Part 4 - Academic Lecture
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- 1Test de Pratique 1A lecture on how railways standardised timePas commencéenv. 12 min
- 2Test de Pratique 2A lecture on kelp forestsPas commencéenv. 12 min
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Sentence completion
Complete the sentences below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
1. Before the railways, towns set their clocks by the position of the ______.
2. Bristol time was about ______ minutes behind London time.
3. In 1840 the Great Western Railway began using London time in its ______ and stations.
4. The clock on Bristol's Corn Exchange has two minute ______.
5. From the 1850s, time signals were sent from Greenwich by ______.
6. By 1855, almost all public ______ in Britain showed Greenwich time.
7. Greenwich Mean Time became Britain's ______ time in 1880.
8. In the USA, 18 November 1883 was called 'the day of two ______'.
9. Standard time in the USA was introduced by the railways and not by the ______.
10. Today, time is kept by ______ clocks.
About Part 4 - Academic Lecture
Listen to one speaker talking on an academic subject