你會看時間嗎?

你會看時間嗎?

Can You Tell the Time?

本篇適合：朗讀、挑戰

人們總是說“一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰”。可見時間是多么的寶貴。而我們要懂得如何珍惜時間，就必須先學會看時間。同學們趕緊學起來吧！

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. 壓，按

button [5bQtn] n. 按鈕

stopwatch [5st?pw?tF] n. 秒表

count [kaJnt] v. 數，計算（第三人稱單數：counts）

shadow [5FAdEJ] n. 暗處，陰影（復數：shadows）

cast [kB:st] v. 投，投射（第三人稱單數：casts）

spin [spIn] v. 旋轉（第三人稱單數：spins）

ray [reI] n. 光線（復數：rays）

lunar [5lu:nE] adj. 陰歷的，月亮的

appear [E5pIE] v. 似乎，好像（第三人稱單數：appears）

slightly [5slaItlI] adv. 輕微地，有一點

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. 分開，劃分

判斷對錯。正確的填T，錯誤的填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.

中文大意及答案請見第47頁。

時間諺語

● Time is money.

時間就是金錢。

● Time flies.

光陰似箭，日月如梭。

● Time has wings.

光陰去如飛。

● Time will tell.

時間會說明一切。

● Time tries all things.

時間檢驗一切。

● There is time for everything.

凡事皆有時。

● Time and tide wait for no man.

歲月不待人。

● Time tries friends as fire tries gold.

時間考驗朋友，烈火考驗黃金。