Daylight Saving Time The English School Como

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Do you know what this map represents?

What do you know about daylight saving time around the

world?

Lost productivity for knowledge workers in the USA is

estimated at 480,000,000 dollars as a result of DST. Do you

think the same is true in Italy?

What are your personal experiences of DST?

Do you think health problems can occur as a result of DST?

What are the implications for international business of DST?

Before you watch the video talk to your partner and decide if

these sentences are true or false:

1. The whole world moves the clock forward an hour in spring

and backward an hour in autumn.

2. John Robinson had the original idea of changing the hour.

3. The reason for the change was to give people more sunlight.

4. Hawaii has the same seasons as Europe.

5. Seasons are more accentuated nearer the Equator.

6. The first country to adopt daylight saving time was Germany.

7. Germans believed the move would save energy.

8. DST saves a lot of money in the USA.