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I’m sure almost every one of you looked at your watch or at a clock before y
I’m sure almost every one of you looked at your watch or at a clock before y
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2023-09-14
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I’m sure almost every one of you looked at your watch or at a clock before you came to class today. Watches and【B1】______ seem as much a part of our life as breathing or eating. And yet, did you know that watches and clocks were【B2】______ in the United States until the 1850’s?
In the late 1700’s, people didn’t know the【B3】 time unless they were near a clock. Those【B4】 clocks in the squares of European towns were built for the【B5】______ after all, most citizens simply couldn’t【B6】______ a personal timepiece. Well into the 1800’s in Europe and the United States—the main【B7】______of a watch, which, by the way, was often on a【B8】______ chain, was to show others how wealthy you were.【B9】___________________ By then the rapid pace of industrialization in the United States meant that measuring time had become essential. How could the factory worker get to work on time unless he or she knew exactly what time it was? 【B10】_____________________ And since industrialization made possible the manufacture of large quantities of goods, watches became fairly inexpensive.【B11】_________________ Being on time had entered the language—and life—of every citizen. [br] 【B6】
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