2007年高考英语

Today about 70 countries use Daylight Saving Time(DST)．Daylight Saving was first introduced during World War I in Australia．During the world wars, DST was used for the late summers beginning January 1917 and 1942, and the full summers beginning September 1942 and 1943． 现在大约有70个国家使用夏令时，最早是在第一次世界大战期间由澳大利亚引入。在世界大战期间，夏令时用于1917年1月和1942年1月开始的夏末，以及1942年9月和1943年9月开始的整个夏季。 In 1967, Tasmania experienced a drought. The State Government introduced one hour of daylight saving that summer as a way of saving power and water. Tasmanians liked the idea of daylight saving and the Tasmanian Government has declared daylight saving each summer since 1968．Persuaded by the Tasmanian Government, all states except two passed a law in 1971, for a test use of daylight saving. In 1972, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria joined Tasmania for regular daylight saving, but Queensland did not do so until 1989． 1967年，塔斯马尼亚经历了一场干旱。该州政府为了省电和省水，在那个夏天引入了一小时的夏令时。塔斯马尼亚人喜欢夏令时，政府自1968年以来每年夏天都宣布实行夏令时。在塔斯马尼亚政府的劝说下，除两个州外，所有州都在1971年通过了一项法规，对夏令时进行测试使用。1972年，新南威尔士州、南澳大利亚州和维多利亚州加入塔斯马尼亚州，实行定期夏令时，但昆士兰州直到1989年才开始实行。 Tasmania, Queensland and South Australia have had irregular plans, often changing their dates due to politics or festivals. For example, in 1992, Tasmania extended daylight saving by an extra month while South Australia began extending daylight saving by two weeks for the Adelaide Festival．Special daylight saving plans were made during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. 塔斯马尼亚、昆士兰和南澳大利亚计划不固定，经常因为政治或节日而改变日期。例如，1992年，塔斯马尼亚夏令时延长了一个月，而南澳大利亚开始为阿德莱德节将夏令时延长两周，2000年悉尼奥运会期间制定了特别的夏令时计划。 The differences in daylight saving in Australia continue to cause serious problems in transport and many other social activities．It also reduces the number of hours in the working day that are common to all centers in the country．In particular, time differences along the east coast cause major differences, especially for the broadcasters of national radio and television. 澳大利亚夏时制的差异在交通和许多其他社会活动中持续造成严重问题，它还减少了国内所有中心共同工作日的小时数。特别是，东海岸的时间差造成了重大差异，对于国内广播电视台的主持人们更是如此。