Learn English with Charlotte's Web

• ☐ ☐ ☐ P.U. [exp] - That smells terrible!
• ☐ ☐ ☐ gross [adj] - disgusting
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ripe [adj] - having a bad smell
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ingrates [n] - ungrateful people, idiots
• ☐ ☐ ☐ leggy [adj] - having beautiful legs
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ironic [adj] - happening in the opposite way to what is expected
• ☐ ☐ ☐ cured [adj - healed, fixed
• ☐ ☐ ☐ cured [adj] - preserved and dried (meat)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the smokehouse hotel [exp] - the place where animals are cooked or smoked
• ☐ ☐ ☐ yummy [adj] - delicious
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sizzling [adj] - very hot and making sound while being cooked
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a spring pig [n] - a pig born in spring
• ☐ ☐ ☐ If you say so. [exp] - I believe you.

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

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Fern	Avery	Charlotte	Wilbur

• Avery and Fern are brother and sister.
• Fern spends most of her free time in the barn with the animals.
• Charlotte (the spider) is Wilbur's (the pig) best friend.

1. Avery wants to kill the spider.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Wilbur tries to protect Charlotte.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Templeton tries to protect Charlotte.
   True
   False
   
   
4. The rotten egg smell makes Avery run away.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Most of the animals are proud of Templeton for breaking the egg.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Templeton tells Wilbur that he will be killed and eaten at Christmas.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Wilbur thinks that humans love pigs too much to kill them.
   True
   False
   
   
8. The other animals don't know that Wilbur will be killed.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Charlotte lies to Wilbur about his future.
   True
   False
   
   
10. Charlotte promises to help Wilbur.
    True
    False
    
    

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Directions: 1) Read the script and choose the form of the word that best completes the sentence. 2) Listen again and check your answers.

• I saw a big old spider in the doorway! I’m gonna go catch it!
• No, Avery! Come back here!
• Here, spidey-spidey.
• You can't do that! Stop!
• P.U.! That --- stink (n) stinks (v) stinky (adj) (stinks) ! Oh, that is gross.
• Guess the yolk's on me.
• That is one --- ripen (v) ripe (adj) (ripe) egg.
• That stinks good!
• That is --- disgust (n) disgusts (v) disgusting (adj) (disgusting) !
• We told you not to --- break (n) break (v) broken (adj) (break) that egg.
• Now look what you've done, rat!
• It saved Charlotte, didn't it?
• Yeah, ingrates. I saved the leggy lady's --- life (n) live (v) alive (adj) (life) . You mean that as a good thing, right?
• Of course.
• I do have a few eyes, you know, and I think Wilbur did most of the saving.
• I know. --- Irony (n) Ironic (adj) (Ironic) , isn't it? He's saving you, and they're saving him for Christmas.
• Templeton!
• What's Christmas?
• The day you'll be cured.
• But I'm not sick.
• Oh, I didn't say you were --- sickness (n) sickened (v) sick (adj) (sick) .
• Uh-oh. That was a mistake.
• Yep. Typical rat.
• What? You're going to lie to the future football here? Okay. But it's a sad statement when I'm the most --- honesty (n) honest (adj) (honest) guy in the place.
• Templeton, what are you talking about?
• Come winter, the farmer will be checking you into the old smokehouse hotel. And the only checking out that happens is when people gather around and say, "Check out that yummy sausage. "Check out that sizzling bacon."
• So, that's what that is for.
• It ain't for roasting chestnuts.
• He wouldn't. Humans love pigs.
• Well, they love pork.
• Well, this is awkward, isn't it?
• Charlotte! Charlotte, is it true?
• Wilbur, few spring pigs get to see the snows of winter.
• No! I can't --- belief (n) believe (v) believable (adj) (believe) this. I won't --- belief (n) believe (v) believable (adj) (believe) it.
• Oh, Wilbur.
• It isn't fair! I want to live! I want to see the snow!
• And you will. I'm making you a promise right now. I am not going to let them kill you.
• You're a spider. You're little. They're huge! How are you going to stop them?
• I have no idea. But it's a promise, and promises are something I never break. Just don't you worry about it, Wilbur. Besides, it's a long time until Christmas.
• Okay, Charlotte. If you say so.
  
  

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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. Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

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. Usa el tiempo presente.

Instrucciones: Escribe oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de las palabras o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa tiempo presente.

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

Fern / play / animal / barn

Fern is playing with the animals in the barn.

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Avery / show / up / and / tell / Fern / he / want / catch / big ol' / spider / doorway.

Avery shows up and tells Fern (that) he wants to catch the big ol' spider in the doorway.

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Avery / knock / Charlotte / down / pitch fork / and / trap / her / glass / jar

Avery knocks Charlotte down with a pitch fork and traps her [with/in/under] a glass jar.

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then / Wilbur / attack / Avery / and / Charlotte / escape / jar

Then Wilbur attacks Avery, and Charlotte escapes from the jar.

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all / commotion / cause / rotten / egg / Templeton / nest / break

All of the commotion causes the rotten egg in Templeton's nest to break.

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rotten / egg / smell / bad / that / Avery / run / away

The rotten egg smells so bad (that) Avery runs away.
The rotten egg smell is so bad (that) Avery runs away.

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Charlotte / thank / Wilbur / save / life

Charlotte thanks Wilbur for saving her life.

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Templeton / tell / Wilbur / farmer / plan / kill / him / winter

Templeton tells Wilbur (that) the farmer plans to kill him [in/come] winter.

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Templeton / point / out / smokehouse / where / Wilbur / turn / bacon

Templeton points out the smokehouse where Wilbur will be turned into bacon.

