FRIEND OR ENEMY
Video
• Read this excerpt from the play Winston
and the Spider to learn about one kind of
small creature.
• The scene begins with Winston and his
wife Betty standing in their kitchen.
Group Competition: crossword
• 1.Find the words in the article to complete the
crossword according to clue given to you.
• 2.You don’t have to tell me the word in numerical
order. For example, if you find the block number 7
is easy, you can work it out first.
• 3.Find the words as soon as possible. If you know
the answer, just stand up and spell it correctly.
After that, you could get one point for your group.
Across:
2. a net used to catch insects
3. stretch easily like rubber
band
6. able to stop bullet
8. a wound made by an animal
or insects
Down:
1. to try to cure an illness
4. made by people, often
as a copy of something
natural
5. continue to live after a
difficult situation
7. not often
Keys:
• 1.treat
• 2.web
• 3.elastic
• 4.artificial
• 5.survive
• 6.bulletproof
• 7.rarely
• 8.bite
Underline the Betty’s remarks from line 1 to line 22 and read them
aloud
1.Kill it!(jumping in fright, and then shouting)
2.Why?You are not frightened of
it,Winston ,are you?
3.Not really,(she sighs.)but I suppose you are
going to tell me anyway.
4.No, I didn’t know that.
5.So everyone is happy except the insects.
Pest Control
seasons Spiders Farmers
/
1.___________________
which look like ________
2. __________________.
winter /
1._____________
while insects are
ready to
______________.
2._________.
1.Their fields __________.
2.Farmers __________.
build shelters for spiders
survive the winter
in the shelters
emerge healthy
and hungry
attack farmers’ crops
fill their empty
stomachs
have been
protected
become happy
put them all over their fields
little tentsautumn
spring
Complete the mind map using the information from line
25 to line 40.
Spider’s
usages
silk
usages
lighter than a
feather
poison
use it in
spacecraft
Spider’s
usages
silk
usages
lighter than a
feather
poison
use it in
spacecraft
use it in artificial
organs like
hearts
make really
bulletproof
vests
strong than
steel
as elastic as a
rubber band
properties
treat brain
disorders
Complete the mind map using the information from
line 25 to line 40.
• Betty thinks spiders are
nasty and should be killed.
• She had no interest in
knowing about spiders and
had a misunderstanding
about them.
Betty’s attitude towards spiders
From the start
She began to understand
the spiders are farmer’s
friends and people should
understand things in nature
and not destroy them.
In the end
changed
Speech Contest: Who is the best speaker ?
• 1.Watch a video on how to make a speech
• 2.Write a speech draft based on the summary and
the information you found from the internet
• 3.Practise your speech with your parterner in your
group
• 4. Choose the best one to participate in the
competition
• 5.Grade the speaker except the one from your
group based on the assessment table
• 6.Find out who is the best speaker
Summary
• Spiders are not insects. They survive winter by
living in shelters built by farmers. In spring, they
eat insects that attack farmers’ crops. They make
webs with silk, which is strong, light and elastic.
Scientists plan to use spider silk in spacecraft,
etc. Their poison can be used to treat brain
disorders. Therefore, spiders are enemies of
insects and friends of humans. We should try to
understand things in nature and not destroy them.
You can begin the speech with..
• 1.Hello, ladies and gentlemen, today I am very
honored to stand here delivering the speech, my
topic deals with…
• 2.Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Today,
instead of talking about some profound stories, I
have a little request for each of you to take a
minute and think about…
• 3. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I’m
..from group…First, I would like to begin my
speech with such a question. Do you know
Assessment Table
Name Total points
Items Requirements Score
Content(3’) Features, Usages，Habits，Behaviors etc.
Language(4’) Correctness, Fluency, Pronunciation
Stage
manners(3’)
Appearance, Appropriateness, Body Language
Homework
• 1.Read the text aloud at least three times
• 2.Modify your speech draft.
• 3. Record your speech and email your recordings
to 1848750513@qq.com
Read and think
• Betty was frightened of the
spider.
• She didn’t want to learn
about the spider and had
no idea of the spider.
Underline the Betty’s remarks from line to line 22 and read them
aloud
1.Kill it!(jumping in fright,
and then shouting)
2.Why?You are not
frightened of it,
Winston ,are you?
3.Not really,(she
sighs.)but I suppose you
are going to tell me
anyway.
4.No, I didn’t know that.
5.So everyone is happy
except the insects.
Betty’s attitude towards spiders
From
She began to understand
the spiders are farmer’s
friends.
To
changed
1. Why did Betty jump in fright?
2. What were Winston’s views on spiders
before he watched the programme?
3. What happened to spiders in winter
before farmers built shelters for them?
Because she saw a spider.
He thought they were nasty and
dangerous.
Most of them did not survive.
She wasn’t interested
in Winston's talk about
spider.
She still thinks spiders
are nasty and should
be killed because she
thinks their bites are
dangerous.
She got Winston’s
point and realized
people should respect
useful creatures and
protect them.
