Learn English with The Hobbit

#12. The Wood Elves


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Published: 7.07.2021
Level 6   |   Time: 4:02
Accent: British
Source: The Hobbit

The dwarves are captured by the wood elves.


    

triangle Directions 목표 Direcciones Instruções


  1. READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND

    It is important to read the vocabulary and background before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.

  2. WATCH the VIDEO

    The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.

  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

    First, try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.

  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

    Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

    There are several different activities that focus on listening accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO y ANTECEDENTES.

    Es importante leer el vocabulario y los antecedentes antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.

  2. VER el VIDEO

    La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.

  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

    Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.

  4. MIRAR Y LEER

    Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.

  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

    Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la precisión auditiva, la pronunciación, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

  1. 어휘와 배경 읽기

    비디오를 보기 전에 어휘와 배경을 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 비디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는데 도움이됩니다.

  2. 비디오 보기

    비디오를 처음 볼 때 전체 상황을 이해하려고 노력하세요.

  3. 문제에 답하기

    먼저 모든 질문에 답을 해보세요. 그런 다음 비디오를 다시보고 놓친 질문에 답해보세요.

  4. 비디오 보면서 대본 읽기

    대본을 읽는 동안 비디오를 다시 보세요. 읽기와 듣기를 동시에 하면 각각의 단어를 듣고, 듣기 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있습니다.

  5. 액티비티 하기

    듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.

  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO

    É importante ler o vocabulário e o histórico antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.

  2. ASSISTA ao VÍDEO

    Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.

  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

    Primeiro, tente responder todas as perguntas de memória. Em seguida, assista novamente ao vídeo e tente responder às perguntas que você errou.

  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

    Assista ao vídeo novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo ajudará você a ouvir cada palavra individualmente e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.

  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

    Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na precisão auditiva, pronúncia, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura da frase.

triangle Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario


  • ☐ ☐ ☐ noble [adj] - having high moral value
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a quest [n] - a long and difficult search for something
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ slay [v] - kill (a monster)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a prosaic motive [n] - a not beautiful reason
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ ilk [n] - type
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ reclaim [v] - take back
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ seek [v] - look for
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ bestow [v] - give
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ beyond measure [exp] - unlimited, a lot
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ gems [n] - precious, valuable stones [image] vocab image
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the Arkenstone [n] - a large beautiful gem that gives its owner the right to be king [image] vocab image
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a favor [n] - a helpful action
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ You have my word. [exp] - I promise.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ turn away [exp] - not help
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an inferno [n] - a large fire
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ wrath [n] - anger
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ ruin [v] - destroy
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ great serpents [n] - dragons [image] vocab image
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ greed [n] - selfish desire for more wealth
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ summon [v] - call and bring from far away
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ rot [v] - decay, deteriorate
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a mere blink of an eye [exp] - a very short time
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ kin [n] - family
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a rogue [n] - a thief or person who cannot be trusted
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ run out [phv] - not have any remaining
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ ill-tempered [adj] - not fun, always angry
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ in my charge [exp] - my responsibility to watch or protect
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ wager [v] - bet, guess
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ dawn [n] - when the sun rises in the morning

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



triangle Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes


picture picture picture
Bilbo Thranduil Thorin
  • The dwarves are on a quest to take back their home (Erebor) from a dragon (Smaug).
  • The dwarves have been captured by the wood elves.
  • Thranduil is the king of the wood elves.
  • Bilbo is in the wood elf city, but nobody can see him because of his ring.
  • The Arkenstone is a large gem that gives a dwarf the right to be king.

triangle Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas


  1. Thranduil knows about the dwarves quest.
    True
    False

  2. Thranduil wants the Arkenstone.
    True
    False

  3. Thranduil offers to help the dwarves in exchange for some white gems that are in Erebor.
    True
    False

  4. Thranduil and the wood elves helped the dwarves fight Smaug in the past.
    True
    False

  5. Thorin trusts Thranduil because they are both kings.
    True
    False

  6. Thranduil knew Thorin's grandfather.
    True
    False

  7. Thranduil has battled dragons in the past.
    True
    False

  8. Thranduil thinks that Thorin is greedy.
    True
    False

  9. Thranduil believes that Smaug came to Erebor because of the dwarves' greed.
    True
    False

  10. Elves live for about 100 years.
    True
    False

  11. Thorin accepts Thranduil offer.
    True
    False

  12. Balin wanted Thorin to accept Thranduil offer.
    True
    False

  13. Thorin believes that Bilbo will save them.
    True
    False

  14. The elves all love and respect their king, Thranduil.
    True
    False

  15. Bilbo steals the keys to the jail cells.
    True
    False

  16. The elves don't notice Bilbo because he is small and moves quietly.
    True
    False

  17. Some of the dwarves start to lose hope before Bilbo arrives.
    True
    False


triangle Sentence Building (Summary) 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones [ ? ]

