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[C] NatGeo: Daylight Saving Time

LET'S UNLOCK WORDS AND PHRASES 🔐

entomologist

[ en-tuh-'mol-uh-jist ]

noun

- a person who studies insects

He’s an entomologist at the University of Maryland in College Park.

throes

[ throhz ]

noun

- difficulties or pain

He was in the throes of despair after losing his job.

enact

[ en-'akt ]

verb

- to put something into action

Under a new law, universities must enact smoke-free policies on their campuses.

to no avail

phrase

- without any success or any effect

The students asked the school to help them raise the money but to no avail.

catch on

phrase

- to become fashionable or popular

He invented a type of virtual reality helmet, but it never caught on.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK! [ FULL CLIP ]

What is the video all about? Choose two statements that refer to the main ideas of the video.


1. The history of daylight saving time.

2. The man who came up with daylight saving time.

3. How daylight saving time works.

4. The countries that practice daylight saving time.

LET'S TRY IT! - FIRST CUT

A. Script Completion

Direction: Watch the first cut of the video and complete the following lines below with the missing words. Write or type down your answers while listening.

⏱ 00:00 - 00:42

  1. "Daylight saving time adds hours of daylight during the season."

  2. "While making the day during the months."

  3. "The concept of our clocks to adjust the of the day can be traced back to over 100 years ago."

  4. "In 1895, New Zealand , George Hudson made the earliest known for a time shift."

  5. "Submitted to the Wellington philosophical , the idea was - but it didn't catch on."

LET'S PRACTICE - SECOND CUT

A. Script Completion

Direction: Watch the second cut of the video and complete the following lines below with the missing phrases.

⏱ 01:25 - 02:13

  1. "Today, about 70 countries practice daylight saving time."

  2. "Clocks in the are usually by one hour toward the end of March or early April."

  3. "In late September or , they're set back one hour."

  4. "In the southern hemisphere, the ."

  5. "In fact, an estimated 80 percent of does not use daylight saving time."

LET'S DO THE CHALLENGE - FULL CLIP Direction: Answer the following questions based on the video and let's check your comprehension.

⏱ 00:00 - 03:00

  1. What happened to the proposal for a time shift made by George Hudson?

  2. Why was the issue about Willet's proposal revisited time and again?

  3. In what way does the shift to and from daylight saving time cause automobile fatalities?

  4. What is your opinion about daylight saving time? Does your country use DST?

  5. What do you feel while watching this video? Why?

LET'S RECAP!

Active-Listening Let-s-Recap-2

1. Which new words/phrases were easiest to remember? Give three.

どの語句/文が覚えやすかったですか?3つ挙げてください。


2. Which words/phrases were you having a hard time to speak/understand? Give three.

どの語句/文が話したり理解するのに難しかったですか?3つ挙げてください。

entomologist

[ en-tuh-'mol-uh-jist ]

noun

- a person who studies insects

He’s an entomologist at the University of Maryland in College Park.

throes

[ throhz ]

noun

- difficulties or pain

He was in the throes of despair after losing his job.

enact

[ en-'akt ]

verb

- to put something into action

Under a new law, universities must enact smoke-free policies on their campuses.

to no avail

phrase

- without any success or any effect

The students asked the school to help them raise the money but to no avail.

catch on

phrase

- to become fashionable or popular

He invented a type of virtual reality helmet, but it never caught on.