الصف الثانى الثانوى Chapter 3

Chapter 3
Oxford , England

department
Egyptology
Egyptologist
description
describe
thick
shiver
neck
forward
chat request
killer spider
dangerous
laugh at
photograph
identify
Echinacea Negra
root
medical text
zoologist
zoology
database
go up
head
archeologist
archeology
call
covered with
arachnids
scorpions قسم
علم المصريات
أستاذ علم المصريات
وصف
يصف
كثيف
رعشة
عنق / رقبة
يرسل
طلب دردشة
عنكبوت قاتل
خطير
يسخر من
يصور
يحدد نوع
نبات الحبة السوداء
جذر
نص طبى
أستاذ علم الحيوان
علم الحيوان
قاعدة البيانات
يتزايد / يرتفع
رئيس
عالم عنكبوتيات
علم العنكبوتيات
مكالمة تليفونية
مغطى بـ
العنكبوتيات
عقارب nuisance
cancel
admit
mosquitoes
pests
insects
disturb
climate
danger
treat
injection
antivenom
venom
venomous
work against
develop
shocked
mistaken
lay eggs
spread
meeting point
continent
deadly spiders
majority
minority
male
female
species
consult مضايقة
يلغى
يعترف
البعوض
آفات
حشرات
يزعج
مناخ
خطر
يعالج
حقنة
مضاد للسموم
سم
سام
يعمل ضد
يطور
يشعر بصدمة
مخطئ
تضع البيض
ينتشر
نقطة التقاء
قارة
عناكب قاتلة
أغلبية
أقلية
ذكر
أنثى
نوع
يستشير

An Egyptian archaeologist sent Dr Shereen a very old picture that was found in a tomb near Bawiti a year before. The picture showed a black and yellow spider, like the spider in her text. While she was waiting for the picture to appear on her computer screen, she remembered Ayman's description of the spider he had seen. When the picture appeared, Dr Shereen felt a cold shiver down the back of her neck because the spider in the picture was like the spider Ayman had described.

Dr Fakhry sent the message and the picture to Ayman. A minute later, she received a chat request from Ayman. Ayman thought that the spider in the picture was the same as the spider he had seen. Dr Fakhry thought that the spider might have come from Bawiti to Hamdayya while Ayman thought that it might have come with the boxes brought from the archaeological site to the police station.

Ayman thought that the killer spiders in ancient Egypt were not the same as the spider he had seen because there aren't any killer spiders in modern Egypt. Dr Fakhry advised him to tell the police because she thought that it might be dangerous, but he refused because he thought that everyone would laugh at him. She asked him to try to photograph the spider if he saw it again because she wanted to identify it.

Dr Fakhry received an e-mail from a German Egyptologist. He told her about a 2,000-year-old text he had translated. It was about an ancient Egyptian medicine, called Echinacea Negra, which was made from the root of the echinacea negra plant for the bite of the black and yellow spider. She thought that the black and yellow spiders in the German Egyptologist’s text were real because they were in a medical text.

The next morning, Dr Shereen Fakhry went to her friend, Susan Bennett, who was a zoologist. Susan looked at the picture of the spider, but could not identify it. She tried to find it on the database, but none of the six yellow and black spiders on the database were like the spider in the ancient picture from Egypt. She said, “There are about 30,000 known species in the world. The number goes up all the time because scientists often discover unknown species.”

Susan and Dr Shereen Fakhry went to Professor Malcolm Jones to consult him. He is the head of the zoology department at Oxford University. He was a very famous archeologist. He wrote books on spiders and other arachnids. He found three or four unknown species every year on his trips to South Africa and South America. While Professor Malcolm Jones was answering a telephone call in another room, they looked around the study where they were waiting. The walls were covered with dead arachnids, mostly in glass boxes. On the bookshelves were hundreds of books about arachnids.

When Professor Jones returned, he was angry because his trip to South America had been cancelled. He was looking forward to that trip. He had been studying arachnids for 25 years, but he was still excited about finding unknown species. Professor Jones told Dr Shereen Fakhry that spiders are very useful animals because they eat insects. If there weren't any spiders, there would be more flies and mosquitoes as well as other insects.