Summary

This activity is designed to improve sentence accuracy and complexity. Most students can produce the key content words in a sentence. However, they have difficulty with accuracy because the functional words are difficult or can seem unimportant. This activity will help learners eliminate problems with these functional words by giving them immediate feedback on the mistakes they are making. It will also help students develop their use of more natural, varied and complex sentence structures.

TIP: Say the sentence out loud. Notice the types of mistake you make often. Focus on those types of errors. (singular/plural, subject-verb agreement, article use, prepositions, gerunds and infinitives, noun clauses, adjective clauses, word order, and word forms.)

Resumen

Esta actividad está diseñada para mejorar la precisión y complejidad de las oraciones. La mayoría de los estudiantes pueden producir las palabras clave del contenido en una oración. Sin embargo, tienen dificultades con la precisión porque las palabras funcionales son difíciles o pueden parecer poco importantes. Esta actividad ayudará a los alumnos a eliminar problemas con estas palabras funcionales al brindarles retroalimentación inmediata sobre los errores que están cometiendo. También ayudará a los estudiantes a desarrollar su uso de estructuras de oraciones más naturales, variadas y complejas.

CONSEJO: Diga la oración en voz alta. Observe los tipos de errores que comete con frecuencia. Concéntrese en ese tipo de errores. (singular / plural, concordancia entre sujeto y verbo, uso del artículo, preposiciones, gerundios e infinitivos, cláusulas sustantivas, cláusulas adjetivas, orden de las palabras y formas de las palabras).

요약

이 액티비티는 문장의 정확성과 복잡성을 개선하기 위해 고안되었습니다. 대부분의 학생들은 문장에서 핵심 내용 단어를 생성 할 수 있습니다. 그러나 기능적 단어가 어렵거나 중요하지 않은 것처럼 보일 수 있기 때문에 정확성에 어려움이 있습니다. 이 액티비티는 학습자가 실수에 대한 즉각적인 피드백을 제공함으로써 이러한 기능적 단어의 문제를 제거하는 데 도움이 됩니다. 또한 학생들이 보다 자연스럽고 다양하며 복잡한 문장 구조를 사용하는 데 도움이 됩니다.

팁 : 문장을 크게 말하세요. 자주 저지르는 실수 유형과, 이러한 유형의 오류에 집중하세요. (단수 / 복수, 주어-동사 일치, 관사 사용, 전치사, 동명사 및 부정사, 명사절, 형용사절, 어순 및 단어 형태)

Resumo

Esta atividade foi desenvolvida para melhorar a precisão e a complexidade das frases. A maioria dos alunos pode produzir as palavras-chave do conteúdo em uma frase. No entanto, eles têm dificuldade com precisão porque as palavras funcionais são difíceis ou podem parecer sem importância. Esta atividade ajudará os alunos a eliminar problemas com essas palavras funcionais, dando-lhes feedback imediato sobre os erros que estão cometendo. Também ajudará os alunos a desenvolver o uso de estruturas de sentenças mais naturais, variadas e complexas.

DICA: Diga a frase em voz alta. Observe os tipos de erro que você comete com frequência. Concentre-se nesses tipos de erros. (singular/plural, concordância sujeito-verbo, uso de artigos, preposições, gerúndios e infinitivos, cláusulas substantivas, cláusulas adjetivas, ordem das palavras e formas das palavras.)


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 present tense.


Sentence 1

Thranduil / suggest / dwarf / quest / not / so / noble


Thranduil suggests (that) the dwarves' quest is not so noble.



Sentence 2

Thranduil / believe / Thorin / want / steal / Arkenstone / so / he / can / king


Thranduil believes (that) Thorin wants to steal the Arkenstone so (that) he can be king.



Sentence 3

Arkenstone / give / owner / right / be / king


The Arkenstone gives its owner the right to be king.



Sentence 4

Thranduil / offer / release / dwarf / if / Thorin / promise / give / white / gem


Thranduil offers to release the dwarves if Thorin promises to give him [the/some] white gems.



