1. Killer Bees on the Attack Nature Attack!

2. 1. How are bees useful to people? 2. Are you afraid of bees? Why or why not? 3. When do bees sting a person? sting: what you get when a bee pokes its stinger to your skin : to poke a stinger into skin beehive: a place where bees live. beekeeper: a person who looks after bees

3. swarm: a large group of bees stinger to your skin ; to move around in a large group queen bee; a large female bee that lays eggs for the wholes worker bee: a bee that does work for the whole group drone: a male bee that does no work

4. breed attack spread escape tell the difference shiny Killer Bees on the Attack a. move toward violently b. produce young c. get away d. cover a larger area e. bright; filled with light f. know one thing from another attack breed escape spread shiny tell the difference

5. 1. It is not easy to ____________ between a honey bee and a killer bee because they look almost the same. 2. Killer bees ___________ people and animals for no reason. 3. Twenty-six African bees ___________ outside. 4. The African bees and the Brazilian bees started to ___________ and make a new kind of bee. 5. The new bees went from one country to another. They _____________ quickly. 6. Killer bees attack people who are wearing _______ objects like jewelry. breed attack spread escape tell the difference shiny tell the difference attack spread breed escape shiny

6. Listening for the Main Ideas 1. A scientist wanted bees _________. a. to go to Africa c. to attack b. to make more honey d. to breed more 2. Scientists _________. a. could not control the problem b. went to Brazil c. grew every year d. traveled to North America 3. People are afraid of killer bees because they _________. a. sting c. attack and die b. attack and sting in large groups d. follow you

7. Listening / Looking for Details 1. Where did the killer bees go after they left Central America? 2. What colors do killer bees like to attack? 3. What part of the body do killer bees try to attack? 4. How many times does each killer bee sting? 5. When did the first American die from killer bees? 6. How many people have died from killer bees up to now? They went to North America They like to attack dark colors They try to attack the face & head. Each killer bee stings only once the first American died from killer bees stings in 1990 A thousand people have died from killer bees stings

8. Vocabulary in New Context 1. What animal breeds quickly? 2. What dangerous animal may attack people? 3. What disease spreads easily? 4. What kinds of animals are dangerous if they escape? 5. What shiny pieces of jewelry do people wear? 6. How can you tell the difference between a glass cup and a plastic cup? Rabbit breed quickly. Lions may attack people. The flu can spread easily. Tigers are dangerous if they escape. People wear bracelets. You can tell the difference by hitting the cup with a spoon.

9. die move mean 1. I don't understand the _________ of this word 2. The blowfish has a _________ poison. 3. It is a very _________ film. 4. He lived in New York until his _________. 5. There was no _________ in the area where the noise came from. 6. He gave her a _____________ gift. meaning deadly moving death movement meaningful

10. Find the mistakes A man from texas died after he had been stung forty times as he was trying to remove a nest. Since January 1 2000, there has been two serious attacks in las vegas. Bees stung a 79-year-old man thirty times, but he lived. In march bees covered a 77-year- old-woman who is walking down the street. The bees were attracted to something she was carrying in her bag. Firefighters covered the woman with water to remove more than 200 bees from her. Bees sting the woman more than 500 times, but she lived too. Texas, Las Vegas March,, -, -,