Dr Fakhry told Professor Jones about the spider Ayman had seen and showed him the picture. He looked at it and said, "I haven't seen anything like this before.” He asked whether Ayman had seen the picture first or he described the spider before he saw the picture. Dr Shereen Fakhry said that he described it before he saw the picture.
Dr Shereen asked why nobody had seen any of those spiders. He said that they lived in a remote part of the desert. They had never left that place because the desert around them was too hot and too dry. They came to our world again because people disturbed them. When she asked how the spiders could live under the desert for thousands of years, he said that all the other spiders died when the climate changed 2,000 years ago.
Dr Fakhry asked if that spider could be the one that Ayman saw. Professor Jones said, “Yes.” She said "That means Ayman and his family might be in danger." He said, "Not just him and his family. Everyone in Hamdayya might be in danger."

Dr Fakhry asked Professor Jones if hospitals can treat spider bites. He said that a doctor can give an injection of antivenom. The antivenom works against the venom. Every venomous animal has different venom. The antivenom for one spider won't work against the venom of a different spider. So if the spiders are unknown, there is no antivenom. Scientists will have to develop a new antivenom. It can take years to develop a safe antivenom.

Dr Fakhry hoped that Ayman was mistaken. The professor said that if he really saw that spider, the whole world would be in danger. He thought that the spider might be female because female spiders are bigger than males. He said that spiders might spread to other towns, where thousands of people could die because Egypt is the meeting point of three continents. To stop these spiders from spreading through Africa, Asia and Europe, the female spider that Ayman saw must be found before its eggs develop. Professor Jones decided to go to Egypt to find the unknown species of spider in Hamdayya. He wrote an
e-mail to Ayman but he forgot to send it.

1) Where did Dr Shereen Fakhry work?
 She worked at the department of Egyptology at Oxford University.

2) What did the Egyptian archaeologist send to Dr Shereen Fakhry?
(دور ثان 2006)
 He sent her a picture of the black and yellow spider.

3) What did Dr Shereen Fakhry remember while waiting for the picture to appear on the computer screen?
 She remembered Ayman’s description of the large spider he had seen.

4) Why did Dr Shereen Fakhry feel ‘a cold shiver down the back of her neck’?
 Because the spider in the picture was like the spider Ayman had described.

5) What did Ayman think of the old picture of the black and yellow spider?
 He thought that it was the same as the spider he had seen.

6) According to Dr Shereen Fakhry, how did the spider come to Hamdayya?
 She thought that the spider came to Hamdayya from a tomb near Bawiti.

7) According to Ayman, how did the spider come to Hamdayya?
 He thought that the spider came to Hamdayya with the boxes brought from the
archaeological site to the police station.

8) Why did Ayman think that the killer spiders in ancient Egypt were not the same as the spider he had seen?
 Because there aren’t any deadly spiders in modern Egypt.

9) Why did Dr Shereen Fakhry think Ayman should tell the police about the spider he had seen?
 Because she thought that the spider might be dangerous.

10) Why didn’t Ayman want to tell the police about the spider he had seen?
 Because he thought that everyone would laugh at him.

11) Why did Dr Shereen Fakhry ask Ayman to photograph the spider if he saw it again?
 Because she wanted to identify it.

12) What was the 2,000-year-old text translated by the German Egyptologist about?
 It was about an ancient Egyptian medicine made from the root of the echinacea negra plant for the bite of the deadly black and yellow spider.

13) What was the root of echinacea negra used for? (دور أول 2001)
 It was used for treating the bite of the deadly black and yellow spider.

14) Why did Dr Fakhry think that the spiders in the German Egyptologist’s text were real?
 Because they were in a medical text.

15) How did the internet play an important part in the fight against the spiders? (دور أول 2003)
 a) It helped Ayman to communicate with Dr Shereen who helped him to identify the female spider.
b) It also helped him get information about the medical plant “echinacea negra” that saved Ayman’s life.

16) Who was Susan Bennett?
 She was a zoologist at Oxford University.

17) Why did Dr Shereen Fakhry visit Susan Bennett?
 So as to help her identify the spider.

18) Why does the number of known species often go up?
 Because scientists often discover unknown species.

