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Bees Play with Balls


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Published: 11.02.2022
Level 4   |   Time: 1:26
Accent: British
Source: BBC News

BBC News reports on a study that show that bumblebees enjoy playing with balls.


    

triangle Directions 목표 Direcciones Instruções


  1. READ the VOCABULARY

    It is important to read the vocabulary before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.

  2. WATCH the VIDEO

    The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.

  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

    First try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.

  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

    Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

    There are several different activities that focus on test preparation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO

    Es importante leer el vocabulario antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.

  2. VER el VIDEO

    La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.

  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

    Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.

  4. MIRAR Y LEER

    Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.

  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

    Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la preparación de la examen, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

  1. 어휘 읽기

    비디오를 보기 전에 어휘와 배경을 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 비디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는데 도움이됩니다.

  2. 비디오 보기

    비디오를 처음 볼 때 전체 상황을 이해하려고 노력하세요.

  3. 문제에 답하기

    먼저 모든 질문에 답을 해보세요. 그런 다음 비디오를 다시보고 놓친 질문에 답해보세요.

  4. 비디오 보면서 대본 읽기

    대본을 읽는 동안 비디오를 다시 보세요. 읽기와 듣기를 동시에 하면 각각의 단어를 듣고, 듣기 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있습니다.

  5. 액티비티 하기

    듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.

  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO

    É importante ler o vocabulário antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.

  2. ASSISTA ao VÍDEO

    Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.

  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

    Primeiro, tente responder a todas as perguntas de memória. Em seguida, assista novamente ao vídeo e tente responder às perguntas que você errou.

  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

    Assista ao vídeo novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo ajudará você a ouvir cada palavra individualmente e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.

  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

    Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na preparação para o teste, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura de frases.

triangle Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario


  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a strong indication [exp] - a clear sign or signal
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an insect [n] - a small animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings [image] vocab image
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ sophisticated [adj] - not simple, complex
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an extraordinary sight [exp] - a very special thing to see or experience
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an inanimate object [exp] - something that is not alive
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ complex [adj] - not simple
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ cooperatively [adv] - working together
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a hive [n] - the house of bees [image] vocab image
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an ecosystem [n] - a biological community of plants, animals, and their environment
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ pollination [n] - the transfer of pollen to a flower or plant to allow fertilization
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a workhorse [exp] - a person (or insect) that does a lot of hard work
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ their playful side [exp] - the fun and playful part of their personality
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an inducement [n] - an incentive, a thing that persuades someone to do something
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a sugary treat [exp] - a sweet snack

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression



triangle Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas (difficult)


  1. What does the study indicate about bees' minds?

    They are complex.



  2. How do bees work?

    Cooperatively



  3. What two substances do bees provide (for human use)?

    Honey, wax



  4. How does our ecosystem rely on bees?

    For pollination



  5. What material were the balls made of?

    Wood



  6. What inducements were needed to make the bees play with the balls?

    None, nothing



  7. What two types of bees tended to play longer?

    Younger bees, male bees



triangle Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas (easy)


  1. What does the study indicate about bees?
    They feel emotions like humans.
    They are smarter than other insects.
    Their brains are larger than previously thought.
    Their brains are more complex than previously thought.

  2. How do bees work?
    Cooperatively
    Continuously
    Aggressively
    Playfully

  3. What two substances do bees provide?
    Wax
    Wood
    Sugar
    Honey
    Pollen

  4. How does our ecosystem rely on bees?
    They provide food to many other types of insects.
    They help pollinate plants and flowers.
    They make homes for other insects.
    They kill other harmful insects.

  5. What material were the balls made of?
    Sugar
    Wood
    Honey
    Plastic

  6. What inducements were needed to make the bees play with the balls?
    None
    Honey
    Sugary treats
    A sugary smell on the balls

  7. What two types of bees tended to play longer?
    Female bees
    Male bees
    Older bees
    Younger bees
    Queen bees
    Drones



triangle Sentence Building (Summary) 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones [ ? ]

Summary

This activity is designed to improve sentence accuracy and complexity. Most students can produce the key content words in a sentence. However, they have difficulty with accuracy because the functional words are difficult or can seem unimportant. This activity will help learners eliminate problems with these functional words by giving them immediate feedback on the mistakes they are making. It will also help students develop their use of more natural, varied and complex sentence structures.

TIP: Say the sentence out loud. Notice the types of mistake you make often. Focus on those types of errors. (singular/plural, subject-verb agreement, article use, prepositions, gerunds and infinitives, noun clauses, adjective clauses, word order, and word forms.)

Resumen

Esta actividad está diseñada para mejorar la precisión y complejidad de las oraciones. La mayoría de los estudiantes pueden producir las palabras clave del contenido en una oración. Sin embargo, tienen dificultades con la precisión porque las palabras funcionales son difíciles o pueden parecer poco importantes. Esta actividad ayudará a los alumnos a eliminar problemas con estas palabras funcionales al brindarles retroalimentación inmediata sobre los errores que están cometiendo. También ayudará a los estudiantes a desarrollar su uso de estructuras de oraciones más naturales, variadas y complejas.

