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英音听力材料 2015-11-13

Source: BBC    2015-12-05   English BBS   Favorite  

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I’ve always assumed that a week is made up of seven days because it’s based on the creation myth of the book of Genesis which describes God creating the world in that time. But apparently the seven day week goes back much further to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia. Days, months and years were based on the movements of the moon and the sun, so it was then agreed to name each day after one of seven planets, thus creating the week. And it was common in ancient civilizations for one day out of the seven to be different, often used for rituals.

Today there’s a clear divide between people who want the seventh day to be different and others who want it to be the same. Plans to extend Sunday trading so that shops open for as long as any other day have just ground to a