19) What did Susan Bennett do to identify the spider?
 She put a CD in her computer. Six pictures of black and yellow spiders appeared on the screen but none of them were like the spider in the ancient picture from Egypt.

20) What do you know about Malcolm Jones?
 He is the head of the zoology department at Oxford University. He is a very famous arachnologist. He has written books on spiders and other arachnids. He finds three or four unknown species every year on his trips to South Africa and South America. He has been studying arachnids for 25 years.

21) Why did Dr Shereen and Susan visit Malcolm Jones in his office?
 They wanted him to help them identify the spider because he is a very famous arachnologist. He finds three or four unknown species every year on his trips to South Africa and South America.

22) Why was Professor Jones speaking angrily on the phone?
 Because he had to cancel his trip to South America.

23) What did Professor Malcolm Jones think of the spiders? Why? (دور أول 2006)
 He thought that spiders are very useful animals because they eat insects. If there were not any spiders, there would be more flies, mosquitoes and other pests. They are our friends.

24) Why has nobody seen any of these spiders before?
 They live in a remote part of the desert. They have never left that place because the desert around them was too hot and too dry.

25) According to Professor Jones, when did the deadly spiders come to our world again?
 When people disturbed them.

26) Why was Professor Jones interested in the spider Ayman had seen?
 Because it was unknown and very dangerous.

27) Why was everyone in Hamdayya in danger from those spiders?
 Because they were unknown and very dangerous.

28) How can hospitals treat spider bites?
 Doctors can give an injection of antivenom.

29) Why did Professor Jones think that the spider in Hamdayya was female?
 Because it was very big and female spiders are usually bigger than males

30) Why was the female spider more dangerous than the male?
 Because it could lay 2000 eggs.

31) What did Professor Jones warn of? (دور ثان 2005)
 He warned of the danger that the whole world might face because spiders might spread very quickly and in a very short time.

32) Why is it likely that spiders will spread through Africa, Asia and Europe?
 Because Egypt is the meeting point of these three continents.

33) What must be done to stop the deadly spiders from spreading through Africa, Asia and Europe?
 The female spider that Ayman saw must be found before its eggs develop.

34) Why did Malcolm Jones decide to go to Hamdayya?
 To identify the unknown species of spider that Ayman had seen.

35) What’s the part played by Dr Shereen Fakhry in fighting spiders? Give one example only. (دور أول 2002)
 a) She advised Ayman to tell the police about the spiders.
b) She translated an old text about a town in ancient Egypt, which suffered a lot from black and yellow spiders.
c) She warned Ayman to be careful concerning the spiders.
d) She consulted other scientists to give the correct information about the spiders.

ad the following quotation and then answer the questions.
1.“I'm sending you a very old picture that was found in a tomb near Bawiti last year.”
a) Who said this to whom?
An archaeologist from Egypt said this to Dr Shereen Fakhry in an email.
b) What did this very old picture show?
It showed a black and yellow spider like the spider in Dr Fakhry’s text.
c) How did the addressed person feel when he/she saw it?
She felt a cold shiver down the back of her neck.

2. “What did you think of the picture?”
a) Who said these words to whom?
Dr Shereen Fakhry said these words to Ayman.
b) Which picture was the speaker referring to
The picture of the black and yellow spider.
c) What did the other person think of the picture?
He thought that it was the same as the spider he had seen.

3. “It's the same as the spider that I saw.”
a) Who said this to whom?
Ayman said this to Dr Fakhry.
b) Where did the speaker see the spider?
He saw it in the garden of his house.
c) According to the speaker, where did this spider come from?
According to the speaker, the spider came with the boxes brought by the police from the archaeological site to the police station.

4. “Maybe the spider came from Bawiti to your town.”
a) Who said these words to whom?
Dr Shereen Fakhry said these words to Ayman.
b) Which spider was the speaker referring to?
The spider Ayman had seen.
c) What other possibility did the other speaker refer to?
He said that the spider came to Hamdayya with the boxes brought from the archaeological site to the police station.

