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How clocks and calendars came to be

How clocks and calendars came to be

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August 14th, 2026

How clocks and calendars came to be

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Time is a big concern for all people.

时间对所有人是大事

But there is no one way to measure it.

但是没有一种方法来测量

Culture, religion, money, and politics change how we track time.

文化宗教和政治改变我们怎么记时间

Elizabeth Cohen teaches politics at Boston University.

伊丽莎白·科恩在波士顿大学教政治

She says every way to measure time is a choice.

她说每种测量时间的方法都是一种选择

None of it is natural.

没有一种是自然的

Calendars have been very different in history.

历史上日历很不一样

Some follow the sun.

有些跟着太阳

Some follow the moon.

有些跟着月亮

Some follow both.

有些跟着两者

Today, the Gregorian calendar is used around the world.

今天公历世界各地使用

But other calendars are still used for religion or culture.

但是其他日历仍用于宗教或文化

Daylight saving time shows a wish for natural time.

夏令时显示对自然时间愿望

Michael OMalley says this.

迈克尔·奥马利这个

He teaches history at George Mason University.

在乔治梅森大学教历史

He says it only makes sense in a society that thinks a lot about clocks.

他说,这在一个很想着钟表的社会里才有意义

Industry changed time.

工业改变了时间

Time was a natural rhythm before.

以前时间自然的节奏

Now it is a fixed schedule.

现在固定的时间表

OMalley says it tried to give people a regular sense of time.

奥马利人们一种规律的时间感

In the 1800s, U.S. railroads made a system of four zones in 1883.

在19世纪美国铁路在1883年做了一个四个时区的系统。

This made time the same across the country.

全国时间一样了

The Prime Meridian goes through Greenwich, England.

本初子午线穿过英格兰的格林尼治

It was chosen in 1884.

在1884年被选定的

Britain was a strong empire then.

那时英国一个强大的帝国

Kevin Birth says this.

凯文·伯斯这个

He teaches anthropology at Queens College.

在皇后学院人类学

Time zones are political.

时区政治的

Countries and states make their own rules.

国家制定自己的规则

China has one official time zone.

中国一个官方时区

It wants national unity.

想要国家统一

But local people follow natural daylight.

当地人跟随自然的日光

Time can also control people.

时间也能控制

Curfews or strikes are examples.

宵禁罢工例子

Cohen says time has a lot of power.

科恩时间很多力量

People fight over it.

人们为它争斗

They want to control others.

他们控制别人

Or they want to stop control over them.

或者他们停止对他们的控制

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