Chapter 4

Chapter 4
Ayman speaks up

speak up يعلن رأيه
secret سر
guard يحرس
chat with يتحدث مع / يتسامر مع
businessman رجل أعمال
good to عطوف على
notice يلاحظ
check يراجع
top قمة
archeologist أستاذ علم الاثار
on his way to فى طريقه إلى
careful حذر / حريص
print out يطبع
opinion رأى
imagination خيال
imagine يتخيل
good for مفيد لـ
food processing تصنيع الأغذية
food products منتجات غذائية
frighten يخيف
keep quiet يلزم الصمت
shocked صدم
expect يتوقع
world-famous مشهور عالميا
furious غضبان
armed مسلح
urgent عاجل
phone call مكالمة تليفونية
police chief رئيس الشرطة
colonel مقدم (رتبة عسكرية) look serious يبدو جادا
What’s going on? ماذا يحدث
a fool مغفل
get into the newspapers يتسرب للصحف
spider expert خبير عناكب
point out يوضح
equipment معدات
protective clothing ملابس واقية
chemical fires حرائق كيمياوية
Fire Department إدارة المطافئ
fight يحارب / يقاوم
keep out يبعد
greet يحيى
ant venom مضاد للسم
antibody جسم مضاد
warn يحذر
give reason يعلل
well known معروف / مشهور
collect يجمع
normally عادة
arrival وصول
printout نسخة مطبوعة
catch up with يلحق بـ / يساير
well known مشهور
judge يحكم على
usefulness فائدة
worry يقلق
relaxed مسترخى
turning point نقطة تحول
point of view وجهة نظر




In a dark and secret place, the female spider guarded its 2,000 eggs. Inside each egg, a small spider was moving. They were almost ready. Ayman was chatting with Ed. He finished his chat because his uncle was coming to visit them. Ayman’s uncle is a nice successful businessman. He knows a lot about business. He's always been good to Ayman.


Ayman found a new e-mail from Dr Fakhry. She told him that she had discussed the black and yellow spider with Professor Jones, the head of the Zoology Department at Oxford University and one of the world’s top arachnologists. He was interested in the picture of the black and yellow spider and the ancient texts about it. He was also interested in the spider that he had seen. He thought the spider might be an unknown and very dangerous species. He would be in Hamdayya the next morning. She advised Ayman to be careful if he saw the spider again. He printed out the e-mail and then ran downstairs with it.

Uncle Walid arrived, and the family welcomed him. When he had sat down with a cup of coffee, Ayman told him all about the spiders. His family had heard the story before. In their opinion, half of it was true and the other half was Ayman's imagination. Ayman finished his story saying that Dr Shereen advised him to tell the police about it. His sisters laughed. His uncle advised him not to tell the police so as not to worry people.

Stories about dangerous spiders were not good for business. If people believed his story, they wouldn't stay in the hotels, they wouldn't eat in the restaurants, and they wouldn't buy food products. A lot of businesses would lose money. If Ayman were 100% sure there was a danger, he would have to tell the police. If he were not sure, he shouldn’t frighten people. He advised Ayman to keep quiet and not to tell anyone outside the family.
Ayman showed Dr Fakhry’s e-mail to his parents and his uncle. They were shocked when they had read it because they didn’t expect him to tell anyone.

Professor Jones arrived. Ayman did not know what to do or say. Maybe he was wrong about the spider, but now this famous man had come all the way from England to see him. Now the story of the dangerous spider would get into the newspapers. Businesses in the town would lose money. Ayman wished he had not told anyone about the spider.

As Ayman's family talked to the professor, two big lorries stopped outside the police station next to his house. There were ten armed police officers in each lorry. They looked out of the window and saw Mohamed running from the police station. Ayman's father called to his son and asked him what was going on. Mohammed said that the police were going to guard an archaeological site in the desert, as it was dangerous. They wanted to stop anyone going near it. All the archaeologists at the site were dead. When Mr Hassan asked what killed them, Mohammed said that they died of spider bites. "Spiders! Men don't die from spider bites! How...?” Ayman's father stopped in the middle of his sentence.
Uncle Walid made an urgent phone call to the police chief, Colonel Mikhail to make sure that the story about the dangerous spider was true. He thought that the danger of the spiders might have spread to the town.




