

day
/deɪ/night
/naɪt/hour
/ˈaʊə(r)/minute
/ˈmɪnɪt/second
/ˈsekənd/month
/mʌnθ/year
/jɪə(r)/measure
/ˈmeʒə(r)/question
/ˈkwestʃən/around
/əˈraʊnd/exercise
/ˈeksəsaɪz/get ready
/ɡet ˈredi/at the same time
/ət ðə seɪm taɪm/What time is it?
/wɒt taɪm ɪz ɪt/Explore
What time is it?
That is a good question!
A day has 24 hours.
One hour has 60 minutes.
One minute has 60 seconds.
People in different countries may have different time.
The sun comes up and goes down every day.
It is seven o'clock in the morning in Beijing.
Children are getting ready for school.
Some people are going to the park to do exercise.
Some people are travelling to work.
But in other places, the time is different.
What are people doing at the same time?
It is eleven o'clock in London.
Many people are sleeping.
Good night!
Sweet dreams!
In New York, people are having dinner.
It is family time.
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Keeping up with time
Can you tell the time without a clock?
In the past, we used different things to tell the time.
This is a sundial.
The sun makes a shadow on the sundial, and the shadow tells the time.
But it cannot help us on a cloudy day.
This is an hourglass.
The sand in it falls down.
It can count down the time.
Later, people used clocks and watches to tell the time.
We still use them today.
Look! Why is the bird singing?
What's it doing?
It's telling the time.
It sings every hour.