新编大学英语（第三版）综合教程 4浙江财经大学编Unit8Culture Studies.ppt

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新编大学英语（第三版）综合教程 4浙江财经大学编Unit8Culture Studies.ppt

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WhatIsTime2.TheRoleofTimeinVariousCultures3.TimeZone

1.WhatIsTime

Weusetimetosequenceevents,tocomparetheirdurationsandtheintervalsbetweenthem,andtoquantifythespeedatwhichobjectsmoveandthingschange.Tomeasuretime,wecanuseanythingthatrepeatsitselfregularly.Oneexampleisthedawnofanewday(asEarthrotatesonitsaxis).Twomorearethephasesofthemoon(asitorbitstheEarth),andtheseasonsoftheyear(astheEarthorbitstheSun).Eveninancienttimes,peopledevelopedcalendarstokeeptrackofthenumberofdaysinayear.Overview

Theyalsodevelopedsundialsthatusedthemovingshadowscastbythesunthroughthedaytomeasuretimessmallerthanaday.Today,highlyaccurateclockscanmeasuretimeslessthanabillionthofasecond.Thestudyoftimemeasurementishorology.TheSI(SystemeInternationale)unitoftimeisonesecond,writtenass.InEinsteinianphysics,timeandspacecanbecombinedintoasingleconcept.Seespace-timecontinuum.

1millennium=1000years1century=100years1decade=10years1lustrum=5years1year=12months≈365days(366daysinleapyears)1month≈28to31days≈4weeks1fortnight=14days=2weeks1week=7days1day=24hours1hour=60minutes1minute=60secondsUnitsoftime

1second=SIbaseunitoftime1millisecond=1/1,000second1microsecond=1/1,000,000second1nanosecond=1/1,000,000,000second1picosecond=1/1,000,000,000,000ofasecond1femtosecond=1/1,000,000,000,000,000ofasecond1attosecond=1/1,000,000,000,000,000,000ofasecond1Plancktime=smallestmeasurableunitoftime

ClockHourglassStopwatchSundialCircadianrhythmThingstomeasuretime

Define“Time”inYOUROWNWORDS.After-classTask

2.TheRoleofTimeinVariousCultures

OverviewNoteveryoneintheworldviewstheconceptoftimeinthesameway.?Infact,someculturesdon’tevenmaketimeapartoftheirlives.?Someculturesarewaryoftimepassingby,whil