A minute before, Ayman had felt a fool. Now everyone wanted to listen to him. He told the colonel everything about the spiders. He pointed out that he had seen the spider just after the police had brought the boxes from the site and that a spider expert from Oxford University was with him. The colonel asked them to come to the police station.
On the way, they saw men carrying equipment out to the lorries. An officer told them they got protective clothing from the Fire Department. They use it when they're fighting chemical fires. He also said they would wear it to keep the spiders out.

Colonel Mikhail told the professor that his men would be in danger from those spiders until they got the correct antivenom. They couldn't do that until they had identified the spiders. He added that he could get an expert from Cairo, but that would take time. He asked him if he could find one of those spiders and identify it. The professor said that was the reason why he came to Egypt. If the spider were a known species, he could identify it. The colonel said that they had protective clothing and asked if he needed any other special equipment. The professor said he had brought equipment with him.

The colonel told Ayman that they needed to know if those spiders had reached the town. He added that if Professor Jones found one of those spiders Ayman had to tell them whether it was the same as the spider that he saw. He asked the professor to get his equipment, as they would both leave in thirty minutes with Captain Ahmed El-Sherif. As they were leaving, the colonel asked the professor if there was an antivenom if the spiders were unknown. The professor said that there was no antivenom for them if they were unknown and that other antivenoms would not contain the correct antibodies, so they wouldn’t work. The colonel said. "Let's hope it is a known species."

Professor Jones returned to his hotel to get his equipment. Ayman went back to his house to get a few things. He found another e-mail from Dr Fakhry. He had no time to read it, so he printed it out and took it with him to read later. On their way to the archaeological site Captain Ahmed asked Professor Jones to tell him everything about spiders to be able to fight them.





1- Where did the female spider guard its 2,000 eggs?
 It guarded them in a dark and secret place.

2- How did the female spider have a new family?
 The female spider laid 2,000 eggs in a dark and secret place where it guarded them. Inside each egg, a small spider was moving.


3- What do you know about Ayman’s uncle?
 He is nice. He's a successful businessman. He knows a lot about business. He's always been good to Ayman.

4- What did Dr Fakhry tell Ayman in her e-mail when Professor Jones was on his way to Egypt?
 She told him that Professor Jones was interested in the picture of the black and yellow spider and in Ayman's black and yellow spider. She also told him that he was on his way to Egypt to meet him. She warned him of the dangerous spider.

5- Who was Professor Jones?
 He was the head of the Zoology Department at Oxford University and one of the
world’s top arachnologists.

6- Why was Professor Jones interested in the spider Ayman had seen?
 Because thought that it might be an unknown and very dangerous.

7- What did Professor Jones think of the spider Ayman saw?
 He thought that it might be an unknown and very dangerous.

8- What did Ayman tell his uncle when he sat down with a cup of coffee?
 Ayman told him all about the spiders.

9- What was the opinion of Ayman’s family about the story of the big spider Ayman had seen? (دور ثان 2001)
 They thought that half of the story was true and the other half was Ayman's imagination.

10- Why do you think Ayman's sisters laughed about the spider?
 Because they thought he had imagined some of his story about the spider.

11- Why didn’t Ayman's uncle think that he should tell the police about the spider?
 He didn't want to worry or frighten people and business would lose money.

12- How would the Hamdayya town be affected by Ayman's story about spiders from the commercial standpoint? (دور ثان 2008)
 People wouldn't stay in the hotels. They wouldn’t eat in the restaurants. They wouldn't buy food products and a lot of businesses would lose money.

13- How are stories about dangerous spiders not good for business?
 Business in the town would lose money. People wouldn't stay in the hotels, they wouldn’t eat at restaurants and they wouldn't buy the food products.

