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1 Warm up

Do you know or can you guess the significance of this expression: Spring ahead, fall back.

Discuss what you know about daylight saving time in pairs or small groups:

1. Who came up with the concept?

2. What are the benefits?
3. Does every country in the world have daylight saving time?
4. Are there any problems associated with it?

2 Listen for the main idea

Watch this video to check your answers to the questions in the previous exercise.

After you watch, go over the answers to the questions again with your partner or group, adding new
information from the video.

Was any of the information in the video surprising to you?

Video

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3 Vocabulary

Match these key words from the video with their meanings.

1. conserve a. change from one position to another

2. not bother with b. decide not to do something because it seems inconvenient,

difficult and/or unnecessary
3. do away with c. find the origins of

4. enact d. literally - kill someone, but can also be used to mean end a
regular habit or custom
5. fatality e. make something into a law

6. lobby f. persuade politicians to make a change in the law

7. the reverse g. save something to make it last longer, especially when you don’t
have enough
8. shift h. the opposite of what you expected

9. trace back i. violent or accidental death

4 Listen for detail

Read the sentences below from the tapescript, which include vocabulary from the last exercise in
bold. Can you predict/recall the missing words that complete the sentences? There may be one, two
or three words missing.

1. The concept of shifting to adjust the length of the day can be traced back
100 years ago.
2. In 1905 British builder William Willett developed a similar idea independently of Hudson. He
lobbied year after year...
3. The Germans ... were looking conserve energy. They decided that more daylight
was the answer and country to enact daylight saving time.
4. In late September or early October they’re set back one hour. In the southern hemisphere the
reverse
5. In the United States, Hawaii and do not bother with daylight saving time and
some states doing away with it.
6. The shift to and from daylight saving time to an increased risk in heart attacks
and automobile fatalities.

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5 Useful expressions

Read these sentences from the tapescript and use the context to explain what the expressions in bold
mean. Are any expressions formal, informal or emphatic?

In 1905 British builder William Willett developed a similar idea independently of Hudson.
He lobbied the British Parliament year after year to no avail until his death in 1915. The
issue was revisited time and again throughout the world, but it wasn’t officially put into
practise nationwide until the early 20th century in Germany. The Germans, in the throes
of World War one, were looking for ways to conserve energy.

There are also apparent health and safety issues that come into play. The shift to and from
daylight saving time has been linked to an increased risk in heart attacks and automobile
fatalities.

There’s no shortage of opinion when it comes to daylight saving time and whether the
world will agree on how to manage our clocks is yet to be seen.

Activate this vocabulary - tell your partner about:

• Something you have done many times to no avail

• An issue that is raised in your country time and again, perhaps because there is no shortage of
opinion on the subject
• A country in the world that is currently in the throes of a war or other crisis
• Some issues that come into play when you are planning a night out with friends
• A future development in your life that is yet to be seen

Speak in full sentences using the expressions.

6 Write

Make a list of reasons why daylight saving time should be introduced or continued in your area and
reasons why it should be discontinued or not introduced in your area.

Then choose one point of view and write a blogpost explaining your ideas. Use vocabulary and
expressions from the lesson.

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