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1 The 31 st of January. It’s Friday. History of Clock Making History of Clock Making

2 What we already know about the time: What are the two types of clocks? What parts of clocks do you know? Can you tell the time? What do you want to learn about the clocks? What should we do for that? There are … I know … I want to learn about … We should …

3 Phonetic drill: [Λ] lunch compass other sundial Russia company [ a ʊ (ə) ] count down around now outside tower hourglass [ɔ:] straw before North [æ] candle sand-glass mechanic shadow plastic [ɜ:] Earth early world Guess the proverbs: Time is money. Time flies. Time and tide wait for no man.

4 What famous clocks and clock towers do you know?.

5 History of Clock Making Watch a video and do the tasks: 1) Match the clocks with their names. 2) Say when we can’t use the sundials. 3) When was the mechanical clock invented? sundial candle clock hourglass sand-glass mechanical clock atomic (digital) clock

6 unveil(ed) [Λnveil]- торжественно открывать host [h ə ʊ st ] city- город, принимающий игры time zones – часовые пояса unveil(ed) [Λnveil]- торжественно открывать host [h ə ʊ st ] city- город, принимающий игры time zones – часовые пояса Watch the video and guess the clock:

7 1. In May, 2011, OMEGA (the famous clock company) unveiled a clock in the host city that will count down the days, hours, minutes and seconds to the Opening … Put the parts of the text in correct order: 3. ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. On the 7 th of February, 2013, one year before the start of the Olympic Winter Games, OMEGA unveiled Countdown Clocks in eight other … 4. cities of Russia. The nine cities that are now home to an OMEGA Countdown Clock are the host city Sochi, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Pyatigorsk, Novosibirsk … 2. and Khabarovsk. They are nine because Russia is the world’s largest country and has nine time zones. These clocks are 3.5 metres … 5. high and are made in the same design as the Olympic Sochi clock. And only Moscow’s Countdown Clock is red, not blue.

8 Let’s sing!

9 Olympic Countdown Clocks Answer the questions: 1.What does the Olympic Clock in Sochi count? 2.How many Countdown Clocks are there in Russia? 3.Why are they nine? 4.What’s the size of the Clocks? 5.What colour are the Clocks? Answer the questions: 1.What does the Olympic Clock in Sochi count? 2.How many Countdown Clocks are there in Russia? 3.Why are they nine? 4.What’s the size of the Clocks? 5.What colour are the Clocks?

10 5000 years ago Sundials use shadows Shadow is a dark spot The longest shadow is in the morning/ afternoon How sundials work

11 Answer the questions: 1.When were the first sundials made? 2.How do the sundials work? 3.Can we use the sundials at night? 1.When were the first sundials made? 2.How do the sundials work? 3.Can we use the sundials at night? off

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