14- What would happen to local business if people heard and believed Ayman’s story? Mention two results. (دور أول 2009) + (دور أول 2005)
 Business in the town would lose money. People wouldn't stay in the hotels. They wouldn’t eat in the restaurants. They wouldn't buy food products.

15- If you were Ayman, would you tell the police about the spider?
 I would tell the police about the spider in case I was 100% sure.

16- When did Ayman have to tell the police about the spider?
 He had to tell the police about the spider if he was sure there was a danger.

17- Why did Uncle Walid advise Ayman not to tell anyone outside the family about the spider?
 He didn't want to frighten people.

18- How did Ayman’s family find out that he had already told other people about the spider?
 Ayman showed them Dr Shereen’s e-mail.

19- Ayman's parents and his uncle were shocked when they read Dr Shereen’s e-mail to Ayman. Give a reason.
 Because they didn’t expect Ayman had told anyone about the spider.

20- How was professor Jones feeling when he arrived?
 He was excited about finding new species of spider.

21- Why did Ayman feel that he was a fool?
 Because the story of the dangerous spider would probably get into the newspapers. Business in the town would lose money.

22- Why would the story of the spider get into the newspaper?
 Because a world famous spider expert came from England to Hamdayya to find the spider and identify it.

23- What did Ayman wish he had not done? Why? (دور أول 2006)
 He wished he had not told anybody about the black and yellow spider because business in the town would lose money.

24- What were the twenty armed officers in the two lorries going to do? Why?
 They were going to guard the archaeological site because it was dangerous and they wanted to stop anyone going near it.


25- Why was the archaeological site dangerous?
 Because all the archaeologists at the site died as the spiders killed them.

26- Why did all the archaeologists at the site die? (دور ثان 2001)
 Because the deadly spiders had bitten them.

27- Why did the police go to the archaeological site?
 To guard it as it was dangerous.

28- Why did Uncle Walid make an urgent phone call to Colonel Mikhail?
 To make sure that the story about the dangerous spiders was true.

29- When did Ayman see the spider?
 He saw it after the police had brought the boxes from the site.

30- Why did Colonel Mikhail invite Professor Jones and Ayman to his office?
 Because he wanted to get information about the spider.

31- Where did the police get protective clothing?
 They got it from the Fire Department.

32- When do the policemen use protective clothing?
 They use it when they are fighting chemical fires.

33- Why did the police need protective clothing?
 To keep the spiders out. لكى يتجنبوا العناكب

34- Why were the police in danger from the spiders?
 Because there was no antivenom for the spiders.

35- What did Colonel Mikhail ask Professor Jones and Ayman to do?
 He asked Professor Jones to find a spider and identify it. He asked Ayman to tell them whether it was the same as the spider he had seen.

36- Why did Colonel Mikhail hope the spiders were a known species?
 Because there would be antivenom.

37- Who wanted to know everything about spiders? Why?
 Captain Ahmed wanted to know everything about spiders to be able to fight them.








Read the following quotation and then answer the questions.

1- "I have discussed the black and yellow spider with Professor Malcolm Jones."
a) Who said these words to whom?
Dr Shereen said these words to Ayman in an e-mail.
b) Who was Professor Malcolm Jones?
He was the head of the Zoology Department at Oxford University. He was one of the world's top arachnologists.
c) What did Professor Malcolm Jones think about the black and yellow spider?
He thought the spider might be an unknown and very dangerous species.

2- “He was interested in the picture of the black and yellow spider and the ancient texts about it.”
a) Who said this to whom?
Dr Shereen said this to Ayman in an e-mail.
b) Who was the speaker talking about?
The speaker was talking about Professor Jones.
Why was he interested in the spider?
He thought it might be an unknown and very dangerous species.

3- " He was also interested in the spider that you saw."
a) Who said these words to whom?
Dr Shereen said these words to Ayman in an e-mail.
b) Who was the speaker referring to?
She was talking about Professor Malcolm Jones.
c) Why was that person interested in the spider?
Because he thought it might be an unknown and very dangerous species.

