1. Unit 14 Warming up and reading

2. to make a monkey out of somebody
Read and understand the following sentences.
1. My friend Peter made a monkey out of me the other day. He told me the party Saturday night was formal, so I wore a suit and tie. But everyone else there was wearing a tee-shirt and blue jeans. It sure made me feel like a fool.
to make a monkey out of somebody
把某人弄得好像一个傻瓜一样。

3. 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.　　
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

4. Guess the sentences or phrases related to the animals below.

5. Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕；一举两得。
Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
鸟儿都爱听自己唱。（自我欣赏）
You cannot catch old birds with chaff (粗糠).
用粗糠捉不住老鸟。（有经验的人难骗）
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

6. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
猫偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。（掩耳盗铃）
All cats are grey in the dark.
黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。
（人未出名时看起来都差不多。）
Cats hide their claws.
知人知面不知心。
A cat has nine lives.
猫有九条命；吉人天相。

7. Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。 Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。 勿惹事生非。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
勿惹事生非。
A son never thinks his mother ugly, and a dog never shuns（回避）its owner’s home however shabby it is.
儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。

8. 井底之蛙，不知大海。 不要班门弄斧。 兔子睡懒觉，乌龟跑赢了。 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 一根一根拔，拔光马尾巴。（水滴石穿）
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
井底之蛙，不知大海。
Never offer to teach fish to swim.
不要班门弄斧。
The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
兔子睡懒觉，乌龟跑赢了。
If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs（幼仔）.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Hair by hair you will pull out the horse’s tail.
一根一根拔，拔光马尾巴。（水滴石穿）

9. Talk about the relationship between
human beings & animals.

10. Warming up Please describe what you see in the pictures.
This ant can’t do anything. / It’s impossible to ask this ant to do anything.

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

12. cricket lion monkey sheep mouse
Match the words with the humorous definition.
lion mouse catch monkey sheep cricket can’t
An ant that is unable to do anything. ( can’t )
A small animal that helps the police get hold of thieves. ( )
An insect that can be played in a ball game. ( )
An animal that isn’t telling the truth. ( )
An animal that would be rich if it weren’t for the letter k. ( )
An animal that doesn’t cost much if you pronounce its name wrong. ( )
A computer animal. ( )
catch
cricket
lion
monkey
sheep
mouse

13. Official Mascots （吉祥物）of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
fish
Tibetan
antelope
swallow
panda
torch
Official Mascots （吉祥物）of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

14. The Language of Honey Bees

15.     Do animals have their languages?

16. Match the following animals with their shouts.
duck bark
Dog howl
Wolf buzz
Cat croak
Chicken meow
cow chirp
Bee hiss
Frog quack
Bird roar
lion cheep
Snake moo

17. 1. How do animals communicate?
They communicate by strange sounds or body language, such as dancing or touching.

18. 2. What kind of information do they communicate?
They maybe tell their partners about the food
directions and safety. For example, when bees
find food in a certain place, it will tell others
by dancing. When a dog feels happy, it will
shake its tail. When a gorilla sees its enemy, it
will warn others of danger.

20. bee
honeycomb
beehive
honey

21. 1. How do honey-bees communicate with each other?
They do different dances, a circle dance and a wagging dance.
2. What are they telling each other?
The are able to tell each other that food has been discovered and how far away the feeding place is.
3. What is the main idea of the text?
The text is mainly about the how Professor Karl von Frisch’s experiments are done and how the bees communicate with each other using their “language”.

22. 1. Scientists are most interested in ____.
A. the honey-bees
B. some different varieties of bee
C. bees who make nests in trees　　　　　　
D. bees who don’t live in large groups
How do you know that? A

23. 2. ___ made it possible to research on the language of the honey-bees.
A. The experiments which was designed by Professor von Frisch
B. Discovering honey-bees can communicate in dark hives
C. The development of the modern beehive in
D. Professor von Frisch’s newest discovery about the honey-bees C

24. 3. In Para 2, Professor Karl von Frisch discovered ___.
A. that bees were able to find food quickly
B. how honey-bees communicate with each other
C. circle dances and wagging dances had different meanings
D. honey-bees couldn’t communicate in their dark hives A

25. C. He experiments with different types of bees.
4. Von Frisch did the following EXCEPT
“___” to make his experiments more scientific.
A. He set up two different feeding places.　　
B. He marked the bees with little spots of color.
C. He experiments with different types of bees.
D. He built a special hive with one honeycomb and a glass wall. C

26. 5. How did the marked bee tell the message of food to the other bees
5. How did the marked bee tell the message of food to the other bees? Give the follows in right order.
The marked bee returned to the hive from the feeding table.
It repeated these circles over and over again.
The marked bee made a circle to the left.
The marked bee made a circle to the right.
The other excited bees dance together.
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

27. 6. The professor found that after the marked bees danced the others ___.
A. made loud strange sounds　
B. began to do different dances
C. flew to the feeding place immediately
D. were excited and danced in the same way D

28. a b c d
( Food is far away. )
( Food is near. )

29. 7. 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

30. C 8. 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

31. 9. “So another astonishing fact came to light
9. “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

32. D 10. ___ can show the different positions of the sun.
A. The right part of the wagging dance　　　　
B. The left part of the circle dance
C. The straight part of the circle dance　　　　
D. The straight part of the wagging dance D

33. 11. What can be inferred from Para 4?
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

34. Whether the circle dance told them what food was in feeding place
12. After reading the text, you can infer the writer is likely to write about ____ in the next Para.
Whether the circle dance told them what food was in feeding place
Whether the bees can tell one colour from the other
Whether the wagging dance tell the bees the distance and the direction of the food
Whether the language of honey bees is the most useful language of all animals C