Learn English with Charlotte's Web

• ☐ ☐ ☐ I'm expecting. [exp] - I am pregnant.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ on your own [exp] - alone
• ☐ ☐ ☐ You are out (something) [exp] - You will lose (something)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ make it all back [exp] - earn enough money to cover lost money
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a blue ribbon [n] - a prize for first place in a competition
• ☐ ☐ ☐ faint [v] - fall asleep suddenly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a crate [n] - a wooden box
• ☐ ☐ ☐ What's in it for me? [exp] - What is the advantage for me?
• ☐ ☐ ☐ littered [adj] - covered
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hunks [n] - large pieces
• ☐ ☐ ☐ dribs [n] - small drips (of liquid)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ bits [n] - small pieces
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ground [adj] - made into dust (grind)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ gag [v] - almost vomit/throw up
• ☐ ☐ ☐ stink [n/v] - bad smell
• ☐ ☐ ☐ deviled eggs [n] - boiled eggs stuffed with mustard and mayonnaise

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

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Wilbur	Charlotte	Templeton

• Wilbur is preparing to go to the county fair.
• If Wilbur wins at the county fair, the farmer will not kill him and make bacon.
• Charlotte is pregnant.

1. At first, Charlotte doesn't plan to go to the fair.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Wilbur knows that Charlotte is pregnant.
   True
   False
   
   
3. The farmers think that Wilbur isn't special.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Zuckerman plans to turn Wilbur into bacon if he wins at the fair.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Charlotte decides to go to the fair to help Wilbur.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Gussy is worried about Charlotte.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Gussy knows that Charlotte is pregnant.
   True
   False
   
   
8. Charlotte wants Templeton to look for a new word at the fair.
   True
   False
   
   
9. At first, Templeton doesn't want to go to the fair.
   True
   False
   
   
10. The other animals try to convince Templeton to stay at the farm.
    True
    False
    
    
11. Templeton decides to go to the fair because he wants to help Wilbur.
    True
    False
    
    

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Directions: Choose the word or expression that best completes the sentence.

Instrucciones: Elija la palabra o expresión que mejor complete la oración.

Instrucciones: Escolha a palavra ou expressão que melhor completa a oração.

지시 사항 : 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 단어나 표현을 선택하십시오.

• What do you mean you are not going to the fair? I ---get got am going to get (am going to get) a prize. Don't you want to be there?
• Of course I do, Wilbur, very much. I'm just not up to traveling at the moment.
• Why not?
• Because I'm expecting.
• Expecting what?
• "Expecting" means... I'm expecting you to do fine without me. You're getting to be a big pig, and you ---do did will do (will do) just great on your own.
• Okay. I ---miss missed will miss (will miss) you.
  
• I've got to say he really ---is was will be (is) some pig.
• That's my buttermilk working.
• You sure you want to go through with this, Homer? If you lose, you're out your entry fee. He could win, though. Stranger things ---happen happened have been happening (have been happening) around here. If he ---doesn't win didn't win won\t win (doesn't win) , though?
• Well, the way I figure it, even if he ---does lose did lose has lost (does lose) , I can make it all back on the bacon alone.
• Wilbur! Wilbur!
• Do something, Homer.
• What ---happens happened is going to happen (happened) ?
• I don't know. He just ---faints fainted will faint (fainted) .
• It's all right, hon.
• Lurvy, get some water!
• It's okay, Wilbur.
• Charlotte, are you feeling-eeling okay?
• Why is it so hard for that farmer to see what is right in front of his face? Look what Wilbur has done for this farm. Isn't that better than ham? Well, there's only one thing to do, and I have to be there to do it.
• Charlotte, you have your babies to think about now.
• Yes, I know. But I ---make made am going to make (made) a promise to my friend. A big blue ribbon ought to finally get the point through that farmer's head.
• Easy, Lurvy. Easy.
• Coming through! Coming through! Here we go!
• There we go.
• He's up.
• Okay, let's see if he ---gets got will get (will get) in the crate.
• Buttermilk.
• Templeton? I ---need needed have been needing (need) you to go with me. We'll have to find another word, a really good one.
• Sorry, lady. There comes a time when the rat's got to ask himself, "What's in it for the rat?"
• He's right. We ---are were have been (have been) to the fair.
• We have?
• Remember? All that garbage there?
• Oh, yeah! It's littered with hunks of chewed-on funnel cakes...
• How's that?
• And dribs of ice cream going sour in the sun. And spitty little cotton candy bits ground into the mud.
• Popcorn, moldy cheese, half-eaten sandwiches and sticky-icky-icky candy apples.
• Wait! Go back to the moldy cheese thing.
• I ---never see never saw have never seen (have never seen) so much disgusting trash!
• Come on, Wilbur. Good boy.
• Don't hurt him, Dad!
• Nearly made me gag, the stink of it, especially that deviled egg.
• You'd better hurry up, rat. They ---leave left are going to leave (are going to leave) without you!
• Wait for me!
• Nice and easy.
• Come on, Wilbur. Good boy.
• More food than you'll see in a lifetime!
• Bye, Aunt Edith!
• Bye.
• Bye, Fern! Bye, Avery! See you at the fair, guys!
• Hey, it worked!
• I ---see saw will see (will see) you over there!
• Charlotte, you're coming with me!
• I wouldn't miss it for the world.
• Thank you for coming.
• Good luck, Wilbur! Win that ribbon!
• Go get 'em, Wilbur!
  