4- “He thinks the spider may be an unknown species and he is now on his way to Egypt.”
a) Who said this to whom?
Dr Shereen said this to Ayman in an e-mail.
b) Who was the speaker talking about?
The speaker was talking about Professor Jones.
c) Why was he on his way to Egypt?
To find unknown species of spider.



5- “He will be in Hamdayya tomorrow morning. Professor Malcolm thinks the spider may be very dangerous.”
a) Who said this to whom?
Dr Shereen said this to Ayman in her e-mail.
b) What do you know about Professor Malcolm?
He was the head of the Zoology Department at Oxford University and one of the world’s top arachnologists.
c) Why does he think the spider may be dangerous?
Because it is unknown species.
d) Why did he go to Egypt?
To identify the unknown species of spider that Ayman had seen.

6- “Dr Shereen thinks I should tell the police about it,"
a) Who said this to whom?
Ayman said this to his uncle.
b) Why did Dr Shereen advise the speaker to tell the police about it?
Because she thought the spider might be very dangerous.
c) Did the speaker tell the police? Why? Why not?
No, he didn’t because he wasn’t 100% sure there was a danger.

7- “I don’t think you should tell the police. You don’t want to worry people unnecessarily, do you?”
a) Who said these words? To whom?
Uncle Walid said these words to Ayman.
b) When did the speaker say these words?
When Ayman told him that Dr Shereen thought that he should tell the police about the spider.
c) Why didn't the speaker want Ayman to tell the police?
Because this would worry people and this was not good for business.

8- "There is another thing you should think about. Stories about dangerous spiders are not good for business.?
a) Who said these words to whom?
Uncle Walid said these words to Ayman.
b) What did the speaker advise the second person not to do?
He advised him not to tell the police about the spider.
c) How are stories about dangerous spiders not good for business?
Business in the town would lose money. People wouldn't stay in the hotels, they wouldn’t eat at restaurants and they wouldn't buy the food products.

9- "If you are sure there is a danger, you must tell the police. But are you really sure? I mean 100% sure?"
a) Who said these words to whom?
Uncle Walid said these words to Ayman.
b) What danger was the speaker talking about?
He was talking about the danger of the spiders to the people in Hamdayya.
c) When did he become sure that there was danger?
He became sure when he read Dr. Shereen’s e-mail to Ayman.

10- "If you're not sure, I don't think you should frighten people. I think you should keep quiet. Don't tell anyone outside the family."
a) Who said this to whom?
Uncle Walid said this to Ayman.
b) What did the speaker tell the addressed person not to do?
He asked him not to tell anybody outside the family about the spider.
c) Did the addressed person tell anybody outside the family?
Yes, he did.

11- "My son has a friend at the police station. I'll ask him what's going on.
a) Who said these words?
Mr Hassan said these words.
b) What was happening at the police station at that moment?
Two big lorries stopped outside the police station. There were ten armed police officers in each lorry.
c) What did the son say?
He said that the police were going to guard an archaeological site in the desert, as it was dangerous. They wanted to stop anyone going near it. All the archaeologists at the site were dead.

12- "They're going to guard an archaeological site in the desert. They say the site's dangerous. They want to stop anyone going near it."
a) Who said this to whom?
Mohammed, Ayman’s brother, said this to his father.
b) Who were going to the site?
The police were going to the site.
c) Why was the site dangerous?
The site was dangerous because all the archaeologists there died from spiders’ bites.



13- "All the archeaologists at the site are dead. They were found early this morning."
a) Who said these words to whom?
Mohammed said these words to his family.
b) Why did all the archaeologists at the site die?
Because the deadly spiders had bitten them.
c) What did the police do?
The police went to guard the archaeological site in the desert, as it was dangerous. They wanted to stop anyone going near it.

14- "Spiders! Men don't die from spider bites! How ... ?"
a) Is it true that men do not normally die from spider bites?
Yes it is.
b) Why had men died from these spider bites?
They had died from these spiders bites because they were unknown deadly spiders.
c) What question do you think the speaker started but didn’t finish?
How did these spiders kill them? Or How is that possible?

