Unit 14 ZoologyWarming up

Zoology is the s___________ study of the different kinds of a________, and of where and how they live.

A zoologist is a person who studies z_________ .

cientificnimals

oolygy

Lead-in Lead-in

Read and understand the following sentences.

1. My friend Peter made a monkey out of me the other day. He told me the party on Saturday night was formal, so I wore a suit and tie. But everyone else there was wearing a T-shirt and blue jeans. It surely made me feel like a fool.

to make a monkey out of somebody

这个俗语的意思是： 把某人弄得好像一个傻瓜一样。

2. I think there's some kind of monkey business going on in that house across the street. People going in and out all day long; maybe they're selling drugs or something.

我看对马路那个房子里的人一定在进行一些不正当的勾当。一天到晚老有人进进出出，他们可能在贩毒，或搞其他什么鬼名堂！

monkey business 是指不道德或不合法的行为，往往是偷偷摸摸和具有欺骗性的行为

Kill two birds with one stone.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Each bird loves to hear himself sing.

You cannot catch old birds with chaff ( 粗糠 ).

一箭双雕；一举两得。

鸟儿都爱听自己唱。（自我欣赏）

用粗糠捉不住老鸟。（有经验的人难骗）

双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

A cat has nine lives.

Cats hide their claws.

The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.

All cats are grey in the dark.

猫偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。（掩耳盗铃）

黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。（人未出名时看起来都差不多。）

知人知面不知心。

猫有九条命；吉人天相。

Love me, love my dog.

Every dog has his day.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A son never thinks his mother ugly, and a dog never shuns （回避） its owner’s home however shabby it is.

爱屋及乌。

人人皆有得意时。

勿惹事生非。

儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。

The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.

Never offer to teach fish to swim.

The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.

Hair by hair you will pull out the horse’s tail.

If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs （幼仔） .

井底之蛙，不知大海。

不要班门弄斧。

兔子睡懒觉，乌龟跑赢了。

一根一根拔，拔光马尾巴。（水滴石穿）

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

Interesting proverbs:1. To teach a _________ how to swim.

2. Love me, love my ________ .

3. The __________ near a school sings the ABC.

4. Lock the barn door after the ________ is stolen.

5. ________ doesn’t eat dog.

fish( 班门弄斧 )

dog( 爱屋及乌 )

sparrow( 潜移默化 )

horse( 亡羊补牢 )

Dog ( 虎毒不食子 )

6. Don‘t count your _________ before they

hatch.

7. as poor as a church ________

8. Let sleeping ______ lie.

9. I’m so hungry that I can eat a ________.

10. Go home and kick the________ .

chickens

mouse

dog

horse

dog

( 不要过早打如意算盘 )

( 一贫如洗 )

( 勿惹事生非 )

( 饥肠辘辘 )

( 回家生闷气 )

11. Separate the ________ from the goats.

12. A _______ in the way.

13. When the cat is away, the ________ will

play.

14. A ________ in sheep‘s clothing.

15. Fine feathers make fine __________ .

sheep

lion

mice

wolf

birds

( 把好人与坏人分开 )

( 拦路虎 )

( 山中无老虎 , 猴子称大王 )

( 披着羊皮的狼 )

( 人靠衣装，佛靠金装 )

16. You can‘t make a ___________ walk

straight.

17. The early _______ catches the worm.

18. It rains _______ and ________ .

19. All his geese are ___________ .

20. as stupid as a __________

crab( 蟹）( 江山易改，本性难移 )

bird( 捷足先登，笨鸟先飞 )

cats dogs( 倾盆大雨 )

( 言过其实 )goose

( 蠢得像头猪 ) 　

swans( 天鹅 )

Conclusion

People have created so many phrases or saying in order to

show the close relationship between human beings and animals.

Talk about the relationship between human beings & animals.

Please describe what you see in the pictures.

This ant can’t do anything. / It’s impossible to ask this ant to do anything.

This sheep is on sale. The cat is catching a person who seems to have done something wrong.

Match the words with the humorous definition.

lion mouse catch monkey sheep cricket can’t

1. An ant that is unable to do anything. ( can’t )2. A small animal that helps the police get hold of

thieves. ( )3. An insect that can be played in a ball game. (

)4. An animal that isn’t telling the truth. ( )5. An animal that would be rich if it weren’t for the

letter k. ( )6. An animal that doesn’t cost much if you

pronounce its name wrong. ( )7. A computer animal. ( )

catch

cricketlion

monkey

sheepmouse

Official Mascots （吉祥物） of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

fish panda torch Tibetan antelope

swallow

The ways to protect animals:

1. Make everyone realize the importance of wild animal protection.

2. Make everyone develop the sense of responsibility to prevent any killing of wild animals.

3. The government should launch （开展） some national campaigns.

4. The government should pass some laws to forbid any hunting of rare animals.

Summary

We should protect most of the animals, which is helpful to the environment our human beings live in. However, spending all the things we own to do so is unwise. A balance between the protection for the animal species and developing the economy of our societies is needed.