  

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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.

Wilbur / surprised / Charlotte / not / plan / come / fair

Wilbur is surprised (that/because) Charlotte doesn't plan to come to the fair.

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Charlotte / tell / Wilbur / she / expecting / but / Wilbur / not / understand

Charlotte tells Wilbur (that) she is expecting, but Wilbur doesn't understand.

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Homer / say / he / plan / turn / Wilbur / bacon / if / he / not / win / at / fair

Homer says (that) he plans to turn Wilbur into bacon if he doesn't win at the fair.

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Fern / try / revive / Wilbur / after / he / faint

Fern tries to revive Wilbur after he faints.

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Charlotte / not / believe / Homer / still / not / appreciate / Wilbur

Charlotte can't believe (that) Homer still doesn't appreciate Wilbur.

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Gussy / remind / Charlotte / she / have / take / care / baby

Gussy reminds Charlotte (that) she has to take care of her babies.

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nevertheless / Charlotte / decide / help / Wilbur / one / more / time

Nevertheless, Charlotte decides to help Wilbur one more time.

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Charlotte / ask / Templeton / come / fair / find / other / word

Charlotte asks Templeton to come to the fair (in order) to find another word.

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after / cow / describe / all / trash / fair / Templeton / decide / go

After the cows describe all of the trash at the fair, Templeton decides to go.

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Homer / put / Wilbur / crate

Homer puts Wilbur [into/in] a crate.

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Templeton / Charlotte / climb / crate / Wilbur

Templeton and Charlotte climb [into/in] the crate with Wilbur.

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Homer / load / crate / back / truck

Homer loads the crate [onto/into] the back of the truck.

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animal / wish / Wilbur / luck / fair

The animals wish Wilbur (good) luck at the fair.

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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 16 - OFF TO THE FAIR

The seven goslings paraded round and round their mother.

"Please, please, please take us to the Fair!" begged a gosling. Then all seven began teasing to go.

"Please, please, please, please, please, please ..." They made quite a racket.

"Children! " snapped the goose. "We're staying quietly-ietly-ietly at home. Only Wilbur-ilbur-ilbur is going to the Fair."

Just then Charlotte interrupted. "I shall go, too," she said, softly. "I have decided to go with Wilbur. He may need me. We can't tell what may happen at the Fair Grounds. Somebody's got to go along who knows how to write. And I think Templeton better come, too - I might need somebody to run errands and do general work."

"I'm staying right here," grumbled the rat. "I haven't the slightest interest in fairs."

"That's because you've never been to one," remarked the old sheep. "A fair is a rat's paradise. Everybody spills food at a fair. A rat can creep out late at night and have a feast. In the horse barn you will find oats that the trotters and pacers have spilled. In the trampled grass of the infield you will find old discarded lunch boxes containing the foul remains of peanut butter sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, cracker crumbs, bits of doughnuts, and particles of cheese. In the hard-packed dirt of the midway, after the glaring lights are out and the people have gone home to bed, you will find a veritable treasure of popcorn fragments, frozen custard dribblings, candied apples abandoned by tired children, sugar fluff crystals, salted almonds, popsicles, partially gnawed ice cream cones, and the wooden sticks of lollypops. Everywhere is loot for a rat - in tents, in booths, in hay lofts - why, a fair has enough disgusting leftover food to satisfy a whole army of rats."

Templeton's eyes were blazing.

"Is this true?" he asked. "Is this appetizing yarn of yours true? I like high living, and what you say tempts me."

"It is true," said the old sheep. "Go to the Fair, Templeton. You will find that the conditions at a fair will surpass your wildest dreams. Buckets with sour mash sticking to them, tin cans containing particles of tuna fish, greasy paper bags stuffed with rotten ..."

"That's enough!" cried Templeton. "Don't tell me any more. I'm going." "Good," said Charlotte, winking at the old sheep. "Now then - there is no time to be lost. Wilbur will soon be put into the crate. Templeton and I must get in the crate right now and hide ourselves."

