English Lessons (Listening): "Daylight Savings Time"

Vocabulary (French & German translations)
A. minimal (adj) – minimal, minimal
B. disrupt (verb) – perturber, stören
C. strokes– accident vasculaire cérébral (AVC), schlaganfall
D. tend to (phrasal verb) – tendent à, neigen dazu
E. crops (noun) – cultures, ernte, getreide
F. time shift (noun) – décalage horaire, zeitverschiebung

Guide Questions
1. What does the speaker say about Daylight Savings Time (DST)?
2. What do people think of DST now?
3. What did the European Union decide to do in 2019?
4. What are the other negative effects of DST? 

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Discussion
1. How does DST affect you both in personal and professional ways? Are the effects mostly good or bad? –

2. Do you prefer the summertime or the wintertime? Why? –