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  • 工作学习 / English / Jabber's English Note---054 -jabber(jabber); 2001-10-8 {584} (#219397@0)
    Spring ahead, fall back.

    It suddenly occurred to me that some friends are talking about day-light saving time. People coming from China like to say "summer time". I do believe there is no problem from other English-speakers to understand "summer time". However, if we want to understand others, we had better say "day-light saving time".

    Regarding the day-light saving time, there is a very interesting phrase: Spring ahead, fall back. One can understand it in two ways: 1) Think of "spring" and "fall" as verbs; and 2) Think of them as nouns. Either way works!
    • In order to reuse day-light saving time in China, China should devide different time by different time zone instead of only one Beijing time. -pyramid(金字塔); 2001-10-8 (#219438@0)
    • Interesting! -abba(Spitfire); 2001-10-8 (#219441@0)
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