5. “Maybe they were in the boxes.”
a) Who said these words to whom?
Ayman said these words to Dr Shereen Fakhry.
b) What was the speaker talking about?
He was talking about the spiders that were in the boxes brought from the archaeological
site to the police station.
c) What did the other person advise him / her to do? Why?
She advised him to tell the police about the spider as she thought that the spider might be dangerous.

6. “But this spider can’t be the same as the killer spiders in the ancient text.”
a) Who said this to whom?
Ayman said this to Dr Shereen.
b) Why did the speaker think that the spider was not the same as the killer spiders in the ancient text?
Because there aren’t any killer spiders in modern Egypt.
c) What was the addressed person’s opinion? مارأى الشخص المخاطب
She advised him to tell the police about the spider because she thought that it might be dangerous.

7. “I hope you're right. But I think you should tell the police about all this.”
a) Who said this to whom?
Dr Fakhry said this to Ayman.
b) About what did the speaker ask the addressed person to tell the police? Why?
She asked him to tell the police about the spider he had seen because she thought it might be dangerous.
c) Did the addressed person agree to tell the police? Give reason.
No, he didn’t because he thought that everyone would laugh at him.

8. “But if you see the spider again, please try to photograph it.”
a) Who said this to whom?
Dr Fakhry said this to Ayman.
b) Where did the addressed person see the spider?
In the garden of his house.
c) Why did the speaker ask him/her to photograph the spider?
Because she wanted to identify it.



9. "Don't worry. We'll find it on the database."
a) Who said this to whom?
Susan Bennett said this to Dr Fakhry.
b) What did they try to find on the database?
They tried to find the black and yellow spider on the database.
c) Did they find what they searched for? Why?
No, they didn’t because the spider was an unknown species.
d) Why were they worried?
Because the black and yellow spider in the picture was the same as those deadly spiders.


10. “On this CD there’s a list of all the known species of spiders in the world.”
a) Who said these words to whom?
Susan Bennett said these words to Dr Shereen Fakhry.
b) How many known species are there in the world?
About 30,000
c) Why does the number of known species often go up?
Because scientists often discover unknown species.

11. “How many known species are there?”
a) Who said these words to whom?
Dr Shereen Fakhry said these words to Susan Bennett.
b) What was the other person's answer?
She said that there were about 30,000.
c) Why does the number of known species often go up?
Because scientists often discover unknown species.

12. “About 30,000. The number goes up all the time.”
a) Who said these words to whom?
Susan Bennett said these words to Dr Shereen Fakhry.
b) What were they talking about?
They were talking about the known species of spiders.
c) Why does the number go up all the time?
Because scientists often discover unknown species.

13. “Those are all the black and yellow spiders matching your description.”
a) Who said these words to whom?
Susan Bennett said these words to Dr Shereen Fakhry.
b) Where did they find these spiders?
On the database.
c) Were these spiders really matching the other person's description?
No they weren’t.


14. "I think we should talk to Professor Jones”
a) Who said this to whom?
Susan Bennett said this to Dr Fakhry.
b) What was Professor Jones?
He was the head of the zoology department at Oxford University. He was a famous arachnologist who wrote books on spiders and other arachnids.
c) Why should they talk to him?
They should talk to him because he is a famous arachnologist.


15. “What a nuisance! I’ve had to cancel my next trip.”
a) Who said this to whom?
Professor Jones said this to Dr Fakhry to and Susan Bennett.
b) Where was the speaker ready to go?
He was ready to go to South America.
c) Why was the speaker angry?
He was angry because his trip had been cancelled.


16. "I was ready to go to South America tomorrow and now I can’t go! It's too bad!"
a) Who said this to whom?
Professor Jones said this to Dr Fakhry and Susan Bennett.
b) Why was the speaker ready to go to South America?
To find unknown species of spider
c) Why couldn’t he go?
Because his trip had been cancelled.

17. I’m sorry. I was looking forward to that trip. I've been studying arachnids for 25 years, but I'm still excited about finding unknown species. " (دور أول 2001)
a) Who was the speaker?
The speaker was Professor Jones.
b) Why was he angry?
Because his trip had been cancelled.
c) Will he find any unknown species of spider?
Yes, he will find the black and yellow spiders.

