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Daylight Saving Time: Pros and Cons

The speaker discusses the positives and negatives of daylight saving time. Positives include reduced road accidents due to an extra hour of daylight, increased tourism spending due to more evening sunlight, and potential energy savings from less lighting and appliance use. Negatives include possible increases in crime rates if people leave home in darkness, health risks like increased heart attacks after the springtime clock change, and challenges for traditional dairy farmers in adjusting milking schedules. The speaker concludes by noting the ongoing debate around daylight saving time.

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Daylight Saving Time: Pros and Cons

The speaker discusses the positives and negatives of daylight saving time. Positives include reduced road accidents due to an extra hour of daylight, increased tourism spending due to more evening sunlight, and potential energy savings from less lighting and appliance use. Negatives include possible increases in crime rates if people leave home in darkness, health risks like increased heart attacks after the springtime clock change, and challenges for traditional dairy farmers in adjusting milking schedules. The speaker concludes by noting the ongoing debate around daylight saving time.

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ISE II LISTENING

You will hear the talk twice. The first time, just listen. Then I’ll ask you to tell me generally
what the speaker is talking about.

Ever since the very first time Daylight Saving Time (DST) was introduced in 1916, people have
disagreed about whether setting the clocks one hour forward in the spring, and back again in
autumn, has the desired effect. According to a Rasmussen Report from 2013, only 37% of
Americans see the purpose of DST compared to 45% the year before.

There are many positives to the extra hour of daylight, especially in everyday life. Studies link
DST to reduced road accidents. A joint Transport Research Laboratory and University College
of London study predicted that fewer people would be killed and injured in road accidents if
one hour of daylight was transferred from the morning to the afternoon.

The tourist industry welcomes DST, claiming that the extra hour of sunlight makes people
stay out later, therefore spending more money on activities like festivals, shopping and
concerts. The Belfast Telegraph, for example, reports that the extra evening light gives
Northern Ireland at least £6.34 million a year in extra cash from tourists.

DST is often linked to energy saving, but there is still disagreement as to whether the theory
matches practice. Pro DST arguments are that more light can counteract blackouts and other
electrical failures that can occur later in the day and that it influences people to spend more
time out of the house, thus using less lighting and electrical appliances. In countries such as
Canada, Cuba, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, the United States and other parts of the world, DST is
used as a means of conserving energy as the demand for electricity and gas increases.

On the other hand, it is also argued that if people are leaving their homes when it is still dark
in the mornings, could elevate levels of crime. Guatemala, for example, decided not to have
DST in 2008 because of safety concerns.

Moreover, another argument against DST is due to health concerns. Studies show that there is
an increase in both heart attacks on the days after clocks are set forward one hour in the pring.

Finally, traditional dairy farmers often protest that changing the clocks one hour twice a year
makes milking cows and getting the milk collected in time a challenge. In more modern dairy
farms, the cows are milked at will by robots and this argument becomes void.

However, farmers in developing countries are still an active part of the debate.

Now tell me about the positives and negatives the speaker gives of daylight saving time. You
have one minute to talk.

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