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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.

時間對所有人來說都是一件大事

But there is no one way to measure it.

但是沒有一種方法可以測量它

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

文化宗教金錢和政治改變我們追蹤時間的方式

Elizabeth Cohen teaches politics at Boston University.

伊麗莎白·科恩在波士頓大學政治

She says every way to measure time is a choice.

她說每一種測量時間的方法都是一種選擇

None of it is natural.

這些都不是自然的

Calendars have been very different in history.

曆法在歷史上很不一樣

Some follow the sun.

有些跟著太陽

Some follow the moon.

有些跟著月亮

Some follow both.

有些兩者都跟

Today, the Gregorian calendar is used around the world.

今天格里曆在世界各地使用

But other calendars are still used for religion or culture.

但是其他曆法仍然用於宗教或文化

Daylight saving time shows a wish for natural time.

夏令時間顯示對自然時間願望

Michael OMalley says this.

麥可·奧馬利這個

He teaches history at George Mason University.

在喬治梅森大學教歷史

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

他說這只在一個很常想時鐘的社會裡才有意義

Industry changed time.

工業改變了時間

Time was a natural rhythm before.

時間以前是自然的節奏

Now it is a fixed schedule.

現在固定的時間表

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

奧馬利人們規律的時間感

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

在1800年代美國鐵路在1883年做了四個時區的系統

This made time the same across the country.

全國時間一樣

The Prime Meridian goes through Greenwich, England.

本初子午線穿過英格蘭格林威治

It was chosen in 1884.

在1884年被選定

Britain was a strong empire then.

英國那時強大的帝國

Kevin Birth says this.

凱文·伯斯這個

He teaches anthropology at Queens College.

在皇后學院人類學

Time zones are political.

時區政治的

Countries and states make their own rules.

國家制定自己的規則

China has one official time zone.

中國一個官方時區

It wants national unity.

想要國家團結

But local people follow natural daylight.

當地人跟隨自然日光

Time can also control people.

時間也能控制

Curfews or strikes are examples.

宵禁罷工例子

Cohen says time has a lot of power.

科恩時間很多力量

People fight over it.

人們為它爭鬥

They want to control others.

他們控制別人

Or they want to stop control over them.

或者他們停止對他們的控制

August 14th, 2026

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