18. “But spiders are very useful animals. Spiders are our friends.”
a) Who said this to whom?
Professor Jones said this to Dr Fakhry.
b) How are spiders useful animals?
They eat flies and mosquitoes as well as other insects.
c) What would happen if there weren’t any spiders?
There would be more flies and mosquitoes as well as other insects.

19. "I haven't seen anything like this before. And it’s not on the database?”
a) Who said these words?
Professor Jones said these words.
b) What was the person looking at when he/she said these words?
He was looking at a very old picture of as spider from a tomb near Bawiti.
c) If he/she hadn’t seen anything like this before, what did this probably mean?
This probably meant that it was an unknown species.

20. “This young man in Egypt – Ayman – did he see the picture first or did he describe the spider before he saw the picture?”
a) Who said these words, to whom and where?
Professor Jones said these words to Dr Shereen Fakhry in his office.
b) Which picture was the speaker referring to?
The picture of the black and yellow spider

21. "He described it before he saw this picture."
a) Who said these words to whom?
Dr Shereen said these words to Professor Jones.
b) Who were they talking about?
They were talking about Ayman.
c) What did he describe before seeing the picture?
He described the black and yellow spider.
22. "Do you think he really saw this spider?"
a) Who said this to whom?
Dr Fakhry said this to Professor.
b) Did Ayman describe the spider before or after he saw the picture from Bawiti?
He described it before he saw the picture from Bawiti.
c) Why had nobody seen any of these spiders?
Because they lived in a remote part of the desert. They had never left that place because the desert around them was too hot and too dry.
23. “But, if he saw it, why has nobody seen any of these spiders before?”
a) Who said these words to whom?
Dr Shereen Fakhry said these words to Professor Jones.
b) Why has nobody seen any of these spiders before?
Because they live in a remote part of the desert. They have never left that place because the desert around them is too hot and too dry.
c) When did the spiders come into our world?
When people disturbed them.

24. "So this could be the spider that Ayman saw."
a) Who said these words to whom?
Dr Shereen said these words to Professor Jones.
b) What was the speaker talking about?
She was talking about the spiders that survived when the climate changed.
c) What was the other person's reply?
He said, "Yes"

25. "Not just him and his family. Everyone in Hamdayya might be in danger." a) a) Who said this to whom?
Professor Jones said this to Dr Fakhry.
b) Whose family was in danger?
Ayman’s family was in danger.
c) What was that danger?
The dangerous spider might spread in the town.

26. "Let's hope that Ayman was mistaken.'
a) Who said these words to whom?
Dr Shereen said these words to Professor Jones.
b) How was the speaker when he / she said this?
She was shocked.
c) Why did the speaker hope that Ayman was mistaken?
Because there was no antivenom for the spider Ayman had seen.


27. “If he really saw that spider, it's not just Hamdayya that's in danger."
a) Who said this to whom?
Professor Jones said this to Dr Fakhry.
b) Who saw that spider?
Ayman saw it.
c) Why wasn’t it just Hamdayya that was in danger?
Because the spider was female and it would lay a lot of eggs and spread to other towns.
28. "I think it is. And I've just decided where I'm going for this holiday.”
a) Who said this to whom?
Professor Jones said this to Dr Fakhry.
b) What did the speaker think it was?
He thought that it was a female spider.
c) Where did he decide to go? Why?
He decided to go to Egypt to identify the unknown species of spider that Ayman had seen
29 “If there's an unknown species of spider in that town I want to find it!"
a) Who said this to whom?
Professor Jones said this to Dr Fakhry.
b) Which town does the speaker refer to?
He refers to Hamdayya.
c) Which spider was the speaker interested in?
The spider Ayman had seen.
d) What did the speaker do to find the spider?
He travelled to Egypt.

