art ll Section B: Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball Answer the questions with the key words Tapescript Time balls normally fell at noon local time in the United States and at 1: 00 p. m. in Europe, the beginning of the fall marking the exact time. But this year would see them drop at mid-night locally The first time balls. about one and a half meters in diameter. were made of wood and leather and hoisted anually by rope to drop by gravity. Eventually in several instances, electrical motors or mechanism using water or air pressure were employed. And in some time, materials changed. The Greenwich ball is now aluminum. For this New Year some time balls will have a local flavor Miami will be raising an orange. I understand Atlanta will drop a peach Steven Dick said San Francisco is to join the event next year when the U.S. Naval Observatory again Sponsors an international time ball drop to signal what he says is the real start of the new millennium The End of PartI Part ISection B : Listen to a news report about the lowering of the time ball. Answer the questions with the key words. Tapescript: Time balls normally fell at ____ local time in the United States and at 1:00 p.m. in Europe, the beginning of the fall marking the exact time. But this year would see them drop at __________ locally. The first time balls, about _________________ in diameter, were made of wood and leather and hoisted manually by ____ to drop by ______. Eventually in several instances, _____________ or mechanism using water or _____________ were employed. And in some time, materials changed. The Greenwich ball is now aluminum. For this New Year some time balls will have a local flavor. “Miami will be raising an __________. I understand Atlanta will drop a _________.” Steven Dick said ______________ is to join the event next year when the U.S. Naval Observatory again Sponsors an international time ball drop to signal what he says is the real start of the new millennium. -The End of Part I & Part II￾noon mid-night one and a half meters rope gravity electrical motors air pressure orange peach San Francisco