6 THE
SPIDER
THINK ABOUT
1 Work in pairs and answer the questions.
1 Which animals do you like?
2 Do you have any pets?
2 Is there an animal you are afraid of?
2 EP11  Watch the video and complete the
sentences.
Dan’s joke
1 Dan I know you’re
2 Ruby I think this idea
3 Ruby You are not my
Ellie’s joke
4 Ellie Hey, Dan. How’s it
5 Dan What’s in the
6 Ellie snake, huh?
Telling Tom the story
7 Tom So, tell me, what
8 Dan A long time ago, I
of snakes.
9 Tom Ah, so you
American Think Starter  Episode 6 Video Worksheet
3 EP11   Watch the video again. Match the
sentence with the person who says it.
1 Ruby
2 Dan
3 Ellie
4 Jason
5 Tom
a It’s a really great start.
b Here it is.
c Oh, it’s you.
d So, tell me what happened!
e To him, it was just a little joke.
THINK BACK
4 Work with a partner. Are the sentences true or
false? Correct the false sentences.
1 Dan shows Ruby something on his tablet computer.
with me. 2 Ruby thinks the app works.
 , Dan. 3 Ellie helps Ruby understand Dan’s joke.
 . 4 Jason says he will speak to his science teacher.
5 Tom didn’t want to know about Ellie’s joke.
6 Dan doesn’t tell Ruby he’s sorry.
THINK THROUGH
ROLE PLAY Interviewing Dan
Work in pairs. Student A is Dan and Student B is the
interviewer. Write and act out the interview.
 ?
You like most animals, but you are afraid of A
 ? snakes. Answer the interviewer’s questions.
I never liked snakes.
I couldn’t look at pictures of them when I
was little.
No, nothing like that happened.
You would like to know about Dan and his fear B
of snakes. Ask him some questions.
Why are you afraid of snakes?
Did you become afraid of them when you were
 ! very young?
Ellie that I’m afraid Did a snake bite you when you were young?
your lesson.
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