Experts have recently announced that there is to be a mass influx of spiders in British homes and gardens this autumn. Kate and Rebecca discuss their attitude to them and hear from a speaker at London Zoo who cures people of arachnophobia - fear of spiders.
This week's question: How many known spider species are
there in the world today? Is it:
a) 2000
b) 20,000
c) 40,000
Listen out for the answer in the programme!
Listen to the programme
Spider Invasion
Vocabulary
- arachnophobia
a fear or phobia of spiders
- arachnophobe
someone who is scared of spiders
- mass influx
the arrival of something in large numbers
- temperate
neither too hot nor too cold
- going cold turkey
an expression to describe the action of stopping something suddenly and completely, for example smoking or drinking alcohol
- hypnosis
a mental state like sleep in which a person's thought can be influenced by something else
