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Picture - A Housefly's Best Friend - by Nigel A JAMES
House
Flies!
House flies
are small, black and everyone hates them.
They share our homes and eat all they can get!
House flies are very revolting.
But, these
little miracles of nature have another side,
too. They are good at surviving. House
flies can fly at 11 kilometres an hour, and with their
6000 little eyes they can see danger
coming and fly out the way. And, there's more! In their 34 day
lifespan, house flies can lay more than 400
eggs.
But, not
everyone hates them. House flies are perfect for lunch
and are loved by spiders and birds.
And little
Susie? She keeps a house fly under her bed in a box, and its name is
Erich!
Vocabulary
danger
– Gefahr
fly
(fly/flew/flown) – fliegen
hate
– (hate/hated/hated) – hassen
house fly
– Stubenfliege
lifespan
- Lebenszeit
miracle
– Wunder
revolting
- abscheulich
share
(share/shared/shared) – teilen
surviving
– überleben
The Verb
Hate
I hate my
job. She hates her job.
I hated my
time at school.
I have hated
my job since I started 10 years ago.
Questions
Why do you
hate house flies?
How fast can
house flies fly?
How many
eyes have house flies got?
What do
house flies eat for lunch?
How many
eggs do house flies lay?
Where does
Susie keep Erich?
For how long
can a house fly live?
Who likes
house flies for lunch?
Lexmatica is written and produced by Nigel A. JAMES
