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新西兰英语 490 Daylight Saving

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 　　If you live in New Zealand, remember to put your clock forward tomorrow morning. Officially the change to daylight saving1 time is 2.00am which becomes 3.00am but for most of us, we change our clocks before we go to bed or when we wake up. For example if you usually wake up at 8am on a Sunday morning, tomorrow you will need to put the time forward on your clock to 9am.

　　Daylight Saving time finishes on April 1st 2012. At that time, you move the time back one hour. Remember “Spring Forward, Fall Back”. Fall is the American word for Autumn.
　　There are many reasons for changing the clocks in summer. It gives people more time for sport and other outdoor activities in the evenings. On the other hand, when it’s still sunny outside, many people do not want to go to movies. Dairy2 farmers have to get up early to milk cows and the cows do not know about daylight saving time. Parents with small children find it difficult to get their children to bed when it is still daylight outside. Politicians3 believe we save electricity because we don’t use lights until later in the evening.
　　Idiom
　　When we say “move your clock forward” we mean move the hands on the clock forward.
　　Questions
　　What do you think about daylight saving? Do you like it? What do you think are the disadvantages and advantages?

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1 saving XjYzGK     
n.节省，节约；[pl.]储蓄金，存款
参考例句：
  • Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
  • Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。
2 dairy jn5zA     
n.牛奶场，乳品店；adj.乳制品的
参考例句：
  • The yogurt sold by this dairy is delicious.这家乳品店出售的酸奶非常好喝。
  • He kept a few dairy cows.他养了几头奶牛。
3 politicians a111c6d460e32da7d12a7b9b920904c8     
政治家( politician的名词复数 )； 政客，玩弄权术者
参考例句：
  • Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters. 从政者最终是向选民负责。
  • backstairs deals between politicians 政客之间的幕后交易

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