The rat didn't waste a minute. He scampered over to the crate, crawled between the slats, and pulled straw up over him so he was hidden from sight.

"All right," said Charlotte, "I'm next." She sailed into the air, let out a dragline, and dropped gently to the ground. Then she climbed the side of the crate and hid herself inside a knothole in the top board.

The old sheep nodded. "What a cargo! " she said. "That sign ought to say 'Zuckerman's Famous Pig and Two Stowaways'."

"Look out, the people are coming-oming-oming!" shouted the gander. "Cheese it, cheese it, cheese it!"

The big truck with Mr. Arable at the wheel backed slowly down toward the barnyard. Lurvy and Mr. Zuckerman walked alongside. Fern and Avery were standing in the body of the truck hanging on to the sideboards.

"Listen to me," whispered the old sheep to Wilbur. "When they open the crate and try to put you in, struggle! Don't go without a tussle. Pigs always resist when they are being loaded."

"If I struggle I'll get dirty," said Wilbur.

"Never mind that - do as I say! Struggle! If you were to walk into the crate without resisting, Zuckerman might think you were bewitched. He'd be scared to go to the Fair."

Templeton poked his head up through the straw. "Struggle if you must," said he, "but kindly remember that I'm hiding down here in this crate and I don't want to be stepped on, or kicked in the face, or pummeled, or crushed in any way, or squashed, or buffeted about, or bruised, or lacerated, or scarred, or biffed. Just watch what you're doing, Mr. Radiant, when they get shoving you in!"

"Be quiet, Templeton!" said the sheep. "Pull in your head they're coming. Look radiant, Wilbur! Lay low, Charlotte! Talk it up, geese!"

The truck backed slowly to the pigpen and stopped. Mr. Arable cut the motor, got out, walked around to the rear, and lowered the tailgate. The geese cheered. Mrs. Arable got out of the truck. Fern and Avery jumped to the ground. Mrs. Zuckerman came walking down from the house. Everybody lined up at the fence and stood for a moment admiring Wilbur and the beautiful green crate. Nobody realized that the crate already contained a rat and a spider.

"That's some pig!" said Mrs. Arable.

"He's terrific," said Lurvy.

"He's very radiant," said Fern, remembering the day he was born.

"Well," said Mrs. Zuckerman, "he's clean, anyway. The buttermilk certainly helped."

Mr. Arable studied Wilbur carefully. "Yes, he's a wonderful pig," he said. "It's hard to believe that he was the runt of the litter. You'll get some extra good ham and bacon, Homer, when it comes time to kill that pig."

Wilbur heard these words and his heart almost stopped. "I think I'm going to faint," he whispered to the old sheep, who was watching.

"Kneel down!" whispered the old sheep. "Let the blood rush to your head!"

Wilbur sank to his knees, all radiance gone. His eyes closed.

"Look!" screamed Fern. "He's fading away!"

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Wilbur fainted away.

"The pig has passed out," said Mrs. Zuckerman. "Throw water on him!"

"Throw buttermilk!" suggested Avery.

The geese cheered.

Lurvy ran for a pail of water. Fern climbed into the pen and knelt by Wilbur's side.

"It's sunstroke," said Zuckerman. "The heat is too much for him."

"Maybe he's dead," said Avery.

Lurvy returned with cold water and dashed it on Wilbur.

Wilbur, feeling the cold water, came to. He rose slowly to his feet, while the geese cheered.

"He's up!" said Mr. Arable. "I guess there's nothing wrong with him."

"Wilbur's all right now," said Fern. "We can start. I want to take a ride in the Ferris wheel."

Mr. Zuckerman and Mr. Arable and Lurvy grabbed the pig and pushed him headfirst toward the crate. Wilbur began to struggle.

The harder the men pushed, the harder he held back. Avery jumped down and joined the men. Wilbur kicked and thrashed and grunted.

"Nothing wrong with this pig," said Mr. Zuckerman cheerfully, pressing his knee against Wilbur's behind. "All together, now, boys! Shove!"

With a final heave they jammed him into the crate. The geese cheered. Lurvy nailed some boards across the end, so Wilbur couldn't back out. Then, using all their strength, the men picked up the crate and heaved it board the truck. They did not know that under the straw was a rat, and inside a knothole was a big grey spider. They saw only a pig.

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1. Why does Charlotte not want to go to the fair at first? Why does she change her mind?
2. What promise did Charlotte make to Wilbur?
3. Do you think that Homer is acting logically? Why does he still want to turn Wilbur into bacon?
4. Why did the cows start talking about trash at the fair? Do you think the cows have actually been to the fair before? Why?