Lesson 85The Language of Honey Bees

Lesson85TheLanguageofHoneyBeesDoanimalshavetheirlanguages?Yes.Pre-readingUnit22Lesson85TheLanguageofHoneyBeeshoneycombnestofbeesbeehiveQ1.Isthereonlyonetypeofbeeoraretheremanytypes?Q2.Whichkindofbeeintereststhescientistsmost?Honeybee.Quick-readingReadthetextagainandmakenotes:InformationForBees:Kinds_______________________________Bees________________________________Livingplaces__________________________________Howdohoneybeescommunicatewitheachother?Lifestylevariousliveinlargegroupsdonotliveingroupsintreesinholesintherocksinholesinthegroundcircledance&waggingdance(Foodisfaraway.)abcd(Foodisnear.)InformationaboutthescientistName:_______________Nationality:____________What’she?________________Researchwork:_________________Howtofinditout:_________________Hisdiscovery:______________________?Isiteasyforthescientisttofindouttheway?Whatdoyouthinkofthescientist?KarlvonFrischAustrianzoologist/scientisttheamazingway…bydoingexperimentscircledance&waggingdanceListentothetapeandanswerthecomprehensionquestions310分410分510分615分15分25分720分820分925分1.Thescientistscanstudythelanguageofhoneybeesonlyafterthedevelopmentof____.A.themodernbeehiveB.experimentsC.dishesofhoneyD.bothAandBD2.KarlvonFrischmadeanexperimenttoresearch____.A.thefoodofhoneybeesB.thedanceofhoneybeesC.thewayshoneybeescommunicateD.ThehiveofhoneybeesC3.Thephrase“tellthebeesapart”inpara.2means____.A.letthebeesliveseparatelyB.tellonebeefromtheotherC.drivethebeesawayD.tearthebeesintopiecesB4.Howdidthemarkedbeetellthemessageoffoodtotheotherbees?Givethefollowsinrightorder.(1)Themarkedbeereturnedtothehivefromthefeedingtable.(2)Itrepeatedthesecirclesoverandoveragain.(3)Themarkedbeemadeacircletotheleft.(4)Themarkedbeemadeacircletotheright.(5)Theotherexcitedbeesdancetogether.(6)Thebeesleftthehiveandwenttothefeedingplace.A.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)B.(1)(3)(4)(5)(2)(6)C.(1)(4)(3)(2)(5)(6)D.(1)(4)(3)(5)(2)(6)C5.Differentdanceindicatedifferent____.A.foodB.feedingplacesC.stepsD.semicirclesB6.Thecircledancecommunicates____.(1)thedistanceoffood(2)theinformationoffood(3)theamountoffood(4)thekindoffoodA.(1)(2)(3)B.(1)(2)(4)C.(1)(2)D.(2)(3)C7.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisright?A.Animalsdohavealanguagelikethatofhumanbeings.B.WhenProfessorKarlvonFrischplacedlittledishesofmilkonthetable,beessooncame.C.Inordertobeabletowatchthebeesscientifically,hebuiltsomespecialhive,aglasswallandmarkedthebeeswithlittlespotsofcolour.D.Whenamarkedbeereturnedtothehivefromthefeedingtable,itbegantoperformadanceonthesurfaceoftheground.C8.Youcanfindoutthetopicsentenceofthetextsimplyinpara.1from____.A.thefirstsentenceB.thesecondsentenceC.ThefifthsentenceD.thelastsentenceC9.Afterreadingthetext,youcaninferthewriterislikelytowriteabout____inthenextpara.A.WhetherthecircledancetoldthemwhatfoodwasinfeedingplaceB.WhetherthebeescantellonecolourfromtheotherC.WhetherthewaggingdancetellthebeesthedistanceandthedirectionofthefoodD.WhetherthelanguageofhoneybeesisthemostusefullanguageofallanimalsC1.Thedevelopmentofthemodernbeehivein1851madeitpossibletodesignexperimentstoresearchthelanguageofhoneybees.难句分析1851年新式蜂箱的研制使设计实验研究蜜蜂的语言成为可能。2.Inordertotellthebeesapart,hepaintedsomebeeswithlittlespotsofcolor.难句分析tell…apart=tellthedifferencebetweenthings/peopleeg.Thetwinsaresomuchalikethattheirownmothercanhardlytellthemapart.3.Amongthedifferenttypesofbee,itisthehoneybeethathasmostinterestedscientistsbecauseofthe“language”theyusetocommunicatewitheachother.在不同类的蜂中，最使科学家感兴趣的是蜜蜂，因为蜜蜂能用“语言”相互交际。难句分析4.ProfessorKarlvonFrisch,anAustrianscientist,spentmanyyearsofhisliferesearchingtheamazingwayshoneybeescommunicateintheirdarkhives.难句分析ProfessorKarlvonFrisch,anAustrianscientist,spentmanyyearsofhisliferesearchingtheamazingways(inwhich/that)honeybeescommunicateintheirdarkhives.amazingadj.令人惊异的amazevt.使……惊异amazementn.1.Todotheexperiment,altogetherhowmanycardsdoyouneedtoprepare?A.Two,oneblueandonered.B.Three,twoblueandonered.C.three,oneblueandtwored.D.Four,twoblueandtwored.2.Iffigure1(图1)belowshowsthetabletopduringstep1oftheexperiment,whichpictureinfigure2represents(代表)step2?(bluecardwithsyrupbluecardredcardFigure1:Figure2:ABCD3.Duringstep2oftheexperiment,thebeescometo______.A.theoriginal(原来的)bluecardwithsyruponitB.thenewbluecardwithnosyruponitC.theemptyspacewheretheoriginalbluecardwasD.thenewbluecardwithsyruponit4.Theexperimenthasprovedthatbees__________.A.cannotseecolorsB.canseecolorsC.cannotseeblueD.cannotseered5.Whichtitlebestgivestheideaofthepassage?A.Beesloveblue.B.Beeslovesyrup.C.Bees,colorandsyrup.D.Canbeesseecolor?newwordsCompoundadj.(合成形容词):farawaynearbyworldwidenew-laid(eggs)new-builtleftoverradioactivenoble-mindednarrow-mindedRevision好看的勤劳的闻名的地势低的全国性的广泛流传的雪白的冰冷的苹果绿的心地善良的心不在焉的心胸开阔的随和的新下的雪一个刚出生的婴儿good-lookingapple-greenhard-workingwell-knownlow-lyingnationwidewidespreadsnow-whiteice-coldkind-heartedabsent-mindedopen-mindedeasy-goingnew-fallensnowanewbornbabyRevision?1.Accordingtothetext,didthemarkedbeefindthefoodplaceindividually(个别的)?2.Didthebeeeatthefoodhimselfandkeepitasecrettohisfriends?3.Whatcanwelearnfromthebee?