READING

The Language of Honey Bees

drone雄蜂

royal jelly蜂王浆

worker工蜂

queen蜂王

beeswax蜂腊

beekeeper养蜂人 beehive

蜂箱

honey蜂蜜

as busy as a bee

honeycomb蜂窝

flower sting毒刺

insect昆虫

pollen花粉

bee house养蜂场

hum/ buzz蜂音

What other words come to your mind when you see “bee” this word?

nectar花蜜

Para. 1

Para. 2

Para. 3

Para. 4

Para. 5

Para. 6

Para. 7

Para. 8

1. The circle dance

2. A brief introduction of the bee

3. Whether bees could tell each other the exact position.

4. The wagging dance.

5. Pro. Karl von Frisch built special hives to study bees.

6. The number of wagging dances indicates the exact distance to the feeding place.

7. “Bee-line” and “ to make a beeline for ”

8. Something about the professor

Match the general idea of each paragraph.

Because of the language they use to communicate with each other

Para.1

1. Is there only one type of bee or are there many types?

Many types

2. Where do bees live ? … make their nests in trees

nests in the rocks

nests in holes in the ground3. What kind of bee interested the scientists most? Why?

The honey-bee.

Para.2 and Para.8

Information about the scientist

Name: _______________

Nationality: ____________

What’s he? ________________

Research work: _________________

How to find it out: _________________

His discovery: ______________________

Prize:_____________________________

Karl von Frisch

Austrian

zoologist/scientist

the amazing way …

by doing experiments

circle dance & wagging dance

won a Nobel Prize in 1973

Von Frish discovered that the bee began to do a circle dance on the surface of the honeycomb.

Para. 3

What does this paragraph talk about?

Von Frish found more information about the dance :

circle dance and wagging dance

Para.4

What does this paragraph talk about?

the circle dancethe circle dance

First it made a circle to the right, then to the left. It repeated these circles over and over again. Then the surrounding bees trooped behind the first dancer, copying its movements.

the wagging dance

The dancer ran in a straight line, wagging from side to side. Then it turned in a semicircle, ran straight again, and turned in another semicircle to the opposite side. It kept the “steps” over and over.

( Food is far away. )

a b

c d

( Food is near. )

How did the marked bee tell the message of food to the other bees? Give the follows in right order.

(1)The marked bee returned to the hive from the feeding table.

(2) It repeated these circles over and over again.

(3) The marked bee made a circle to the left.

(4) The marked bee made a circle to the right.

(5) The other excited bees dance together.

(6) The bees left the hive and went to the feeding place.

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)C

Para.5The number of wagging

dances indicates the exact distance to the feeding place.

1. What did the scientists discover?

2. What a maximum distance do the bees fly?

They discovered that the farther away the feeding station was, the slower the dance was.

Bees fly a maximum distance of 3.2 kilometres between their hive and a feeding place.

What was the remaining question for Professor von Frisch and his partners?

Para.6

The remaining question was to find out whether bees could tell each other the exact position of a feeding place.

To make a beeline for someone or something means:

Para.7.

To go quickly along a straight course for somebody or something.

Para.8 Karl von Frisch

Austrian zoologist

Karl von Frisch

won the 1973 Nobel Prize in

physiology( 生理学 ) or

medicine. He discovered a

number of pioneering

breakthroughs in animal

behavior.

A circle dance

A wagging dance

A faster wagging dance

A slower wagging dance

Food is near.

Food is far away.

Food is closer.

Food is farther away.

Note making

1.The scientist can study the language of honey bees only after the development of ____.

A. the modern beehiveB. experiments C. dishes of honeyD. researches of the language

1.The scientist can study the language of honey bees only after the development of ____.

A. the modern beehiveB. experiments C. dishes of honeyD. researches of the language

A

2. After the marked bee danced, the other bees ____.

A. danced together B. became very excited C. Seemed not to notice itD. both A and B

2. After the marked bee danced, the other bees ____.

A. danced together B. became very excited C. Seemed not to notice itD. both A and B

D

3. Different dances indicate （表明） different _____.

A. food B. feeding placesC. steps D. semicircles

3. Different dances indicate （表明） different _____.

A. food B. feeding placesC. steps D. semicircles

B

4. Which is WRONG about the further information the

professor and his men discovered?

A. The closer the feeding place is, the faster the wagging

dance is.

B. Bees fly a maximum distance of 3.2 km between their

hive and a feeding place.

C. The speed of the wagging dance can tell about the

amount of food.

D. The direction of the wagging dance tells the direction

of the feeding place.

C

5. Professor von Frisch did his third experiment to

discover ___.

A. whether the wagging dance showed direction.

B. how far bees can fly between their hive and a feeding

place.

C. whether the wagging dance told the bees how far away

a feeding place was.

D. how the straight part of the wagging dance was

different when the sun’s position changed.

C

6. “So another astonishing fact came to

light." The underlined part can be

replaced by ___.

A. came up 　 B. was discovered

C. remained unknown 　 D. needed to be checked out 　　

B

7. What can be inferred from the text?

A. Honey-bees can pass news of food at a high

speed.

B. Man can communicate in the same way as

honey-bee do.

C. Man can learn something from animals’

behavior.

D. The expression “to make a bee-line for someone

or something” was used centuries ago.

C

1 Von Frisch build a grass wall through which he could observe what was going on inside the hive. 　　

2 People used to think that the fastest time a runner could cover 100 metres is 10 seconds.

3 Von Frish tried to make clear how bees communicate.

4 It soon become obvious that the Chinese Volleyball team would win the match.

5 In order to distinguish the bees,Von Frish painted small circles of different colours on the bees.

6 The scientists had to make sure that the evidence they had got was enough to support their theory.

adequate apparent assume clarify dots obtained tell...apart transparent

transparent

assume

clarify

apparent

tell...apart; dots obtained; adequate