Sentence 5

Thorin / not / trust / Thranduil / because / he / not / help / dwarf / when / Smaug / attack / them


Thorin doesn't trust Thranduil because he didn't help the dwarves when Smaug attacked them.



Sentence 6

Thranduil / face / scarred / battle / dragon / North


Thranduil's face is scarred from battling dragons [from/in] the North.
Thranduil's face is scarred from his battles [with/against] dragons [from/in] the North.



Sentence 7

Thranduil / imply / Smaug / attack / Erebor / because / dwarf / greed


Thranduil implies (that) Smaug attacked Erebor because of the dwarves' greed.
Thranduil implies (that) Smaug attacked Erebor because the dwarves were greedy.



Sentence 8

Thorin / reject / Thranduil / offer


Thorin rejects Thranduil's offer.



Sentence 9

Balin / disappoint / Thorin / not / accept / Thranduil / offer


Balin is disappointed (that) Thorin didn't accept Thranduil's offer.



Sentence 10

Thorin / still / have / hope / Bilbo / will / able / free / dwarf


Thorin still has hope (that) Bilbo will be able to free the dwarves.



Sentence 11

Bilbo / steal / jailor / key / while / wear / ring


Bilbo steals the jailor's keys while (he is) wearing the ring.



Sentence 12

dwarf / celebrate / loud / when / Bilbo / appear / key


The dwarves celebrate loudly when Bilbo appears [with/holding] the keys.



triangle Compare the Book 책을 비교하다 Compare o livro Comparar el libro


The text below is from the [ original novel ]. You can also read a [ shortened version ] of the 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?


So to the cave the elves dragged Thorin —not too gently, for they did not love dwarves, and thought he was an enemy. In ancient days they had had wars with some of the dwarves, whom they accused of stealing their treasure. It is only fair to say that the dwarves gave a different account, and said that they only took what was their due, for the elf-king had bargained with them to shape his raw gold and silver, and had afterwards refused to give them their pay. If the elf-king had a weakness it was for treasure, especially for silver and white gems; and though his hoard was rich, he was ever eager for more, since he had not yet as great a treasure as other elf-lords of old.

His people neither mined nor worked metals or jewels, nor did they bother much with trade or with tilling the earth. All this was well known to every dwarf, though Thorin’s family had had nothing to do with the old quarrel I have spoken of. Consequently Thorin was angry at their treatment of him, when they took their spell off him and he came to his senses; and also he was determined that no word of gold or jewels should be dragged out of him.

The king looked sternly on Thorin, when he was brought before him, and asked him many questions. But Thorin would only say that he was starving.

“Why did you and your folk three times try to attack my people at their merrymaking?” asked the king.

“We did not attack them,” answered Thorin; “we came to beg, because we were starving.”

“Where are your friends now, and what are they doing?”

“I don’t know, but I expect starving in the forest.” “What were you doing in the forest?”

“Looking for food and drink, because we were starving.”

“But what brought you into the forest at all?” asked the king angrily. At that Thorin shut his mouth and would not say another word.

“Very well!” said the king. “Take him away and keep him safe, until he feels inclined to tell the truth, even if he waits a hundred years.”

Then the elves put thongs on him, and shut him in one of the inmost caves with strong wooden doors, and left him. They gave him food and drink, plenty of both, if not very fine; for Wood-elves were not goblins, and were reasonably well-behaved even to their worst enemies, when they captured them. The giant spiders were the only living things that they had no mercy upon.

There in the king’s dungeon poor Thorin lay; and after he had got over his thankfulness for bread and meat and water, he began to wonder what had become of his unfortunate friends. It was not very long before he discovered; but that belongs to the next chapter and the beginning of another adventure in which the hobbit again showed his usefulness.

Poor Mr. Baggins—it was a weary long time that he lived in that place all alone, and always in hiding, never daring to take off his ring, hardly daring to sleep, even tucked away in the darkest and remotest corners he could find. For something to do he took to wandering about the Elvenking’s palace. Magic shut the gates, but he could sometimes get out, if he was quick. Companies of the Wood-elves, sometimes with the king at their head, would from time to time ride out to hunt, or to other business in the woods and in the lands to the East. Then if Bilbo was very nimble, he could slip out just behind them; though it was a dangerous thing to do. More than once he was nearly caught in the doors, as they clashed together when the last elf passed; yet he did not dare to march among them because of his shadow (altogether thin and wobbly as it was in torchlight), or for fear of being bumped into and discovered. And when he did go out, which was not very often, he did no good. He did not wish to desert the dwarves, and indeed he did not know where in the world to go without them.