1- An Egyptian archaeologist sent Dr Fakhry a very old picture of a black and yellow spider that was found in a tomb near Bawiti.
2- Dr Fakhry was shocked and frightened while looking at the computer screen when she saw the picture of the same spider Ayman had described.
3- (دور اول 2004)
4- Dr Fakhry felt a swhiver down the back of her neck when she found that the spider sent to her by an archaeologist in Egypt was exactly the same as Ayman's description of the large spider he had seen. (دور أول 2007)
5- The day before Ayman saw the spider, the police brought some boxes from the archaeological site to the police station in Hamdayya.
6- Dr Shereen advised Ayman to tell the police about the spider.(دور ثان 2005)
7- The German Egyptologist translated a 2,000-year-old text about an ancient Egyptian medicine, called Echinacea Negra.
8- A German Egyptologist told Dr Fakhry about an ancient medicine for the bite of the black and yellow spider.
9- Ayman said that the old picture was the same as the spider he had seen.
10- Echinacea Negra is a plant, which can cure the bites of the spiders.
11- The ancient Egyptians were so clever that they made a medicine from the root of the echinacea negra plant for the bite of the black and yellow spider.
12- Susan Bennett had a CD on which there was a list of all known species of spider in the world. (دور أول 2008)
13- Susan Bennett recommended Professor Jones to be consulted because he was a famous arachnologist l he has written books on spiders and other arachnids.
(دور ثان 2008)
14- None of the six black and yellow spiders on the database were like the spider in the old picture.
15- Professor Jones was interested in arachnology.
16- Professor Jones was so angry when his trip to South America was cancelled.
17- If there weren’t any spiders, there would be more flies and mosquitoes and other insects. (دور أول 2002 + دور أول 2008)
18- Professor Jones was interested in مهتم بـ the spider that Ayman had seen because it was unknown and very dangerous.
19- Spiders are useful because they eat insects. (دور أول 2007)
20- Ayman described the spider he saw before he knew anything about the spider at Bawiti.
21- Dr Fakhry asked Professor Jones why nobody had seen these spiders before.
22- Perhaps all the other spiders died when the climate changed 2,000 years ago.
23- According to Professor Jones, the deadly spiders came to our world when people disturbed them. (دور أول 2005)
24- The antivenom works against the venom.
25- Every venomous animal has a different venom.
26- The antivenom for one spider won’t work against the venom of a different spider.
27- If a spider is unknown, there is no antivenom for it.
28- There was no antivenom for the black and yellow spider because it was a new species and no antivenom was made for it. (دور أول 2001)
29- It took years to develop a new antivenom because the black and yellow spider was a new species.
30- If deadly spiders spread to other towns, thousands of people would die.
31- The people in Hamdayya were in danger because the dangerous spider might spread in the town.
32- Because of the spiders the whole world was in danger as Egypt is the meeting point of three continents. (دور ثان 2002)
33- Professor Jones decided to go to Egypt because he got interested in the spider Ayman had seen. (دور أول 2003)
34- Professor Jones wrote an e-mail to Ayman, but he forgot to send it.
▼أسئلة الكتاب المدرسي
A- Answer the questions
1- Why did Dr Fakhry feel a cold shiver down the back of her neck'?
• Because the spider she saw in the picture was the same as the spider Ayman saw.

2- Why did Ayman think that the killer spiders in ancient Egypt were not the same as the/spider he saw?
• As there weren’t any killer spiders in modern Egypt.

3- Why did Dr Fakhry think Ayman should tell the police about the spider that he saw?
• As the spider might be deadly and dangerous.

4- Why didn't Ayman want to tell the police?
• As he thought that every one would laugh at him.

5- Why did Dr Fakhry think that the spiders in the German Egyptologist's text were real?
• As they were in the medical text.

6- Professor Jones thought the spider in Hamdayya was a female ' Was he correct?
• Yes, because it was very big and female spiders are bigger than males.



7- What must be done to stop the deadly spiders from spreading through Africa, Asia and Europe?
• The female spider must be found.

B- Read the following quotation and then answer the questions.

"I haven't seen anything like this before.'
1- Who says these words? professor jones
2- What is the person looking at when he says these words?
He is looking at a very old picture of a spider from a tomb near Bawiti.
3- If he hasn't seen 'anything like this before', what probably mean?
It probably means it is an unknown species.

C- Complete the sentences.
1- None of the six yellow and black spiders on the database were the same as the spider he had seen.
2- Dr Fakhry asked Professor Jones why nobody had seen any of these spiders before.
3- Perhaps all the other spiders died when the climate changed and became drier.