分针与时针的故事Children and watches点击数: 101 “Time is a problem for kids,” a news report about a new Swiss （瑞士的）watch says. Children in some countries learn time slowly because they dont wear watches and parents dont really know how to teach them time. The kids grow up with this handicap(障碍) and when they become adults they cant get to work on time. Is there an answer to this problem? Of course!Its the Flik Flak, made by a famous Swiss watch company.The Flik Flak is being sold as a kind of teaching watch for children between the ages of 4 and 10. The watch itself does not teach kids how to tell time, of course. It just “catches their imagination(想象)” by making the hour hand a beautiful red girl named Flak and the minute hand a tall blue boy named Flik.（把时针作成一个女孩样，把分针作成一个男孩样） Flik points to the blue minutes on the dial(钟面), while Flak points to the red hour numbers. The characters and the colors combined with(结合) the help of parents are supposed to teach young children how to tell time.Peter Lipkin, the United States sales manager for the Flik Flak, calls it “kid-proof（耐.）”. “If it gets dirty, you can throw the whole watch into the washing machine.” The product is being sold in some department stores in Europe, Asia and the United States for the price of $25. Parents who buy the watch may discover that it is one thing to tell time and its quite another for them to be on time.