Learn English with Charlotte's Web

• ☐ ☐ ☐ roll into [exp] - slowly change to
• ☐ ☐ ☐ bouncy [adj] - jumps a lot
• ☐ ☐ ☐ springy [adj] - jumps a lot
• ☐ ☐ ☐ marvelous [adj] - great
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a breeze [n] - a light piece of wind
• ☐ ☐ ☐ web-spinning [exp] - web-making
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pay off [phv] - end with good results
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Mother Goose [n] - the famous author of children's stories
• ☐ ☐ ☐ manage [v] - be successful
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a dud [n] - a piece of equipment (or egg) that doesn't work properly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a rotten egg [n] - a bad, foul egg
• ☐ ☐ ☐ nasty-asty [adj] - very disgusting
• ☐ ☐ ☐ peck [v] - hit someone with a beak (bird mouth)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ stink to high heaven [exp] - smell very very bad!!
• ☐ ☐ ☐ come in handy [exp] - be useful in the future
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a handsome devil [exp] - a very handsome man

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

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Wilbur	Charlotte	Templeton	Gussy

• Gussy the Goose has been sitting on her eggs for many weeks.

1. It is summer.
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2. Wilbur was born in the spring.
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   False
   
   
3. Wilbur is a bouncy pig.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Shaving the wool off the sheep is painful for the sheep.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Wilbur is trying to make a pig web.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Gussy laid eight eggs.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Gussy has eight baby geese (goslings)
   True
   False
   
   
8. Templeton steals one of Gussy's eggs.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Templeton want to eat the egg.
   True
   False
   
   
10. The other animals are worried that Templeton will break the egg.
    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. Those spring days [ gradually became ] summer days.

   [ rolled into ]

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2. One day, the [ baby ducks ] [ came out of their eggs ].

   [ ducklings ] [ hatched ]

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3. I think you'd better leave the [ web-making ] to me.

   [ web-spinning ]

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4. Weren't there eight eggs? Could this be [ a failure, a bust, a lemon ]?

   [ a dud ]

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5. What do you want with a [ bad, rancid, foul ] egg, anyway?

   [ rotten ]

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6. A broken rotten egg would make this barn [ smell very very bad ].

   [ stink to high heaven ]

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7. Oh, yeah. This will [ be useful in the future ].

   [ come in handy ]

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8. You really are [ a very handsome man ].

   [ a handsome devil ]

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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.

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

지시 사항 : 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 단어나 표현을 선택하십시오.

• And those spring days rolled into summer days, days filled with endless conversation between the two unlikeliest of friends.
• Charlotte, what's a spring pig?
• A pig who was born in the spring.
• Oh. And I thought it meant bouncy.
• That ---could wouldshould (would) be a springy pig.
• "After Mrs. Mallard had laid eight eggs in the nest, she --- can't couldn't shouldn't (couldn't) go to visit Michael anymore because she --- could shouldhad to (had to) sit on the eggs to keep them warm. She moved off the nest only to get a drink of water, or to have her lunch, or to count the eggs and make sure they were all there. One day, the ducklings hatched out. First came Jack, then Kack..."
• Yeah! Yeah! This is great!
• Wilbur, what on earth are you doing?
• You'll see.
• That feels marvelous! Yes, over to the left a bit. Ah, yes. Is that a breeze I feel? I'm 10 pounds lighter!
• I'm next!
• I'm next!
• I'm next!
• I'm next, too!
• The world's first pig web! Ta-da!
• I think you --- will wouldhad better (had better) leave the web-spinning to me.
• After weeks and weeks, and I'm talking about some long weeks of waiting and expecting, all the hard work has finally paid off.
• Wow! Look at them! They were eggs, and now they're... They're just... Look at them! Wow, Gussy, you did a really terrific job!
• They don't call me Mother Goose for nothing.
• Congratulations.
• --- Could WouldShould (Would) you look at that!
• Yes, thank you, thank you! It wasn't easy, but I managed.
• You managed?
• I'm kidding, honey. We managed.
• Six, seven. Weren't there eight eggs? --- Could WouldShould (Could) this be a dud?
• Golly! Golly! Golly!
• Whoa! Whoa, there, Father Goose! I'm just trying to help the happy couple.
• What do you want with a rotten egg, anyway?
• I want a rotten egg for the simple reason that... You never know.
• This one didn't make it. I think we --- could would have to (have to) let it go. Oh, take it! And add it to that nasty-asty collection of yours.
• Last one out is a rotten egg! Well, I thought it was funny.
• I --- would shouldmust (should) have pecked him!
• Don't you break that egg, rat.
• A broken rotten egg --- wouldshouldhas to (would) make this barn stink to high heaven.
• That --- can could would (would) be a change.
• Why are you laughing, Bits? He just said we stink.
• Oh, yeah. This is good. This --- can willmust (will) come in handy. You really are a handsome devil.
  
