Learn English with Charlotte's Web

• ☐ ☐ ☐ filth [n] - dirt
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be up against [exp] - competing against
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a spring pig [n] - a pig born in spring
• ☐ ☐ ☐ huge [adj] - very big
• ☐ ☐ ☐ humorous [adj] - funny
• ☐ ☐ ☐ next door [adv] - beside us
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a beast [n] - a large animal
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a shoo-in [n] - a 100% chance of winning
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a tiebreaker [n] - a way to decide the winner in a tie/draw
• ☐ ☐ ☐ harmoniously proportioned [exp] - good body shape
• ☐ ☐ ☐ do your part [exp] - do your fair part of the work
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pushy [adj] - try hard to persuade
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a spring chicken [n] - a young person

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

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Wilbur	Charlotte	Templeton

• Wilbur, Charlotte and Templeton have arrived at the fair.
• Wilbur has to win at the fair, or the farmers will kill him and turn him into bacon.
• "Spring chicken" is a common idiom that means a young person.
  He is no spring chicken. = He is not young.

1. Templeton wants to stay and rest with Wilbur.
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2. Charlotte visits another pig that Wilbur will compete against.
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   False
   
   
3. The big pig's name is Uncle.
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   False
   
   
4. Charlotte thinks that Uncle is older than Wilbur.
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   False
   
   
5. Uncle is the same age as Wilbur.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Uncle thinks that he is a chicken.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Templeton thinks that Wilbur can beat Uncle.
   True
   False
   
   
8. Charlotte thinks that Uncle is cleaner and more handsome than Wilbur.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Wilbur is tired.
   True
   False
   
   
10. Charlotte is worried that Wilbur will lose.
    True
    False
    
    
11. Templeton says that he really cares about Wilbur.
    True
    False
    
    

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Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

1. Okay. Where’s the [ dirt ]?

   [ filth ]

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2. Good things come to those who find it and [ push ] it in their mouth.

   [ shove ]

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3. Is that what we [ are competing against ] ?

   [ are up against ]

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4. Huge and [ funny ]. Aren't we talented!

   [ humorous ]

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5. Have you seen the [ large animal ] next door?

   [ beast ]

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6. That pig over there is [ a guaranteed winner, a lock ].

   [ a shoo-in ]

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

• Okay. Where’s the filth?
• Have you heard that ---good better best (good) things come to those who wait?
• No. ---Good Better Best (Good) things come to those who find it and shove it in their mouth.
• Oh, my. Is that what we're up against?
• Excuse me. What is your name? When someone wants to get your attention, what is it they call out?
• Uncle.
• Tell me, Uncle, what is the date of your birth? Your birthday? For heaven's sake, all I want to know is if you're a spring pig.
• Of course. What did you think I was – a spring chicken?
• Huge and humorous. Aren't we ---talented more talented the most talented as talanted as (talented) .
• Spring chicken.
• Charlotte, who are you talking to?
• The pig next door.
• Oh. Should I be worried?
• Of course not. What --- good better best as good as (good) would that do?
• Whoa! Have you seen the beast next door? I think his mama was part hippo. If I had to name five of --- fat fatter the fattest as fat as (the fattest) pigs I've ever seen, he'd be three of them. He's a shoo-in.
• Please. That pig is not nearly --- handsome more handsome the most handsome as handsome as (as handsome as) Wilbur, or as harmoniously proportioned, and not nearly --- clean cleaner the cleanest as clean (as clean) .
• There's a real tiebreaker.
• We just have to prove that --- fine finer the finest as fine as (the finest) pig is not necessarily --- fat fatter the fattest as fat as (the fattest) . And you can do your part, Wilbur, by getting some rest.
• I'm not --- tired more tired the most tired as tired as (tired) , Charlotte.
• Okay. Well, could you excuse me for just a minute, please?
• All right, Templeton, you're right. That pig over there is a shoo-in. So, I need words that are even --- good better the best as good as (better) than that pig is fat. Special words, and lots of them.
• How about "pushy" and "demanding"?
• Templeton, please! This is our last chance to save Wilbur's life.
• You do realize I'm just here for the food, right?
• Of course.
  
  

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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.

Instruções: 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.

Templeton / jump / out / crate / and / start / look / filth

Templeton jumps out of the crate and starts [looking/to look] for filth.

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Charlotte / notice / huge / pig / next / stall / and / ask / him / name

Charlotte notices a huge pig in the next stall(,) and (she) asks him (for) his name.

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Charlotte / also / want / know / Uncle / spring / pig

Charlotte also wants to know [if/whether] Uncle is a spring pig.

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Uncle / make / joke / not / be / spring / chicken

Uncle makes a joke about not being a spring chicken.

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Templeton / think / Uncle / shoo-in / win / because / he / so / big

Templeton thinks (that) Uncle is a shoo-in to win because he is so big.

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even / though / Charlotte / agree / Uncle / shoo-in / she / tell / Wilbur / he / cleaner / and / handsome

Even though Charlotte agrees (that) Uncle is a shoo-in, she tells Wilbur (that) he is cleaner and more handsome.

