日光节能时制（Daylight Saving Time）

“节能时” 从昨天开始，时钟往前拨快了一小时。

虽然在不知不觉中，生命中少了3,600秒，却觉得跟中国又近了一小时。从今天开始和中国时差整整12小时了，成了名符其实的“黑白颠倒”！

“Daylight Saving Time” started yesterday. The clock was moved forward one hour.

Even though there were 3,600 seconds missing in my life, I felt one our closer to China. From today, the time difference with Beijing Time is exactly 12 hours – completely upside down, day and night!

人们通常比较熟悉“夏令时”这个概念，可对“节能时”却不太熟悉。其实在欧洲和北美的很多国家都在实施“节能时”。美国现行的“节能时”长达七个月，从每年3月份的第一个星期日开始，一直到每年10月份结束，并不只是在夏季实施。

“节能时” 的目的是为了让人们更好地利用日光，节省能源。

Many people are familiar with “Summer Time”, but not with “Daylight Saving Time”. Actually, many countries are practicing “Daylight Saving Time” in Europe and North America. Currently, “Daylight Saving Time” in the United States lasts about seven months. It starts in March of every year, and ends in October. It’s a lot longer than just the summer.

The purpose of the “Daylight Saving Time” is to make better use of daylight, in turn to save more natural energy.

“日光节约时制”的想法，是美国开国先父之一--本杰明•富兰克林早在1784年提出的。富兰克林是猫最钦佩的一位名人之一，不仅仅因为他也是出生在波士顿，或是宾大的创立人，而是因为富兰克林是一位才华横溢的科学家、政治家、外交家和发明家，又是一位注重实际又极富人道主义精神的美国先哲。很多人不知道他的很多发明和贡献，包括避雷针，玻璃琴，和一套新式的音乐记谱法。

The idea of with “Daylight Saving Time” was first suggested by Benjamin Franklin, one of the most important and influential Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin is one of the famous people I idolize and admire the most. Not only because he was a native Bostonian, or the founder of U. of Penn, but because of the extraordinary scientist, Politician, diplomat and inventor he was, and an honorable philosopher and humanitarian. Many people don’t know his inventions, creations and contributions, including Lightning Rods and Glass armonica.

富兰克林还是一位卓越的作家。“时间就是金钱”，就是他的名言。在他的著作里，还有更多智慧的警句。今天说到时间，就摘录几句跟时间有关的名句吧。

Franklin was also a tenanted writer. “Time is money”, is one of his most famous quotes. Among his many works, books and speeches, he shared his wisdom with us. Talking about “Time” today, here are a couple of his famous quotes on Time.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.
你热爱生命吗？那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。

Never leave that until tomorrow, which you can do today.
今天的事不要拖到明天。

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
二十岁时起支配作用的是意志 , 三十岁时是机智 , 四十岁时是判断。

Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise.
早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。