Learn English with Charlotte's Web

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a magnum opus [n] - a great work, a masterpiece (Latin)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ make it back [phv] - return successfully
• ☐ ☐ ☐ nutrient-filled [adj] - full of healthy substances
• ☐ ☐ ☐ 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.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Wilbur understands the expression magnum opus.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Charlotte's egg sac is waterproof.
   True
   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.
   True
   False
   
   
10. Charlotte thinks that Wilbur made the other animals like her.
    True
    False
    
    
11. Wilbur is very proud of everything that he has accomplished.
    True
    False
    
    
12. Charlotte believes that her webs are the real miracles.
    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 going to be) 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 (are 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.
  
  

---

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 / ask / Charlotte / egg / sac

Wilbur asks Charlotte about her egg sac.

Show Hide

weak / voice / Charlotte / call / egg / sac / Magnum / Opus

[In/With] a weak voice, Charlotte calls her egg sac her Magnum Opus.

Show Hide

it / nutrient / fill / waterproof / egg / sac

It is a nutrient-filled, waterproof egg sac.

Show Hide

Charlotte / will / not / able / bring / egg / sac / back / barn / because / she / die

Charlotte won't be able to bring [her/the] egg sac back to the barn because she is dying.

Hide

Charlotte / try / explain / die / just / part / natural / cycle / life

Charlotte tries to explain (that) dying is just part of the natural cycle of life.

Hide

Wilbur / offer / carry / Charlotte / back / barn

Wilbur offers to carry Charlotte back to the barn.

Hide

by / make / Charlotte / friend / Wilbur / make / Charlotte / beautiful / everyone / barn

By making Charlotte his friend, Wilbur made Charlotte beautiful to everyone in the barn.

Show Hide

Charlotte / insist / web / no / miracle

Charlotte insists (that) her webs were no miracle.

Show Hide

she / tell / Wilbur / he / miracle

She tells Wilbur (that) he is the miracle.

Show Hide

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?

---

Chapter 19 - THE EGG SAC

Next morning when the first light came into the sky and the sparrows stirred in the trees, when the cows rattled their chains and the rooster crowed and the early automobiles went whispering along the road, Wilbur awoke and looked for Charlotte. He saw her up overhead in a corner near the back of his pen. She was very quiet. Her eight legs were spread wide. She seemed to have shrunk during the night. Next to her, attached to the ceiling, Wilbur saw a curious object. It was a sort of sac, or cocoon. It was peach-colored and looked as though it were made of cotton candy.

"Are you awake, Charlotte?" he said softly.

"Yes," came the answer.

"What is that nifty little thing? Did you make it?"

"I did indeed," replied Charlotte in a weak voice.

"Is it a plaything?"

"Plaything? I should say not. It is my egg sac, my magnum opus."

"I don't know what a magnum opus is," said Wilbur.

"That's Latin," explained Charlotte. "It means 'great work." This egg sac is my great work - the finest thing I have ever made."

"What's inside it?" asked Wilbur. "Eggs?"

"Five hundred and fourteen of them," she replied.

"Five hundred and fourteen?" said Wilbur. "You're kidding."

"No, I'm not. I counted them. I got started counting so I kept on - just to keep my mind occupied."

"It's a perfectly beautiful egg sac," said Wilbur, feeling as happy as though he had constructed it himself.

"Yes, it is pretty," replied Charlotte, patting the sac with her two front legs. "Anyway, I can guarantee that it is strong.

It's made out of the toughest material I have. It is also waterproof. The eggs are inside and will be warm and dry."

"Charlotte," said Wilbur dreamily, "are you really going to have five hundred and fourteen children?"

"If nothing happens, yes," she said. "Of course, they won't show up till next spring." Wilbur noticed that Charlotte's voice sounded sad.

"What makes you sound so down-hearted? I should think you'd be terribly happy about this."

"Oh, don't pay any attention to me," said Charlotte. "I just don't have much pep anymore. I guess I feel sad because I won't ever see my children."

"What do you mean you won't see your children! Of course you will. We'll all see them. It's going to be simply wonderful next spring in the barn cellar with five hundred and fourteen baby spiders running around all over the place. And the geese will have a new set of goslings, and the sheep will have their new lambs ..."

"Maybe," said Charlotte quietly. "However, I have a feeling I'm not going to see the results of last night's efforts. I don't feel good at all. I think I'm languishing, to tell you the truth."

Wilbur didn't understand the word "languish" and he hated to bother Charlotte by asking her to explain. But he was so worried he felt he had to ask.

"What does 'languishing' mean?"

"It means I'm slowing up, feeling my age. I'm not young anymore, Wilbur. But I don't want you to worry about me. This is your big day today. Look at my web - doesn't it show up well with the dew on it?"

Charlotte's web never looked more beautiful than it looked this morning.

---

1. What did Charlotte do that was miraculous (through the whole story)?
2. What did Wilbur do that was miraculous (through the whole story)?
3. Who is the real "miracle" of Charlotte's Web: Wilbur or Charlotte?
4. Charlotte taught Wilbur many new words. Which ones can you remember?
5. Below are some famous masterpieces. What are they? Who made them?
   ↪  1984
   ↪  Akira
   ↪  The Dark Side of the Moon
   ↪  The Great Gatsby
   ↪  Guernica
   ↪  One Hundred Years of Solitude
   ↪  The Handmaid's Tale
   ↪  The Marriage of Figaro
   ↪  The Mona Lisa
   ↪  La Sagrada Familia
   ↪  Schindler's List
   ↪  The Two Fridas
6. What is your magnum opus?