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Charlotte / promise / not / let / them / kill / Wilbur

Charlotte promises not to let them kill Wilbur.
Charlotte promises (that) she won't let them kill Wilbur.

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Wilbur / worry / Charlotte / not / able / help / him / because / she / so / small

Wilbur [worries/is worried] (that) Charlotte won't be able to help him because she is so small.

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The text below is from the [ original novel ].

1. Which parts of the video are the same as the novel?
2. Which parts of the video are different from the novel?
3. Which parts of the novel are not in the video?

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Chapter 7 - Bad News

One afternoon, when Fern was sitting on her stool, the oldest sheep walked into the barn, and stopped to pay a call on Wilbur.

"Hello!" she said. "Seems to me you're putting on weight."

"Yes, I guess I am," replied Wilbur. "At my age it's a good idea to keep gaining."

"Just the same, I don't envy you," said the old sheep. "You know why they're fattening you up, don't you?"

"No," said Wilbur.

"Well, I don't like to spread bad news," said the sheep, "but they're fattening you up because they're going to kill you, that's why."

"They're going to what?" screamed Wilbur. Fern grew rigid on her stool.

"Kill you. Turn you into smoked bacon and ham," continued the old sheep. "Almost all young pigs get murdered by the farmer as soon as the real cold weather sets in. There's a regular conspiracy around here to

kill you at Christmas time. Everybody is in the plot - Lurvy, Zuckerman, even John Arable."

"Mr. Arable?" sobbed Wilbur. "Fern's father?"

"Certainly. When a pig is to be butchered, everybody helps.

I'm an old sheep and I see the same thing, same old business, year after year. Arable arrives with his .22, shoots the ..."

"Stop!" screamed Wilbur. "I don't want to die! Save me, somebody! Save me!" Fern was just about to jump up when a voice was heard.

"Be quiet, Wilbur!" said Charlotte, who had been listening to this awful conversation.

"I can't be quiet," screamed Wilbur, racing up and down. "I don't want to be killed. I don't want to die. Is it true what the old sheep says, Charlotte? Is it true they are going to kill me when the cold weather comes?"

"Well," said the spider, plucking thoughtfully at her web, "the old sheep has been around this barn a long time. She has seen many a spring pig come and go. If she says they plan to kill you, I'm sure it's true. It's also the dirtiest trick I ever heard of. What people don't think of!"

Wilbur burst into tears. "I don't want to die," he moaned.

"I want to stay alive, right here in my comfortable manure pile with all my friends. I want to breathe the beautiful air and lie in the beautiful sun."

"You're certainly making a beautiful noise," snapped the old sheep.

"I don't want to die!" screamed Wilbur, throwing himself to the ground.

"You shall not die," said Charlotte, briskly.

"What? Really?" cried Wilbur. "Who's going to save me?"

"I am," said Charlotte.

"How?" asked Wilbur.

"That remains to be seen. But I am going to save you, and I want you to quiet down immediately. You're carrying on in a childish way. Stop your crying! I can't stand hysterics."

Chapter 10 - An Explosion

"Let's build a tree house," suggested Avery. "I want to live in a tree, with my frog."

"I'm going to visit Wilbur," Fern announced.

They climbed the fence into the lane and walked lazily toward the pigpen. Wilbur heard them coming and got up.

Avery noticed the spider web, and, coming closer, he saw Charlotte.

"Hey, look at that big spider!" he said. "It's tremenjus."

"Leave it alone!" commanded Fern. "You've got a frog - isn't that enough?"

"That's a fine spider and I'm going to capture it," said Avery. He took the cover off the candy box. Then he picked up a stick. "I'm going to knock that ol' spider into this box," he said.

Wilbur's heart almost stopped when he saw what was going on.

This might be the end of Charlotte if the boy succeeded in catching her.

"You stop it, Avery!" cried Fern.

Avery put one leg over the fence of the pigpen. He was just about to raise his stick to hit Charlotte when he lost his balance. He swayed and toppled and landed on the edge of Wilbur's trough. The trough tipped up and then came down with a slap. The goose egg was right underneath. There was a dull explosion as the egg broke, and then a horrible smell. Fern screamed. Avery jumped to his feet. The air was filled with the terrible gases and smells from the rotten egg. Templeton, who had been resting in his home, scuttled away into the barn.

"Good night!" screamed Avery. "Good night! What a stink!

Let's get out of here!"

Fern was crying. She held her nose and ran toward the house. Avery ran after her, holding his nose.

Charlotte felt greatly relieved to see him go. It had been a narrow escape.

Later on that morning, the animals came up from the pasture - the sheep, the lambs, the gander, the goose, and the seven goslings. There were many complaints about the awful smell, and Wilbur had to tell the story over and over again, of how the Arable boy had tried to capture Charlotte, and how the smell of the broken egg drove him away just in time. "It was that rotten goose egg that saved Charlotte's life," said Wilbur.

The goose was proud of her share in the adventure. "I'm delighted that the egg never hatched," she gabbled.

Templeton, of course, was miserable over the loss of his beloved egg. But he couldn't resist boasting. "It pays to save things," he said in his surly voice. "A rat never knows when something is going to, come in handy. I never throw anything away."

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1. How did each of these characters help save Charlotte from Avery - Fern, Wilbur, Templeton, Gussy (the goose)?
2. Templeton says he is "the most honest guy in the place." What does he mean?
3. Do you like bacon? After watching this movie, will you reconsider eating pork?
4. The word cured has two meanings. What are they? Which meaning does WIlbur understand? Which meaning does Templeton mean?
5. How do you think Charlotte will save Wilbur?