1. REVIEW the vocabulary / background.
2. WATCH the video.
3. ANSWER the questions.
4. CHECK your answers. (Show Answers)

• a magnum opus [n] - a great work (Latin)
• make it back [phv] - return successfully
• nutrient-filled [adj] - full of
• an egg sac [n] - a bag full of (spider) eggs
• radiant [adj] - full of joy or happiness
• languish [v] - in great pain, suffering
• when our time comes [exp] - when it is the end of our life
• the rest of the way [exp] - the remaining distance
• in doing so [exp] - by doing this
• a miracle [n] - a surprising and welcome event that can't be explained by science

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

Wilbur	Charlotte	Fern

• Wilbur and Charlotte are at the fair.
• Wilbur has just won a special prize at the fair.

1. Wilbur is worried about Fern.
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   False
   
   
2. Wilbur understands the expression "Magnum Opus."
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   False
   
   
3. Charlotte's egg sac is waterproof.
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   False
   
   
4. There are more than 500 eggs in Charlotte's egg sac.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Charlotte plans to leave her egg sac here (at the fair).
   True
   False
   
   
6. Charlotte tells Wilbur that she will die soon.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Charlotte wants Wilbur to carry her back to the barn.
   True
   False
   
   
8. Charlotte feels very weak.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Wilbur offers to stay at the fair with Charlotte.
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   False
   
   
10. Charlotte thinks Wilbur made the other animals like her.
    True
    False
    
    
11. Wilbur is very proud of everything that he has accomplished.
    True
    False
    
    
12. Charlotte calls her webs "a miracle".
    True
    False
    
    

Directions: 1) Read the script and choose the best word or expression to complete the sentence. 2) Listen again and check your answers.

• Charlotte, look how happy she ---was is is going to be (is) ! Isn't that great?
• Yes, it ---was is is going to be (is) wonderful.
• Hey, what ---was is will be (is) that?
• This ---was is will be (is) my magnum opus.
• What ---was is will be (is) a magnet opus?
• Magnum opus. It ---meant means will mean (means) "great work." It's a nutrient-filled, waterproof egg sac.
• Really? There ---were is are are going to be (is [are]) eggs in there?
• My babies, 514 of them.
• Wow! With 514 baby spiders all over the place, it ---was is is going to be (is) really radiant in the barn!
• Wilbur, I ---was am am going to be (am) afraid they ---didn't make don't make aren't going to make (aren't going to make) it back to the barn.
• What? What are talking about? You ---didn't leave don't leave aren't going to leave (aren't going to leave) them here alone, ---did you do you are you (am you) ?
• I ---had have will have (have) no choice. I'm languishing.
• What ---did does will (does) that mean?
• It means I am dying.
• What? You can't die!
• Wilbur, we ---were are will be (are) born, we ---lived live will live (live) , and, when our time comes, we ---died die will die (die) . It's just the natural cycle of life.
• No! No, just climb down. I ---carried carry will carry (will carry) you the rest of the way. We ---went go will go (will go) go back to the barn, and I ---took take will take (will take) care of you.
• No, Wilbur. I ---didn't don't won't (don't) even have the strength to climb down.
• You have to. You've done so much for me!
• And it ---was are will be (was) my great pleasure.
• Please come down, Charlotte. Please. There must be something I can do.
• No, Wilbur. Don't you know what you've already done? You ---made make will make (made) me your friend, and, in doing so, you ---made make will make (made) a spider beautiful to everyone in that barn.
• I ---didn't do don't do won't do (didn't do) anything, Charlotte. You ---did do are going to do (did) it all.
• No. My webs ---were are will be (were) no miracle, Wilbur. I was only describing what I ---saw see am going to see (saw) . The miracle ---was is will be (is) you.