1.（Looking bored）
Interesting, but now I
must go and…
2.What?
3. I still think spiders are
nasty and should be
killed. Their bites are
dangerous, aren’t they？
4.That’s good news for
you ,then.(she laughs.)
But seriously, I get your
point, Winston. We
should try to understand
things in nature and not
destroy them
4. Why are the insects not happy?
5. How did Betty feel about Winston’s talk
about spiders?
6. What probably happened to the spider
that Betty and Winston saw? Why?
Because they may be eaten by the
spiders.
She felt bored.
It probably was not killed and ran away,
because spiders are useful creatures.
• 1.be not frightened of it
• 2.useful creatures
• 3.watch a TV programme
• 4.completely change my
view about spiders
• 5.I suppose
• 6.the enemies of insects
• 7.the friends of humans
• 8.build shelters for spiders
• 9.put them all over their
fields
• 10.be like little tents
• 11.survive winter in them
• 1.不怕它
• 2.有用的生物
• 3.看一个电视节目
• 4.彻底改变我对蜘蛛
的看法
• 5.我想
• 6.昆虫的敌人
• 7.人类的朋友
• 8.为蜘蛛建巢
• 9.把它们放在田间各
个角落
• 10.就像小帐篷
• 11.熬过了冬天
• 12.emerge healthy and hungry
• 13.attack the farmer’s crops
• 14.fill their empty stomachs
• 15.their fields have been
protected
• 16.the natural method of pest
control
• 17. It is being copied all over
the world
• 18. stronger than steel
• 19. lighter that a feather
• 20.as elastic as a rubber band
• 21.make their webs with
• 22.develop a material
• 23.have similar properties
• 24.plan to use it in spacecraft
• 25.artificial organs like hearts
12.出来了 健健康康但又饥
肠辘辘
13.袭击农民的庄稼
14.填饱了他们空空肚子
15.他们的田野收受到保护
16.害虫控制的自然方法
17.被全世界效仿
18.比钢铁还要硬
19.比羽毛还要轻
20.像橡皮筋一样有弹性
21.用来织网的丝
22.开发一种材料
23.有相似的属性
24.计划用在宇宙飞船上
25.像心脏一样的人造器官
• 26.做出真正的防弹背心
• 27.蜘蛛很恶心
• 28.它们咬人会很危险
• 29.人几乎没有什么危险
• 30.他们的毒汁有用
• 31.被用来治疗精神错乱
• 32.我明白你的意思了
• 33.了解自然界的生物
26.make really
bulletproof vests
27.spiders are nasty
28.Their bites are
danerous
29.to people, rarely
30.their poison is
useful
31.be used to treat
brain disorders
32.I get your point.
33. understand things
in nature
• 1.不怕它
• 2.有用的生物
• 3.看一个电视节目
• 4.彻底改变我对蜘蛛的看法
• 5.我想
• 6.昆虫的敌人
• 7.人类的朋友
• 8.为蜘蛛建巢
• 9.把它们放在田间各个角落
• 10.就像小帐篷
• 11.熬过了冬天
12.出来了 健健康康但又饥
肠辘辘
13.袭击农民的庄稼
14.填饱了他们空空肚子
15.他们的田野收受到保护
16.害虫控制的自然方法
17.被全世界效仿
18.比钢铁还要硬
19.比羽毛还要轻
20.像橡皮筋一样有弹性
• 26.做出真正的防弹背心
• 27.蜘蛛很恶心
• 28.它们咬人会很危险
• 29.人几乎没有什么危险
• 30.他们的毒汁有用
• 31.被用来治疗精神错乱
• 32.我明白你的意思了
• 33.了解自然界的生物
21.用来织网的丝
22.开发一种材料
23.有相似的属性
24.计划用在宇宙飞船
上
25.像心脏一样的人造
器官
• 1. an opinion about
something
• 2. a shelter made of cloth for
people to sleep in
• 3.to continue to live despite
difficulties
• 4.creature that destroys
plants or food
• 5.able to stretch and then
return to its original shape
• 6.not real ,made to copy
something natural
• 7.able to stop bullets
• 8.horrible ,unpleasant
1.View
2.Tent
3. Survive
4.Pest
5.Elastic
6.Artificial
7.Bulletproof
8.nasty
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.
insects survive
shelters
insects
crops
silk strong
light elastic
spacecraft
brain
disorders
enemies friends
We should try to understand things in nature
and not destroy them.
Find the answers to these questions by reading the article from
line 25 to line 40
1.Did betty start to like spiders after Winston told her
that spiders are farmers’ friends? How do you know
that?
She disliked the spiders because she thought spiders
were nasty and should be killed.
2. Betty thought spiders bites’ are dangerous. What did
Winston do to deal with Betty ‘s misunderstanding
about them?
Winston explained to her that spiders bites are
dangerous to insects rarely to people.
3.What is Betty‘s attitude towards spiders in the end?
She began to understand spiders in nature and not
destroy them
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