Eventually, after a week or two of this sneaking sort of life, by watching and following the guards and taking what chances he could, he managed to find out where each dwarf was kept. He found all their twelve cells in different parts of the palace, and after a time he got to know his way about very well. What was his surprise one day to overhear some of the guards talking and to learn that there was another dwarf in prison too, in a specially deep dark place. He guessed at once, of course, that that was Thorin; and after a while he found that his guess was right. At last after many difficulties he managed to find the place when no one was about, and to have a word with the chief of the dwarves.

Thorin was too wretched to be angry any longer at his misfortunes, and was even beginning to think of telling the king all about his treasure and his quest (which shows how low-spirited he had become), when he heard Bilbo’s little voice at his keyhole. He could hardly believe his ears. Soon however he made up his mind that he could not be mistaken, and he came to the door and had a long whispered talk with the hobbit on the other side.

So it was that Bilbo was able to take secretly Thorin’s message to each of the other imprisoned dwarves, telling them that Thorin their chief was also in prison close at hand, and that no one was to reveal their errand to the king, not yet, nor before Thorin gave the word. For Thorin had taken heart again hearing how the hobbit had rescued his companions from the spiders, and was determined once more not to ransom himself with promises to the king of a share in the treasure, until all hope of escaping in any other way had disappeared; until in fact the remarkable Mr. Invisible Baggins (of whom he began to have a very high opinion indeed) had altogether failed to think of something clever.

The other dwarves quite agreed when they got the message. They all thought their own shares in the treasure (which they quite regarded as theirs, in spite of their plight and the still unconquered dragon) would suffer seriously if the Wood-elves claimed part of it, and they all trusted Bilbo. Just what Gandalf had said would happen, you see. Perhaps that was part of his reason for going off and leaving them.

Bilbo, however, did not feel nearly so hopeful as they did. He did not like being depended on by everyone, and he wished he had the wizard at hand. But that was no use: probably all the dark distance of Mirkwood lay between them. He sat and thought and thought, until his head nearly burst, but no bright idea would come. One invisible ring was a very fine thing, but it was not much good among fourteen. But of course, as you have guessed, he did rescue his friends in the end, and this is how it happened.

One day, nosing and wandering about, Bilbo discovered a very interesting thing: the great gates were not the only entrance to the caves. A stream flowed under part of the lowest regions of the palace, and joined the Forest River some way further to the east, beyond the steep slope out of which the main mouth opened.

Where this underground watercourse came forth from the hillside there was a water-gate. There the rocky roof came down close to the surface of the stream, and from it a portcullis could be dropped right to the bed of the river to prevent anyone coming in or out that way. But the portcullis was often open, for a good deal of traffic went out and in by the water-gate. If anyone had come in that way, he would have found himself in a dark rough tunnel leading deep into the heart of the hill; but at one point where it passed under the caves the roof had been cut away and covered with great oaken trapdoors. These opened upwards into the king’s cellars. There stood barrels, and barrels, and barrels; for the Wood-elves, and especially their king, were very fond of wine. But no vines grew in those parts. The wine was brought from far away.

For some time Bilbo sat and thought about this water-gate, and wondered if it could be used for the escape of his friends, and at last he had the desperate beginnings of a plan.

The evening meal had been taken to the prisoners. The guards were tramping away down the passages taking the torchlight with them and leaving everything in darkness. Then Bilbo heard the king’s butler bidding the chief of the guards good-night.

“Now come with me,” he said, “and taste the new wine that has just come in.

I shall be hard at work tonight clearing the cellars of the empty wood, so let us have a drink first to help the labour.”

“Very good,” laughed the chief of the guards. “I’ll taste with you, and see if it is fit for the king’s table. There is a feast tonight and it would not do to send up poor stuff!”

When he heard this, Bilbo was all in a flutter, for he saw that luck was with him and he had a chance at once to try his desperate plan. He followed the two elves, until they entered a small cellar and sat down at a table on which two large flagons were set. Soon they began to drink and laugh merrily. Very soon the chief guard nodded his head, then he laid it on the table and fell fast asleep. The butler went on talking and laughing to himself for a while without seeming to notice, but soon his head too nodded to the table, and he fell asleep and snored beside his friend.

