懂了字面意思，还准确地解读了作者的文字游戏（Wordplay）。“Industrial”（工业的）和“Industrious”（勤劳的）虽然长得很像，但代表了两种完全不同的社会发展模式：一种靠机器，一种靠人力。日本选择了后者，所以没有发生工业革命。
至此，我们已经把主体部分的逻辑全部打通了。最后，让我们来看一下文章的结尾段 Paragraph H，看看 Macfarlane 教授把这个历史研究转化为了什么现实建议。
📚 Paragraph H 重点词汇表
这是最后一段，词汇比较简单，主要涉及国际援助：
Academic [ˌækəˈdemɪk] (n.): 学者，高校教师（这里指 Macfarlane）。
Aid agencies (n.): 援助机构（如红十字会等）。
Troublespots (n.): 动乱地区，麻烦地区（通常指战乱或贫困地区）。
Rehydration sachets [ˌriːhaɪˈdreɪʃn ˈsæʃeɪz] (n.): 补水袋/口服补液盐包（用于治疗脱水）。
Rations [ˈræʃnz] (n.): 配给口粮，定量供应的食物。
📖 原文片段 (Paragraph H)
H. The Cambridge academic considers the mystery solved. He adds that he thinks the UN should encourage aid agencies to take tea to the world’s troublespots, along with rehydration sachets and food rations.
💡 陈教授的引导提问
作为全文的总结，Macfarlane 认为这个历史谜题（工业革命之谜）已经解开了。
请回答最后一个问题：
基于他的研究结论（茶能杀菌救命），Macfarlane 建议联合国（UN）在向世界动乱地区提供援助时，除了常规的“补水袋”和“口粮”外，还应该带上什么东西？
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User_SUN
Macfarlane 建议除了常规的补水袋和口粮外，还应该带上 茶。
Gemini_AI
完全正确！🍵
Macfarlane 坚信，既然茶在这个历史谜题中起到了“杀菌救命”的关键作用，那么在现代的援助中，它也应该作为一种低成本、高效的健康保障手段被推广。
🎉 Task 1：段落大意理解 - 完成！
通过一步步的拆解，我们已经把这篇关于“茶、啤酒与工业革命”的文章（_Did tea and beer bring about industrialisation?_）完全读通了。
我们梳理了 Macfarlane 的核心逻辑链条：
谜题：工业革命为何发生在 18 世纪末的英国？
排除：常规因素（技术、经济等）无法完全解释，因为其他国家也具备。
发现：人口（特别是婴儿）死亡率的下降是关键。
归因：茶和啤酒中的杀菌成分 + 煮沸的水 = 阻断水传播疾病。
对比：日本虽然有大城市和茶，但选择了“勤劳革命”（依赖人力）而非“工业革命”（依赖机器）。
结论：茶是推动英国工业革命的“隐形推手”。
接下来我们将进行什么任务？
你可以直接告诉我 Task 2 的要求，或者，如果你没有具体的后续安排，我建议我们可以进行以下练习：
选项 A：雅思题型模拟。我根据文章出几道经典的 True/False/Not Given 题目考考你。
选项 B：长难句分析。挑出文中 2-3 个语法复杂的长难句进行拆解。
选项 C：核心词汇复习。我为你整理一份本文的高频学术词汇表。
请告诉我你想怎么做？