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Charlotte / want / prove / the / fine / pig / not / necessary / fat / pig

Charlotte wants to prove (that) the finest pig is not necessarily the fattest pig.

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Charlotte / tell / Wilbur / get / rest

Charlotte tells Wilbur to get some rest.

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then / she / pressure / Templeton / find / lot / special / word

Then she pressures Templeton to find [lots of/a lot of] special words.

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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 17 - UNCLE

While Wilbur was being unloaded and taken out of his crate and into his new pigpen, crowds gathered to watch. They stared at the sign ZUCKERMAN'S FAMOUS PIG. Wilbur stared back and tried to look extra good. He was pleased with his new home. The pen was grassy, and it was shaded from the sun by a shed roof.

Charlotte, watching her chance, scrambled out of the crate and climbed a post to the under side of the roof. Nobody noticed her.

Templeton, not wishing to come out in broad daylight, stayed quietly under the straw at the bottom of the crate. Mr. Zuckerman poured some skim milk into Wilbur's trough, pitched clean straw into his pen, and then he and Mrs. Zuckerman and the Arables; walked away toward the cattle barn to look at purebred cows and to see the sights. Mr. Zuckerman particularly wanted to look at tractors. Mrs. Zuckerman wanted to see a deep freeze. Lurvy wandered off by himself, hoping to meet friends and have some fun on the midway.

As soon as the people were gone, Charlotte spoke to Wilbur. "It's a good thing you can't see what I see," she said.

"What do you see?" asked Wilbur.

"There's a pig in the next pen and he's enormous. I'm afraid he's much bigger than you are."

"Maybe he's older than I am, and has had more time to grow," suggested Wilbur. Tears began to come to his eyes.

"I'll drop down and have a closer look," Charlotte said. Then she crawled along a beam till she was directly over the next pen. She let herself down on a dragline until she hung in the air just in front of the big pig's snout.

"May I have your name?" she asked, politely.

The pig stared at her. "No name," he said in a big, hearty voice. "Just call me Uncle."

"Very well, Uncle," replied Charlotte. "What is the date of your birth? Are you a spring pig?"

"Sure I'm a spring pig," replied Uncle. "What did you think I was, a spring chicken? Haw, haw - that's a good one, eh, Sister."

"Mildly funny," said Charlotte. "I've heard funnier ones, though. Glad to have met you, and now I must be going."

She ascended slowly and returned to Wilbur's pen. "He claims he's a spring pig," reported Charlotte, "and perhaps he is. One thing is certain, he has a most unattractive personality. He is too familiar, too noisy, and he cracks weak jokes. Also, he's not anywhere near as clean as you are, nor as pleasant. I took quite a dislike to him in our brief interview. He's going to be a hard pig to beat, though, Wilbur, on account of his size and weight. But with me helping you, it can be done."

"When are you going to spin a web?" asked Wilbur.

"This afternoon, late, if I'm not too tired," said Charlotte. "The least thing tires me these days. I don't seem to have the energy I once had. My age, I guess."

Wilbur looked at his friend. She looked rather swollen and she seemed listless.

"I'm awfully sorry to hear that you're feeling poorly, Charlotte," he said. "Perhaps if you spin a web and catch a couple of flies you'll feel better."

"Perhaps," she said, wearily. "But I feel like the end of a long day." Clinging upside down to the ceiling, she settled down for a nap, leaving Wilbur very much worried.

All morning people wandered past Wilbur's pen. Dozens and dozens of strangers stopped to stare at him and to admire his silky white coat, his curly tail, his kind and radiant expression. Then they would move on to the next pen where the bigger pig lay. Wilbur heard several people make favorable remarks about Uncle's great size. He couldn't help overhearing these remarks, and he couldn't help worrying. "And now, with Charlotte not feeling well ..." he thought. "Oh, dear!"

All morning Templeton slept quietly under the straw. The day grew fiercely hot.

CHAPTER 18 - The Cool of the Evening

In the cool of the evening, when shadows darkened the Fair Grounds, Templeton crept from the crate and looked around. Wilbur lay asleep in the straw. Charlotte was building a web. Templeton's keen nose detected many fine smells in the air. The rat was hungry and thirsty. He decided to go exploring. Without saying anything to anybody, he started off.

"Bring me back a word!" Charlotte called after him. "I shall be writing tonight for the last time."

The rat mumbled something to himself and disappeared into the shadows. He did not like being treated like a messenger boy.

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1. What are three things that we learn about the pig next door?
2. Why do Charlotte and Templeton think Uncle is a shoo-in?
3. Wilbur and Uncle are competing in a livestock competition. How do you think they will be judged or evaluated? [ Link ]
4. Who do you think will win? Why? In your answer, compare Wilbur and Uncle using these adjectives: clean, big, active, friendly, energetic, handsome.
   Also try using these structures: more ... than, -er ... than, (not) as ... as
5. Templeton says that he only came to the fair for the food. Do you believe him? Do you think he cares about Wilbur? Why?
6. Charlotte says, "Good things come to those who wait." Do you agree? Why?