What is Daylight Saving Time？

什么是日光節(jié)約時制淵夏令時冤鑰

Daylight Saving Time is a way to make better use of thedaylight. The idea is to advance1 the clock by one hour sothat people will get up earlier and go to sleep earlier withshorter lighting time. Daylight Saving Time is oftenabbreviated2 DST.

夏令時是一種更好地利用日光的方法。這個想法是把鐘表調(diào)快一個小時，這樣人們可以早起早睡，減少照明時間。夏令時通常縮寫為DST。

When is Daylight Saving Time？

夏令時在什么時候鑰

There are two days where the clock is moved for DaylightSaving Time. One in the spring to move the clocks forwardand one in the dall to move the clocks back.

在夏令時中，有兩天時鐘會被撥動。一天是在春天，會把鐘表撥快，另一天是在秋天，會把鐘表撥慢。

Daylight Saving Time in the United States runs from thesecond Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.

美國的夏令時為每年3 月的第二個星期日到11 月的第一個星期日。

Who practices it？

誰在實行夏令時？

Many countries around the world observe Daylight Saving Time. Thedates they adjust3 the clocks may vary depending on the country. Mostcountries in Europe practice Daylight Saving Time.

世界上許多國家都實行夏令時。他們調(diào)整時鐘的日期可能因國家而異。歐洲大多數(shù)國家都實行夏令時。

What do people do？

人們會做什么鑰

The main thing people do is to move the clock back one hour in thefall and forward one hour in the spring. Most people just change theirclocks the night before or the next morning. Many computerized4 clockswill automatically5 make the changes.

人們做的主要事情是在秋天把鐘表往回撥一個小時，在春天把時鐘向前撥一個小時。大多數(shù)人也許在前一天晚上或第二天早上調(diào)整他們的時鐘。許多計算機時鐘會自動做出改變。

History of Daylight Saving Time

夏令時的歷史

Benjamin Franklin first suggested the idea of Daylight Saving Time.He got the idea while visiting France where people would get up earlierand go to bed earlier in order to save on candles. However， it was in 1895when the first modern day version of DST was proposed6 by GeorgeHudson in New Zealand. It was later proposed in England by WilliamWillet. In both cases the idea was dismissed7 by the government.

本杰明·富蘭克林最早提出了夏令時的概念。他在訪問法國時萌生了這個想法，那里的人們?yōu)榱斯?jié)省蠟燭會早睡早起。然而，在1895 年，第一個現(xiàn)代版本的夏令時是由新西蘭的喬治·哈德遜提出的，后來英國的威廉·威利特也提出了這一建議，但是都被政府駁回了。

During World War I， the first country to implementDaylight Saving Time was Germany. They did it to save on coal8. Soon many other European countries followed. TheUnited States adopted9 DST in 1918.

在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，第一個實行夏令時的國家是德國。他們這樣做是為了節(jié)省煤炭開支。很快，其他許多歐洲國家也紛紛效仿。美國于1918 年采用了夏令時。

In 2007 the United States extended10 Daylight SavingTime. This moved the start date three to four weeks earlier fromthe first Sunday in April to the second Sunday in March. It alsomoved the end date back one week from the last Sunday inOctober to the first Sunday in November.

2007 年，美國延長了夏令時，將開始日期提前了三到四周，從4 月的第一個星期日提前到了3 月的第二個星期日，并將結(jié)束日期推遲了一周，從10 月的最后一個星期日移到了11 月的第一個星期日。

Fun facts about Daylight Saving Time

關(guān)于夏令時的有趣事實

A great way to remember which way to move the clock iswith the saying “Spring forward and Fall back”. You move theclock forward in the spring and backward in the fall.

記住往哪個方向撥時鐘的好方法是記住“春進秋退”。你在春天把時鐘向前撥，在秋天把時鐘向后撥。

Some countries， such as Russia and Iceland， have moved to a“permanent11”Daylight Saving Time.

一些國家，如俄羅斯和冰島，已經(jīng)采取了“永久性”夏令時。

The Department of Transportation is responsible for the time zones in the United States

在美國，由交通部門負責時區(qū)。

One of the earlier arguments12 for DST was to save energy，especially on lights. With lighting being a fairly small percentage13 ofelectricity used today， many people say we no longer need Daylight SavingTime.

早期支持夏令時的理由之一是節(jié)約能源，尤其是照明。由于照明在今天的用電中所占比例很小，許多人說我們不再需要夏令時。

Daylight Saving Time lasts 34 weeks each year in the United States.

夏令時在美國每年持續(xù)34 周。

Although Arizona of the American does not observe DST， the Navajo Nation in northeast Arizona does.

雖然美國的亞利桑那州不實行夏令時，但亞利桑那州東北部的納瓦霍族實行夏令時。