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UNIT 1 Lesson 5: Time

1. Look at the pictures. What can you see?

A B C D

2. Read the text.
People started to use clocks about four thousand years ago. These clocks were called
sundials because they needed the sun for telling the time. The first sundials were made
of tall stones. The Egyptians were very interested in time. They started to make sundials
about three thousand five hundred years ago. They wanted to know how long the days and
nights were during the year. Two other old clocks are the water clock and the hourglass.
We still use the hourglass today.
A Which picture is it about? B What other pictures are in the text?

3. Read the text again. Answer the questions.
A When were the first sundials used? B Why were they called sundials?

C What were the first ones made of? D Which old clock is still used today?

foot hour sun
Look! + = + = + =

football hourglass sundial

ball glass dial

4. Your turn.

London New York Shanghai Dubai
New York

What’s the time in It’s...
London?

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