95. The World’s Strangest Time Zones!: What are time zones and why are they so weird? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>You may not have thought about it before, but time zones are strange. What are time zones and why do we use them? Who decided the world should be loosely split into 24 different regions with 24 different times? Why do some countries and territories decide to change or make their own time zones? Where are the strangest time zones in the world? Let’s try to answer these questions in this episode of Thinking in English!</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/08/23/95-the-worlds-strangest-time-zones-what-are-time-zones-and-why-are-they-so-weird-english-vocabulary-lesson/"><strong>TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/08/23/95-the-worlds-strangest-time-zones-what-are-time-zones-and-why-are-they-so-weird-english-vocabulary-lesson/</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/04/01/64-daylight-savings-time-why-do-we-change-our-time-in-the-summer-english-vocabulary-lesson/">64. Daylight Savings Time!: Why do we change our time in the summer? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/contact/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CONTACT ME!!</a></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/</a>)</p> <p>Blog - <a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thinkinginenglish.blog</a></p> <p>Gmail - thinkinginenglishpod@gmail.com</p> <p><br></p> <h4><strong>Vocabulary List</strong></h4> <p><strong>To pick up (phrasal v) - to buy something cheaply</strong></p> <p><em>I picked up a new computer for a great price in the sale</em></p> <p><strong>Downright (adj, adv) - extremely or very great</strong></p> <p><em>She’s being downright unhelpful and obstructive</em></p> <p><strong>Loosely (adv) - not exactly</strong></p> <p><em>This phrase can be loosely translated as “Go away!”</em></p> <p><