你会看时间吗?

你会看时间吗?

Can You Tell the Time?

本篇适合：朗读、挑战

人们总是说“一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴”。可见时间是多么的宝贵。而我们要懂得如何珍惜时间，就必须先学会看时间。同学们赶紧学起来吧！

by CC

What time is it?

Look at the clock face. The little hand tells the hours. The big hand tells the minutes.

When you press its button, a stopwatch counts time. When you press it again, the watch stops.

People used to tell the time by the Sun and the shadows it casts.

While it is daytime on one side of the Earth, it is nighttime on the other.

As the Earth spins round, the Sun’s rays fall first on one side of the Earth, then on the other.

First week

There are about four weeks, one lunar month, between one full Moon and the next. Look at the Moon—its shape appears to change slightly each day.

Second week

Third week

Fourth week

press [pres] v. 压，按

button [5bQtn] n. 按钮

stopwatch [5stɒpwɒtF] n. 秒表

count [kaJnt] v. 数，计算（第三人称单数：counts）

shadow [5FAdEJ] n. 暗处，阴影（复数：shadows）

cast [kB:st] v. 投，投射（第三人称单数：casts）

spin [spIn] v. 旋转（第三人称单数：spins）

ray [reI] n. 光线（复数：rays）

lunar [5lu:nE] adj. 阴历的，月亮的

appear [E5pIE] v. 似乎，好像（第三人称单数：appears）

slightly [5slaItlI] adv. 轻微地，有一点

We divide the year into four seasons. We divide the year into twelve months.

How many candles were there on your last birthday cake?

Yesterday, today and tomorrow—past, present and future…

divide [dI5vaId] v. 分开，划分

判断对错。正确的填T，错误的填F。

( ) People used to tell the time by the watch.

( ) There are about four weeks in a lunar month.

( ) A year is divided into four seasons.

中文大意及答案请见第47页。

时间谚语

● Time is money.

时间就是金钱。

● Time flies.

光阴似箭，日月如梭。

● Time has wings.

光阴去如飞。

● Time will tell.

时间会说明一切。

● Time tries all things.

时间检验一切。

● There is time for everything.

凡事皆有时。

● Time and tide wait for no man.

岁月不待人。

● Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金。