15- "We got it from the Fire Department. They use it when they're fighting chemical fires. We'll wear them to keep the spiders out.”
a) Who said this to whom?
A police officer said this to Ayman and Professor Jones.
b) What was the speaker talking about?
He was talking about protective clothing.
c) Why did the police go to the archaeological site?
They went there to guard it and stop anyone going near it.

16- "My men are going to be in danger from these spiders until we get the correct antivenom."
a) Who said this to whom?
Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones.
b) Why were the speaker’s men in danger from these spiders?
Because the spiders were unknown species and there was no antivenom for them.
c) What did the speaker ask the addressed person to do?
He asked him to find a spider and identify it.



17- "We can't do that until we have identified the spiders. I can get an expert from Cairo, but that will take time."
a) Who said these words to whom?
Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones.
b) Where did this conversation take place?
At the police station.
c) What couldn't they get until they had identified the spiders?
They couldn't get a correct antivenom until they had identified the spiders.

18- “Could you find one of these spiders and identify it?”
a) Who said this to whom?
Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones.
b) Where did this conversation take place?
It took place at the police station.
c) Will the speaker find a spider and identify it?
Yes, he will.

19- "That's why I came to Egypt. If it's a known species, I can identify it."
a) Who said this to whom?
Professor Jones said this to Colonel Mikhail.
b) Where did this conversation take place?
It took place at the police station.
c) Why did the speaker come to Egypt?
To identify the unknown species of spider that Ayman had seen.

20- "We have protective clothing. Do you need any other special equipment?"
a) Who said this to whom?
Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones.
b) Where did this conversation take place?
It took place at the police station.
c) Why do the police need protective clothing?
To keep the spiders out.

21- "We also need to know if these spiders have reached the town. You will be able to tell us about that."
a) Who said these words to whom?
Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones.
b) Did the spiders reach the town?
Yes, they did.
c) Which town was the speaker referring to?
He was referring to Hamdayya.

22- "If Professor Malcolm finds one of these spiders, you must tell us whether it is the same as the spider that you saw."
a) Who said these words to whom?
Colonel Mikhail said this to Ayman.
b) Where did this conversation take place?
It took place at the police station.
c) Why did the speaker ask Professor Malcolm to find a spider?
To identify it to get the correct antivenom.

23- "You will both leave in thirty minutes with Captain Ahmed El-Sherif."
a) Who said these words to whom?
Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones and Ayman.
b) Where will they go?
They will go to the archaeological site.
c) Why will they go there?
Professor Jones will go to find a spider and identify it, but Ayman will go to tell them whether it was the same as the spider he had seen.

24- "If the spiders are an unknown species, is there an antivenom that we can use?"
a) Who said this to whom?
Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones.
b) Where did this conversation take place?
It took place at the police station.
c) Is there an antivenom for these spiders?
No, there isn’t.
25- "If the spiders are unknown, there is no antivenom for them. Other antivenoms will not contain the correct antibodies, so they won't work."
a) Who said this? To whom?
Professor Jones said this to Colonel Mikhail.
b) Why is it not easy to find antivenom for the unknown spiders?
Because other antivenoms will not contain the correct antibodies. So they will not work.
c) What do you know about Echinacea Negra?
It is medicine made from the root of the plant for the bite of the black and yellow spider that kills.


26- "Let's hope it is a known species." (دور ثان 2006)
a) Who said this? To whom?
Colonel Mikhail said this to Professor Jones.
b) Why did the speaker hope so?
Because it would be easy to find the right antivenom for the spiders' bites.
c) What sort of species did it turn out to be?
It turned out to be an unknown species.

27- "We have one hour before we reach the site. Tell me everything about spiders."
a) Who said this to whom?
Captain Ahmed El-Sherif said this to Professor Jones.
b) Why did the police go to that site?
The police went to that site to guard it.
c) Why did the speaker want to know everything about the spiders?
The speaker wanted to know everything about the spiders to be able to fight them.