CONSEJO: Diga la oración en voz alta. Observe los tipos de errores que comete con frecuencia. Concéntrese en ese tipo de errores. (singular / plural, concordancia entre sujeto y verbo, uso del artículo, preposiciones, gerundios e infinitivos, cláusulas sustantivas, cláusulas adjetivas, orden de las palabras y formas de las palabras).

요약

이 액티비티는 문장의 정확성과 복잡성을 개선하기 위해 고안되었습니다. 대부분의 학생들은 문장에서 핵심 내용 단어를 생성 할 수 있습니다. 그러나 기능적 단어가 어렵거나 중요하지 않은 것처럼 보일 수 있기 때문에 정확성에 어려움이 있습니다. 이 액티비티는 학습자가 실수에 대한 즉각적인 피드백을 제공함으로써 이러한 기능적 단어의 문제를 제거하는 데 도움이 됩니다. 또한 학생들이 보다 자연스럽고 다양하며 복잡한 문장 구조를 사용하는 데 도움이 됩니다.

팁 : 문장을 크게 말하세요. 자주 저지르는 실수 유형과, 이러한 유형의 오류에 집중하세요. (단수 / 복수, 주어-동사 일치, 관사 사용, 전치사, 동명사 및 부정사, 명사절, 형용사절, 어순 및 단어 형태)

Resumo

Esta atividade foi desenvolvida para melhorar a precisão e a complexidade das frases. A maioria dos alunos pode produzir as palavras-chave do conteúdo em uma frase. No entanto, eles têm dificuldade com precisão porque as palavras funcionais são difíceis ou podem parecer sem importância. Esta atividade ajudará os alunos a eliminar problemas com essas palavras funcionais, dando-lhes feedback imediato sobre os erros que estão cometendo. Também ajudará os alunos a desenvolver o uso de estruturas de sentenças mais naturais, variadas e complexas.

DICA: Diga a frase em voz alta. Observe os tipos de erro que você comete com frequência. Concentre-se nesses tipos de erros. (singular/plural, concordância sujeito-verbo, uso de artigos, preposições, gerúndios e infinitivos, cláusulas substantivas, cláusulas adjetivas, ordem das palavras e formas das palavras.)


Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras.

Instrucciones: Escreva orações sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras-chave. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras.

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다.



Sentence 1

recent / study / seem / indicate / bumblebee / enjoy / play / ball


A recent study seems to indicate (that) bumblebees enjoy playing with balls.



Sentence 2

study / strong / indication / insect / mind / far / sophisticated / than / we / previous / think


The study is a strong indication (that) insect minds are far more sophisticated than we previously thought.



Sentence 3

study / show / bee / interact / inanimate / object / as / form / play


The study shows bees interacting with inanimate objects as a form of play.
The study shows (that) bees interact with inanimate objects as a form of play.



Sentence 4

our / ecosystem / rely / bee / pollination


Our ecosystem relies on bees [through/for] pollination.



Sentence 5

in / experiment / bee / roll / wood / ball / without / receive / any / incentive


In the experiment, (the) bees rolled (some) wooden balls without receiving any incentive(s).



Sentence 6

bee / also / go / back / toy / again / again


The bees also went back to the toys again and again.



Sentence 7

in / experiment / young / bee / play / than / old / bee / and / adult / male / play / long / than / adult / female


In the experiment, young(er) bees played more than old(er) bees, and adult males played longer than adult females.



triangle Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión


  1. What was the most surprising or interesting thing that you learned from this video?
  2. The bees seemed to play with the balls in this controlled situation. How might bees play in nature?
  3. The researchers believe that bees moving balls is evidence of playful behavior. Can you think of any other explanation for this behavior?
  4. What animals do you think are the most playful? Why? How?
  5. The video refers to bees as nature's workhorses. What does this mean? What other insects are workhorses for nature? In what ways?
  6. Are you scared of bees? Why or why not?

triangle Script 대본 Roteiro Texto


Now scientists in the UK have discovered that bumblebees enjoy playing with balls just as humans and dogs do.

Researchers at Queen Mary University in London say the research, which was published in the journal Animal Behavior, provides a strong indication that insect minds are far more sophisticated than we might have imagined. Aruna Iyengar has this report.

It's an extraordinary sight. A bee plays with a ball. It's more than just cute. Researchers say this shows for the first time insects interacting with inanimate objects as a form of play. And that suggests their minds are more complex than we previously thought.

Bees are known to work cooperatively in hives. They give us honey and wax, and our ecosystem relies on them through pollination. But despite their tiny size and brains, they're far from being just nature's workhorses.

A team at Queen Mary University of London designed a series of experiments where bees rolled wooden balls. They found the bees showed their playful side without any extra inducement like a sugary treat. They went back to the toys again and again.

Younger bees played more than older ones. And adult males rolled for longer than females of a similar age.

Aruna Iyengar, BBC News.