Discussion Discussion

How do people communicate

with each other?

The way people use to communicate with

each other: Spoken language Written language Body language

n.( 身体的 )姿势 , 体态 ,

Facial expressions Hand gestures Posture

The way animals use to communicate with each other:sounds smellbody language

How do animals communicate with each other?

facial expressions posture

(movements) touch with each other

1. What kind of information do animals

communicate?

2.How much do you know about bees?

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Animals usually communicate information about how they feel when they are angry or friendly, and about where there is food or danger.

a). Where do you find bees? b) What do bees make ?c) Do you know how bees make honey? d) Why are bees useful?e) Where do bees live ? f) How do you collect honey ?

communicate information 传达信息

a). Where do you find bees?

b) What do bees make ?

c) Why are bees useful?

d) Where do bees live ?

e) How do you collect honey ?

2.How much do you know about bees?

In the wild, in gardens, fields or orchards

Honey

They help fruit trees to bear fruit.

In a hive.

We can take out the honeycombs.

n. 果园

n. 蜂房 , 蜂巢

( )1.Prof.von Frisch , conducting the bee experi- ment in the reading text, is known as a(n) ______. A. detective B. zoologist C. astronomer D. biologist( ) 2. Besides news of food, Different dances of the bees indicate different _____ A. semicircle B. feeding places C. steps D. shapes

B

Reading Comprehension : The Language of Honey-bees

B B

( )3.The scientist can study the language of honey bees only after the development of ______. A. the modern beehive B. experiments C. dishes of honey D. researches of the language

A A

( ) 4. The experiment described in Para.5 was designed with the purpose of finding out________. A. how many times the bees repeated the dance during one minute. B. how often the bees dance C. if the wagging dance told the other bees exactly how far away the feeding place. D. if the other bees could get to the feeding place.

C

( )5.The writing style of this text is _________. A. subjective B. objective C. critical D. contradictory

B

1. The “language” used by the honey-bees to communicate with each other arouse scientists’ interest in them..

2. Professor Karl von Frisch built special hives as well as a transparent wall for the purpose of observing bees.

3. After seeing one bee’s dance, the surrounding bees leave the hive and go to the feeding place directly.

4. The bees from close feeding place perform a wagging dance.

5. Of the two dances, the circle dance and

the wagging dance, the latter one

indicates a close distance while the

former one indicates a farther distance.

6. The expression “to make a beeline for someone or something” means to go quickly along a straight course for someone or something.

7. In 1973 Professor von Frisch was awarded a Noble Prize as a result of making a great contribution to animal research..

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.

根据课文内容填空 :There are many _________ of bee. Among t

he different types of bee, it is the honey-bee t

hat has most interested scientists because of

the “language” they use to _______________

with each other. The scientists Von Frisch

built special hives to find out how one bee co

mmunicate the news of food to the other bee

s in the hive.

varieties

communicate

To his _____________, the bee who found the

feeding place began to _________ a dance on the

________ of the honeycomb. The dance seemed to

_______ the surrounding bees. They _________

behind the first dancer, _________ its movements.

Then the bees left the hive and went to the

_______ place. He found that the bees did the

circling dance when the food is near, and that the

bees did the ___________ dance when the food

was far away.

astonishmentperform

surface

excite trooped

copying

feeding

wagging