Then in crept the hobbit. Very soon the chief guard had no keys, but Bilbo was trotting as fast as he could along the passages towards the cells. The great bunch seemed very heavy to his arms, and his heart was often in his mouth, in spite of his ring, for he could not prevent the keys from making every now and then a loud clink and clank, which put him all in a tremble.

First he unlocked Balin’s door, and locked it again carefully as soon as the dwarf was outside. Balin was most surprised, as you can imagine; but glad as he was to get out of his wearisome little stone room, he wanted to stop and ask questions, and know what Bilbo was going to do, and all about it.

“No time now!” said the hobbit. “You just follow me! We must all keep together and not risk getting separated. All of us must escape or none, and this is our last chance. If this is found out, goodness knows where the king will put you next, with chains on your hands and feet too, I expect. Don’t argue, there’s a good fellow!”

Then off he went from door to door, until his following had grown to twelve—none of them any too nimble, what with the dark, and what with their long imprisonment. Bilbo’s heart thumped every time one of them bumped into another, or grunted or whispered in the dark. “Drat this dwarvish racket!” he said to himself. But all went well, and they met no guards. As a matter of fact there was a great autumn feast in the woods that night, and in the halls above. Nearly all the king’s folk were merrymaking.

At last after much blundering they came to Thorin’s dungeon, far down in a deep place and fortunately not far from the cellars.

“Upon my word!” said Thorin, when Bilbo whispered to him to come out and join his friends, “Gandalf spoke true, as usual! A pretty fine burglar you make, it seems, when the time comes. I am sure we are all for ever at your service, whatever happens after this. But what comes next?”


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triangle Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión


  1. How does the movie show/indicate that Bilbo is wearing the ring?
  2. Thranduil offers to release Thorin and the dwarves in exchange for some gems in the Lonely Mountain. Why do you think Thorin rejects this offer? Do you think Thorin is a good leader? Why?
  3. Thorin seems confident that Bilbo will save the dwarves? How has Thorin's opinion of Bilbo changed during the story? Why has it changed? Use specific examples.
  4. In the movie (and book), we meet two great elves - Elrond and Thranduil. How are they similar? How are they different?
  5. Thranduil says, "A hundred years is a mere blink in a life of an Elf." Elves actually live for over 1000 years. What would be the best and worst aspects of living so long? How long would you like to live?

triangle Script 대본 Roteiro Texto


Thranduil: Some may imagine that a Noble quest is at hand. A Quest to reclaim a homeland and slay a dragon. I myself, suspect a more prosaic motive. Attempted burglary, or something of that ilk.

Thranduil: You have found a way in. You seek that which would bestow upon you the right to rule. A King’s jewel. The Arkenstone. It is precious to you beyond measure, I understand that. There are gems in the mountain that I too desire. White gems of pure starlight. I offer you my help.

Thorin: I am listening.

Thranduil: I will let you go if you but return what is mine.

Thorin: A favor for a favor.

Thranduil: You have my word. One King to another.

Thorin: I would not trust, Thranduil, the great King, to only his word. Till the end of all days be upon us! You, lack all honor!

Thorin: I have seen how you treat your friends! We came to you once, starving, homeless; seeking your help. But you turned your back! You, turned away from the suffering of my people and the inferno that destroyed us!

Thorin: May you die in dragon fire!

Thranduil: Do not talk to me of dragon fire! I know its wrath and ruin. I have faced the great serpents of the North.

Thranduil: I warned your grandfather of what his greed would summon, but he would not listen. You are just like him.

Thranduil: Stay here if you will, and rot. A hundred years is a mere blink in a life of an Elf. I’m patient. I can wait.

Balin: Did he offer you a deal?

Thorin: He did. I told him he could go ishkh khakfe andu null. Him and all his kin!

Balin: Well, that’s that then. The deal was our only hope.

horin: It’s not our only hope.

Lethuin: Galion, you old rogue! We’re running out of drink.

Elros: These empty barrels should have been sent to Esgaroth hours ago. The party have been waiting for them.

Lethuin: Say what you like about our ill tempered King he has excellent taste in wine. Come, Elros, try it.

Elros: I have the dwarves in my charge.

Lethuin: They’re locked up, where can they go?

Bofur: I’ll wager the sun in on the rise. Must be nearly dawn.

Ori: We’re never gonna reach the mountain, are we?

Bilbo: Not stuck in here you’re not.

Balin: Bilbo!

Bilbo: Ssh! There are guards, nearby!