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What could be better than Halloween falling on a Saturday？ How about an “extra” hour on Sunday？ That will be the case for most North American people because this weekend also marks the end of Daylight Saving Time （DST）. This means that on Sunday， November 1st， people will add an extra 60 minutes to their day by simply moving back the clocks.
1. 第一位想到这样做的是Benjamin Franklin。 In 1784， the American inventor and politician wrote an article to the editor of the Journal of Paris in which he jokingly suggested changing the clocks to save candles.
However， while Mr. Franklin was joking， New Zealand person George Hudson was serious when he suggested it in 1895. In fact in his paper presented to the Wellington Philosophical Society， he preferred a two-hour shift （变动） forward and back. 2.Unfortunately his idea was not considered seriously either. Nor was the one by British person William Willett in 1907.
It was not until Germany voted Daylight Saving Time into law in April 1916 to reduce the use of artificial lighting and save fuel during World War I， that others took notice.
3. Britain， United States， and a few other countries followed shortly after. However， most went back to Standard Time once the war was over， only to do it again during World War II.
Three weeks after the war ended in 1945， the U.S. once again called on National Daylight Saving Time. However States and local governments were allowed to continue the tradition and even start and stop at their decision. 4. 毫不奇怪，这导致了时间的混乱。By 1965， the state of Iowa alone had 23 different pairs of start and end DST dates！
To end the “chaos （混乱） of clocks”， the U.S. Congress passed the Uniform Time Act of 1966. It stated that for those that wanted to keep the tradition， DST would begin on the last Sunday of April and end on the last Sunday of October. Hawaii and some cities in Arizona decided it was unnecessary and gave it up.
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答案：
1. The first person to think of doing so was Benjamin Franklin.
2. 不幸的是，他的想法也没有受到重视。
3. 英国、美国以及其它几个国家不久紧跟效仿。
4. Not surprisingly this resulted in / led to a “chaos of clocks”.
1. 第一位想到这样做的是Benjamin Franklin。 In 1784， the American inventor and politician wrote an article to the editor of the Journal of Paris in which he jokingly suggested changing the clocks to save candles.
However， while Mr. Franklin was joking， New Zealand person George Hudson was serious when he suggested it in 1895. In fact in his paper presented to the Wellington Philosophical Society， he preferred a two-hour shift （变动） forward and back. 2.Unfortunately his idea was not considered seriously either. Nor was the one by British person William Willett in 1907.
It was not until Germany voted Daylight Saving Time into law in April 1916 to reduce the use of artificial lighting and save fuel during World War I， that others took notice.
3. Britain， United States， and a few other countries followed shortly after. However， most went back to Standard Time once the war was over， only to do it again during World War II.
Three weeks after the war ended in 1945， the U.S. once again called on National Daylight Saving Time. However States and local governments were allowed to continue the tradition and even start and stop at their decision. 4. 毫不奇怪，这导致了时间的混乱。By 1965， the state of Iowa alone had 23 different pairs of start and end DST dates！
To end the “chaos （混乱） of clocks”， the U.S. Congress passed the Uniform Time Act of 1966. It stated that for those that wanted to keep the tradition， DST would begin on the last Sunday of April and end on the last Sunday of October. Hawaii and some cities in Arizona decided it was unnecessary and gave it up.
句子翻译（将文中标有序号的蓝色句子翻译为中文或英文）：
1. .
2. .
3. .
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答案：
1. The first person to think of doing so was Benjamin Franklin.
2. 不幸的是，他的想法也没有受到重视。
3. 英国、美国以及其它几个国家不久紧跟效仿。
4. Not surprisingly this resulted in / led to a “chaos of clocks”.