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I. What do you know about the daylight saving time? How long have we been shifting our clocks? Do you know why?
II. Match the following words with the definitions:
| a. to come up with | 1. an important subject or problem that people are talking about. |
| b. shift | 2. to (cause to) be used or exercised |
| c. to catch on | 3. to think of; to produce |
| d. issue | 4. to change (the) position or direction (of) |
| e. to enact | 5. to become popular |
| f. to cut down on | 6. to put something into action, especially to make something law |
| g. to come into play | to reduce the consumption of something |
III. Watch the video about the story of the daylight saving time and do the activity below.
Fill in the gap with the missing word(s):
- The idea of shifting time dates back to __________________ ago.
- In 1895 George Hudson proposed a time shift. The idea was well received but it didn’t _______________.
- In 1905 William Willet developed the idea independently of Hudson. He brought the idea to the Parliament until ______________ in 1915.
- During WWI the Germans were looking for ways to ____________________ and decided that ____________________ was the answer.
- Today ____________ countries around the world practise daylight saving time.
- Critics today say it no longer ___________________.
- An etimated __________ of the global population does not use it.
- In Australia __________ states and territories do not practise daylight saving time.
- In the United States _____________ and most of __________ do not bother with daylight saving time.
- The shift to and from daylight saving time has been linked to the increase risk in _______________________ and automobile _________________.
IV. Comment on the following questions:
- Does the daylight saving time affect you? How?
- Do you really think it saves energy?
- If you were asked to vote for or against keeping daylight saving time, what would you do?