1- The female spider guarded its 2,000 eggs in a dark and secret place.
2- Professor Jones is one of the world’s top arachnologists.
3- When Uncle Walid had sat with a cup of coffee, Ayman told him all about the spider.
4- Ayman's family thought that half of his story about the spider was true and that he imagined the other half.
5- Stories about spiders were not good for business because business would lose a lot of money. (دور ثان 2002)
6- Ayman’s parents were shocked when they read Dr Fakhry’s e-mail because they didn’t expect Ayman had told anyone about the spider.
7- Ayman's family did not know about the professor's visit until just before the professor's arrival.
8- Ayman’s uncle told him not to tell anyone outside the family about the spider.
9- Ayman was sorry that he had said anything to anyone about the spider he had seen.
10- The archeologists at the site died of spiders bites.
11- Ayman's uncle phoned the police chief, Colonel Mikhail in order to make sure that the information about the archaeologists' death from the spiders' bites was true.
12- Ayman saw the spider just after the police had brought boxes from the site.
13- The police got protective clothing from the fire department. (دور ثان 2007)
14- The police got protective clothing to protect them from the spiders bites.
(دور أول 2009)
15- The police officers needed special clothing to protect themselves against spiders.

16- Colonel Mikhail hoped the spiders were a known species because there were medicine for it.
17- If the spiders were an unknown species, there would be no antivenom for them.
18- At the police station, Colonel Mikhail asked Professor Jones to find out the spider and identify it.
19- Professor Jones came to Egypt in order to find out the deadly spider and identify it to get the correct antivenom.
20- If Professor Jones found one of the spiders, Ayman must tell the police whether it was the same as the spider he had seen.
21- Colonel Mikhail and his men are going to be in danger from the spiders until they get the correct antivenom. They can’t do that until they identify the spider. (دور ثان 2004)
22- Ayman went to his house to get a few things.
23- Professor Jones went to his hotel to collect his equipment.
24- Ayman didn't have enough time to read Dr Shereen's second e-mail, so he printed it out and took it with him to read it later. (دور أول 2005)
25- Captain Ahmed asked Professor Jones to tell him everything about spiders.



▼أسئلة الكتاب المدرسي
A- Answer the questions.
1- Why do you think Ayman's sisters laughed when he talked about the spiders?
• As they thought that Ayman had imagined some of it.

2- What would happen to local businesses if people heard and believed Ayman's story?
• If people heard Ayman's story they wouldn’t stay in hotels. They wouldn’t eat restaurants so business would lose a lot of money.

3- If you were Ayman, would you tell the police about the spider?
• I would tell the police if I 100 % sure.

4- How did Ayman's family find out that he had already told other people about the spider?
• Ayman showed them Dr Shreen's e-mail.

5- How was Professor Jones feeling when he arrived?
• He was excited about finding new species of spiders.


6- What did Ayman wish he had not done?
• He wished he hadn’t told any one about the spider.

7-Why did Colonel Mikhail hope the spiders were a known species?
• So that there would be an antivenom for them.

8- Who wanted to know everything about spiders?
• Captain Ahmed.


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

'Spiders! Men don't die from spider bites! How ... ?'
1-Is it true that men do not normally die from spider bites?
Yes.
2-Why had men died from these spider bites?
As they were unknown species ( deadly ).
3-What question do you think Mr. Hassan started finish?
How could spiders kill them?


C- Complete the sentences.
1- Ayman's family did not know about the professor's until just before the professor's arrival.
2 The chief of police was called colonel Mikhal.
3 Ayman didn't have time to read Dr F.akhry's so he printed it out and took it with him.
4 At the police station Colonel Mikhail asked Professor Jones to find one of these spiders and identify it.
5 Professor Jones went to his hotel to collect his equipment.
6Ayman went to his house to get few things.
7 Professor Jones, Captain Ahmed and another officer, and Ayman left the town for the archaeological site.
8 Twenty policemen in two lorries followed them.
9 Captain Ahmed asked Professor Jones to tell him every thing about the spiders.