附学生的课堂任务单：
（牛津上海版）Book 2 M2U4 Reading
Learning procedures
Step One Lead in
What are creatures?
Can you give some examples?
Do you have the experience of raising animals?
What are they?
Are spiders insects?
What do spiders live on?
How big is a spider?
Where can spiders be found?
Are spiders our friends or our enemies?
Step Two Skimming
Which of these statements are true and which are false?
( )1 All spiders are dangerous to humans.
( ) 2 Spiders are insects.
( ) 3 Some spiders are 25cm in size.
( ) 4 Some spiders eat lizards and birds.
Skim the passage and then try to answer these questions.
1. What is the “friend” or “enemy” mentioned in the title?
2. What does Winston think of spiders?
3. What does Betty think of them?
Step Three Scanning
Scan the excerpt and complete the notes below. Facts about spiders
1 They are very _________ creatures.
2 They are enemies of ______, but friends of _________.
3 During _______ in China, _______ build _________ for them.
4 In ________, the spiders eat insects that attack farmers’________.
5 They make webs with silk which is _______, __________ and _________.
6 Their poison is useful---it might be used to treat ________ disorders in humans．
True or False
1. Betty thinks spiders are nasty and should be killed.
2. Winston changed his view on spider by reading.
3. Spiders are insects.
4. To the insects in the field, spiders are harmless creatures.
5. The natural method of pest control is useless.
6. Spiders silk have its unique prosperities.
7. All spiders’ bites are dangerous to people.
8. Spiders’ poison can treat brain disorders.
Make the statements below true by completing them with the words and expressions．
at the same time as because after but as a result of before and
1 ______________ watching a TV programme, Winston changed his views on spiders.
2 _________ winter comes, the farmers build shelters for the spiders.
3 ___________________ the spiders emerge from their shelters, the insects arrive in the fields.
4 The farmers’ crops are saved __________ the spiders eat the insects.
5 This method of pest control is still being used in China ________ is being copied all over
the world.
6 ___________ listening to Winston’s story, Betty still thought spiders were nasty.
7 Spider bites are dangerous to insects ________ seldom to people.
Summary
Spiders are not__________. They ______winter by living in _________built by farmers. In spring,
they eat _________that attack farmers’ __________. They make webs with___________, which is
__________, ________ and__________. Scientists plan to use spider silk in__________, etc.
Their poison can be used to treat________ _________. Therefore, spiders are___________ of
insects and __________ of humans.
We should try to understand things in nature and not destroy them.
Answer the following questions by making inferences from the excerpt.
1. Why did Betty jump in fright?
Because she _________________.
2. What were Winston’s views on spiders before he watched the programme?
He thought they ______________________.
3. What happened to spiders in winter before farmers built shelters for them?
Most of them _______________.
4. Why are the insects not happy?
Because they _________________________.
5. How did Betty feel about Winston's talk about spiders?
She felt ________.
6. What probably happened to the spider that Betty and Winston saw?
It probably _______________________ __________________________________.
Free talk
1. What changed Winston’s view about spiders?
2. What can you learn from the dialogue?
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