It’s About Time
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Knowing What Time It Is.
(原始内容存档于2017-10-21). Tool of Course System Who Time is.
4 Using the Sun.
4 使用太阳.
5 Using Fire and Water.
5 使用火和水。
8 Clocks of Today.
今日八钟.
11 Make Your Own Water Clock.
11,让自己的水钟。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Index.
16 指数。
16 Knowing What Time It Is Do you know what time it is?
16 知道时间是什么 你知道几点了吗?
If you do, you probably are looking at a clock or watch.
如果你这样做,你可能 看着一个钟或表。
These clocks show the time in cities all over the world.
这些钟表显示了世界各地城市的时间.
Using the Sun Long ago, people didn’t have clocks or watches like you do.
人们没有你这样的钟表。
When the sun rose, they got up, and when the sun went down, they went to bed.
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They told time by the position of the sun in the sky.
他们告诉时间 太阳在天空中的位置。
People discovered that they could use a stick and the sun to tell time.
人们发现他们可以用一根棍子和太阳来分辨时间.
This was called a shadow clock.
这叫"影子钟"
They put a stick in the ground, pointing straight up.
他们把一根棍子放入地上,指向正上方.
The direction of the stick’s shadow and how long or short it was told them the time.
棍子的影子方向以及时间有多长或短。
Shadow clocks made it easier to tell time between sunup, noon, and sundown.
影子时钟使得日出,午出和日出之间的时间比较容易分辨出.
The sun tells when it is morning, noon, and evening.
太阳告诉何时是早上、中午和晚上。
A better kind of shadow clock was called a sundial.
一个更好的影子时钟被称为"太阳".
Sundials had a pointer and a base.
太阳系有一个指针和一个基座.
The pointer cast a shadow on marks around the base.
指针给基地周围的标记投下阴影.
People could tell time by reading the marks.
人们通过阅读标记就能分辨出时间.
But shadow clocks were not good for telling time on cloudy days—or at night.
但阴暗的钟表对在多云的日子里——或者在晚上——告诉时间是不好的。
Using Fire and Water One kind of clock that didn’t need the sun was a water clock.
使用火和水 一种不需要太阳的钟是水钟。
A water clock was a container with a tiny hole in the bottom.
一个水上钟是一个容器,底部有一个小孔.
Water would steadily drip out of the hole.
水会从洞里流出
Marks on the inside of the container showed the time.
容器内部的标记显示了时间.
It took one hour for the water to go down one mark.
水要花一个小时才能下到一分
A modern water clock Sundials made telling time using shadows more accurate.
现代水上钟Sundials 使讲解时间使用阴影更准确。
Another kind of clock that didn’t need the sun was a candle clock.
另一种不需要太阳的钟是烛光钟。
You would know the time by how much of the candle had melted.
你会知道时间 多少蜡烛已经融化。
The candle had marks down its side to show the hours.
蜡烛的侧面有标记 显示时间。
Sometimes people used candle clocks as alarm clocks.
有时人们会用蜡烛钟作为闹钟.
They put a nail in the candle at the time they wanted to wake up, hanging a shoe on the nail.
他们想醒来的时候在蜡烛上放上钉子,把鞋挂在指甲上.
When the candle melted down, the nail fell out and the shoe hit the floor with a BANG!
当蜡烛融化后,指甲倒出后,鞋用BANG打倒地上!
Candle clocks were used to tell time after the sun went down.
蜡烛钟被用于分辨太阳下山后的时间.
Clocks of Today Now there are all kinds of timepieces, from tall grandfather clocks to watches we wear on our wrists.
今天的时钟 现在有各种计时器, 从高高的祖父钟到手腕上的手表。
Most clocks run on electricity from batteries.
大部分时钟都靠电池供电.
Many clocks have two hands that point to numbers in a circle on the clock face.
许多时钟有两只手指向时钟面上一圈中的数字.
These are called analog clocks.
这些被称为模拟时钟.
Other clocks don’t have hands, only numbers.
其他时钟没有手,
These are called digital clocks.
这些被称为"数码时钟".
There are many more types of clocks, too.
钟也有许多种类.
Clocks hang in and on buildings.
时钟会挂在大楼里
Clocks adorn wrists and mantles.
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Clocks are everywhere!
时钟到处都是!
Inside one kind of analog clock is a carved bird called a cuckoo.
一种模拟时钟的内部是被雕刻的鸟叫"克克".
Every hour, the door opens and the bird pops out and sings its song: cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!
每到一个小时,门就开着,鸟儿就出出来并唱出它的歌来: 咕咕叫叫叫叫叫叫叫叫叫叫叫叫叫叫!
At noon, a cuckoo clock cuckoos 12 times.
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Glossary analog (adj.)
词汇模拟(adj.)
using hands and dials to show time on a clock (p.
用手和拨号显示时钟上的时间(p.
12) candle burning candle marked with clock (n.)
12) 以时钟为标志的烛火(n.
the hours (p.
小时数(p.
9) cuckoo (n.)
9）杜鹃（名词）
carved bird used in a cuckoo clock (p.
被雕刻的鸟类用在了克克克钟上(p.
13) digital (adj.)
13)数字(adj.
using a row of numbers, rather than hands on a dial (p.
使用一行数字,而不是手放在拨号上(p.
12) electricity (n.)
12) 电 (n.
power source for clocks and watches (p.
时钟和手表的动力源(p.
11) grandfather tall, fancy clocks that chime clocks (n.)
11) 祖父高高,花哨的钟来敲打钟(n.
with the time (p.
与时间(p.
11) shadow clock that uses an object’s clock (n.)
11) 使用物体时钟(n.
shadow to tell time (p.
阴影以显示时间(p.
6) sundial (n.)
6）日晷（名词）
more complex shadow clock that uses the sun to tell time (p.
更复杂的用太阳分辨时间(p.
7) water clock (n.)
7)水钟 (n.
bowl that drips water to tell time (p.
碗会滴出水来分辨时间(p.
8) Index alarm clock, 10 batteries, 11 Big Ben, 12 candle, 9, 10 hands, 12 shadow, 6, 7 sun, 5, 6 water, 8, 15 Make a Water Clock Try This• a partner • a large plastic bottle with the top cut off • two paper cups • a clock with a second hand • a pin or tack, masking tape, and water Stick a piece of masking tape along the outside of the bottle, from top to bottom.
8)索引闹钟,10个电池,11个大本,12个蜡烛,9个手,12个影子,6个,7个太阳,5个,6个水,8个,15个 Make a Water Clock Try · 这名伙伴 · 一个大塑料瓶,顶部被切开 · 两个纸杯 · 一个手持二手相接的钟 · 一个接针或接塔克,口罩相接相接 · 水 · 沿口罩相接 从口罩相接的口罩相接 从上到下.
of the bottle.
瓶子上的那个
halfway full.
半满.
on the tape.
在磁带上。