[ Journals ] 8 Another Look at Spider

　　A good many people hate spiders. Few consider that spiders are intelligent, inventive, and good friends to people.
　　Spiders have highly developed nervous systems. Their brains capable of remembering, and they are remarkable engineers. They can be found living anywhere from 22,000 feet above sea level, on Mount Everest, to 2,000 feet below he earth’s surface, in caves.
　　The silk that spiders spin for their webs has a strength superior to most flexible products made by humans. These webs have been known to entangle and hold animals as large as mice. The bola spider, instead of making a web, constructs a globule of sticky silk to the trapeze and casts ot out at passing insects. Any insect that gets stuck to the swinging ball becomes the spider’s next meal.
　　One Eurasian species of spider actually travels underwater by carrying a tiny bubble of air with it. Its home is cozy diving bell.
　　Many scientists feel that without the spider, human life would be in danger. This is because most if a spider’s energies are devoted to catching and eating insects. Without spiders, insects would multiply and cover the earth, destroying the vegetation. One estimate says that each year spiders in England destroy a number of insects equal in weight to the human population of that country!


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I. Summarize

　　So many people hate spiders. Because they don't think spiders are intelligent and inventive creatures, and even good friends to people. In fact, spiders' brains are capable of remembering, and they are remarkable engineers. The silk that spiders spin for their webs has an extremely stretching strength than most flexible products made by humans! These webs entangle living things from insects to animals as large as mice.
　　And many scients feel that human life would be in danger if there's no spiders in the world. One estimate says that each year spiders in England detroy a number og insects equl in weight to the human population of that country! Without spiders, our lifes would be full of insects!


II. Vocabulary words and phrases

i. new words/phrases
entangle v. 纏繞
a globule of 一小滴

ii. useful words / phrases
a good many 很多
inventive adj. 有創意的
highly developed 完善的

III. The reason I chose this article

　　Many people hate spiders. I don’t like them, either, but I think the shape of them is beautiful. I found it’s surprising that spiders are intelligent and inventive after I read this article. And it sounds horrible if we don't have spiders in the world. But I still don't think they are good friends to me.