• Spring is in the air.
• It is time to go outside and do
some gardening.
•It is .
•It is time to stay inside and
do some learning.
The natural world
Plants
the interesting world of plants
learn to care for plants
The natural world
Animals
/Creatures
Creatures
large and small
“Of all the creatures large and
small, I love the spider most.”
Spiderman
Facts or Myths about the spider
The spider is an insect.
Goliath birdeater
the largest spider
body lengths up to 90 mm and leg
spans up to 250 mm
Some spiders are enormous.
Some have the appetite for
lizards and birds.
Betty Winston
a kitchen talk
between
What are the
basic elements of a play?
• characters/actors
• costumes
• scenes/settings
• script/lines/dialogues
• stage directions
Practise the lines with each other.
Pay attention to the stage directions.
script reading
Words that you may have difficulty pronouncing
excerpt /ˈek.sɜːpt/
creature /ˈkriː.tʃər/
shelter /ˈʃel.tər/
emerge /ɪˈmɜːdʒ/
feather /ˈfeð.ər/
elastic /iˈlæs.tɪk/
artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
organ /ˈɔː.ɡən/
poison /ˈpɔɪ.zən/
Practise the lines with each other.
Pay attention to the stage directions.
Underline the characters’
opinions on spiders.
In Betty’s opinion, spiders were
_______________.
lfrightening line 1
linsects line 4
lnasty, dangerous and
should be killed line 33
lworth knowing and
understanding line 39
Betty changed her views on spiders,
after having a chat with Winston.
Winston convinced Betty
into accepting his ideas.
Line 5 “Spiders are very useful creatures.”
Line 11 “Spiders are the enemies of insects and
the friends of humans.”
Line 26 (spiders’ silk is)“…stronger than steel, lighter
than a feather and as elastic as a rubber band.”
Line 35 “But even their poison is useful.”
How to
convince?
examples of
spiders’ usefulness & values
(SUV)
SUV 1: a natural method of pest control
Chinese farmers believe the spread of spiders
will make the world a better place.
emerge
shelter
emergin
g
economy
(BRICS)
SUV 2: properties of spiders’ magic silk
artificial
organs
bulletproof
vests
cosmonauts
astronauts
taikonauts
strong
light
elastic
strong
light
elastic
strong
light
elastic
SUV 3: medical application of the poison
“Bitten by my
favorite creature!”
SUV +:
magical
application of the
poison
a summary of the SUV
(Spiders’ Usefulness and Values)
In the field of agriculture
In the field of science
A: material science
medicine or physiology
Spiders eat insects, which serves as
a natural method of pest control.
Materials with similar properties to spiders’ silk
are used in spacecraft,
artificial organs and bulletproof vests.
B:
Spiders’ poison can treat brain disorders in
humans.
Friend or Enemy?
• Spiders take away lives of insects.
• Spiders save lives of crops,
cosmonauts, astronauts, taikonauts,
patients, policemen and so on.
• Spiders are enemies of insects and
friends of humans.
“Just because I don’t speak
doesn’t mean I cannot act.
Give me some lines
and I will also shine
even better than Betty.”
Sincerely,
the Spider of the Kitchen
Winston and the Spider
the Real Play
• actors Winstons & Spiders
• costumes JC Yellow, the new black
• scene
most beautiful campus in Shanghai
• script with stage directions
Winter, an unknown field in an unknown
part of China. (There seems to be a banyan tree,
or a mountain with odd peaks, or a Tibetan
temple, or a twisting wall in a distance.)
A shrunken(缩小的) Winston enters a big tent
to stay away from the freezing cold. He stands in
the middle of the structure, surrounded by
spiders. One spider comes up to talk with him.
scene
nThe whole script is divided into 2 pages. Choose either
page. Make sure you and your mate are on the same page.
uComplete the page with words from
the text or your own intelligence.
uCompare your answers with
those of your mates’.
uPerform the play with attention
to the stage directions.
1 Winston 2 shelter
3 survive 4 spring
5 emerge 6 starve = be hungry
7 pesticides 8 pest control
9 spacecraft 10 similar properties
11 feather 12 elastic
13 bulletproof 14 artificial organs
15 poison
16 treat brain disorders in humans
answers for reference
Perform the play
with stage directions.
Spider: (RAISING ONE OF ITS 8 LEGS)
Good day, Mr…?
Winston: (WAVING HAND) Good day, just
call me Winston .
Spider: I am the spider. Welcome,
Winston, my friend, to our
humble house.
Winston: Thank you. Well, what a lovely
house decorated with (LOOKING
AROUND)… minimalism.
Spider: Yes, it is indeed very simple, but we
appreciate the farmers building this
shelter for us. We survive the winter
in this tent.
Winston: (RUBBING HANDS) Sorry for the
poor creatures out there! So, what do
you do during the winter?
Spider: We rest and wait for the new year
with patience and optimism, as one of
your poets said, “if winter comes, can
spring be far behind?”.
Winston: (THUMBS UP) Wow, it is a pleasure to
talk with a genius like you!
Spider: (IGNORING HIS COMMENTS) When spring
comes, we emerge healthy and hungry.
Farmers want us to survive and starve as
well. This way, we can eat the insects and
the crops are kept from destruction.
Winston: That’s killing insects with spiders instead
of pesticides – a natural method of pest
control. I can’t help admiring the wisdom
of the Chinese people.
Spider: I can’t agree with you more. It is even
wiser of them to use our silk in
spacecraft. China is the third country
to send man into space, isn’t it?
Winston: Yes, I know the word “taikonaut”. But,
as for “silk-naut”…it is a bit beyond
my imagination.
Spider: Well, it is not the SILK itself. Actually,
it is some magic material with similar
properties to our silk.
Winston: (BEING CURIOUS) What are the properties?
Spider: (PROUDLY) Being stronger than steel,
lighter than a feather, and as elastic as a
rubber band! Not only in space, our silk
also serves man on earth. Winston, your
name reminds me of…
Winston: Churchill, Winston Churchill. People
always say that.
Spider: And you are British.
Winston: As British as I can.
Spider: I am very sorry for the terrorist
attack outside your Parliament. But you
know, people’s attempt to understand
the workings of our silk has led to the
development of bulletproof vests and
artificial organs. And, if necessary, we
can even bite the terrorists.
Winston: (SMILING) That’s very sweet of you,
but I don’t think terrorists will faint at
the sight of a spider.
Spider: (RAISING ONE OF THE LEGS) Winston,
my friend, it is not the appearance but
the poison that matters. Doctors use
it to treat brain disorders in humans.
Winston: Oh, I see. (REMEMBERING
SOMETHING)Ah, that is also good
news for me. I don’t know how I got
shrunken. Maybe you can give me a
bite and have me completely restored.
Spider: Well, I am not sure about this but it’s
worth trying. (BITING WINSTON)
a bite of the spider
spiders’ usefulness and values
a bite of plays
elements and playfulness
I English.
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