Chapter 10 ENEMIES OR FRIENDS READING 课件.ppt

While reading: skim the text for the main idea The main idea of this passage is____ Spiders help farmers by eating insects. We should be friendly with spiders. Spiders are useful creatures. Spiders can help scientists in spaceship. While-reading: Read carefully and match the reasons While-reading: Answer following questions 1.Why does Debbi ask Simon instead of herself to kill the spider? Because she is afraid of spiders. be afraid of ：be frightened by, 害怕 e.g. I am afraid of dark, I can’t sleep by myself at night. cat, the, the, afraid, mouse The mouse is afraid of the cat. While-reading: Answer following questions 2.What programme did Simon watch last night? He watched a program that completely changes his views on spiders. view on sth = opinion on sth, 对…的看法 e.g. What is your view on examination? Different people may have different opinions on the same matter. While-reading: Answer following questions 3. What do you say about spiders when spring comes? They appear healthy and hungry. appear + adj. = seem/look +adj., 看起来… Why does she appear so (sad, sadly)? He appeared (happily, friendly). 4. Which sentence tells you that spiders eat insects? The spiders fill their empty stomachs with insects. fill sth. with sth. : make sth full of sth,填满 e.g. She filled the glass with some tea. filled, stones, tummy(肚子），the wolf’s, with, she She filled the wolf’s tummy with stones. While-reading: Answer following questions 5.How do the farmers save money on pesticides(杀虫剂）? The farmers make full use of spiders. make use of=use, 利用 We shall make good use of lucky money. fire, can, make, you, to,of, use, water, put out You can make use of water to put out fire. While-reading: Answer following questions 6.What is special about the silk in spiders’ webs? It is stronger than steel and lighter than a feather. A. hair B. paper C. ball While-reading: Answer following questions 7.What kind of vests do scientists plan to make?