  

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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.

spring / turn / summer / farm

Spring turns [into/to] summer on the farm.

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Charlotte / teach / Wilbur / what / spring / pig

Charlotte teaches Wilbur what a spring pig is.

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Fern / often / visit / barn / read / story / Wilbur

Fern often visits the barn and reads stories to Wilbur.
Fern often visits the barn (in order) to read stories to Wilbur.

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Wilbur / try / make / first / pig / web

Wilbur tries to make the first pig web.

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sheep / enjoy / have / wool / shave / off

The sheep enjoy having their wool shaved off.

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Gussy / egg / final / hatch

Gussy's eggs finally hatch.

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Templeton / realize / only / seven / eight / egg / hatch

Templeton realizes (that) only seven of the eight eggs (have) hatched.

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Gussy / let / Templeton / take / dud / egg

Gussy lets Templeton take the dud egg.

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cow / warn / Templeton / not / break / rotten / egg / because / it / will / make / barn / stink / high / heaven

The cows warn Templeton not to break the rotten egg because it will make the barn stink to high heaven.

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Templeton / roll / egg / nest

Templeton rolls the egg [into/to] his nest.

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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 6 - Summer Days

Now that school was over, Fern visited the barn almost every day, to sit quietly on her stool. The animals treated her as an equal. The sheep lay calmly at her feet.

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It was on a day in early summer that the goose eggs hatched.

This was an important event in the barn cellar. Fern was there, sitting on her stool, when it happened.

Except for the goose herself, Charlotte was the first to know that the goslings had at last arrived. The goose knew a day in advance that they were coming - she could hear their weak voices calling from inside the egg. She knew that they were in a desperately cramped position inside the shell and were most anxious to break through and get out. So she sat quite still, and talked less than usual.

When the first gosling poked its grey-green head through the goose's feathers and looked around, Charlotte spied it and made the announcement.

"I am sure," she said, that every one of us here will be gratified to learn that after four weeks of unremitting effort and patience on the part of our friend the goose, she now has something to show for it. The goslings have arrived. May I offer my sincere congratulations!"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" said the goose, nodding and bowing shamelessly.

"Thank you," said the gander.

"Congratulations! " shouted Wilbur. "How many goslings are there? I can only see one."

"There are seven," said the goose.

"Fine!" said Charlotte. "Seven is a lucky number."

"Luck had nothing to do with this," said the goose. "It was good management and hard work."

At this point, Templeton showed his nose from his hiding place under Wilbur's trough. He glanced at Fern, then crept cautiously toward the goose, keeping close to the wall. Everyone watched him, for he was not well liked, well trusted.

"Look," he began in his sharp voice, "you say you have seven goslings. There were eight eggs. What happened to the other egg? Why didn't it hatch?"

"It's a dud, I guess," said the goose.

"What are you going to do with it?" continued Templeton, his little round beady eyes fixed on the goose.

"You can have it," replied the goose. "Roll it away and add it to that nasty collection of yours." (Templeton had a habit of picking up unusual objects around the farm and storing them in his home. He saved everything.)

"Certainly-ertainly-ertainly," said the gander. "You may have the egg. But I'll tell you one thing, Templeton, if I ever catch you poking-oking-oking your ugly nose around our goslings, I'll give you the worst pounding a rat ever took." And the gander opened his strong wings and beat the air with them to show his power. He was strong and brave, but the truth is, both the goose and the gander were worried about Templeton. And with good reason. The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything. He would kill a gosling if he could get away with it - the goose knew that. Everybody knew it. With her broad bill the goose pushed the unhatched egg out of the nest, and the entire company watched in disgust while the rat rolled it away. Even Wilbur, who could eat almost anything, was appalled. "Imagine wanting a junky old rotten egg!" he muttered.

"A rat is a rat," said Charlotte. She laughed a tinkling little laugh. "But, my friends, if that ancient egg ever breaks, this barn will be untenable."

"What's that mean?" asked Wilbur.

"It means nobody will be able to live here on account of the smell. A rotten egg is a regular stink bomb."

"I won't break it," snarled Templeton. "I know what I'm doing. I handle stuff like this all the time."

He disappeared into his tunnel, pushing the goose egg in front of him. He pushed and nudged till he succeeded in rolling it to his lair under the trough.

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1. What is the difference between a spring pig and a springy pig?
2. Why do they refer to the last egg as a dud?
3. Why do you think Templeton wants the dud egg?
4. When you were in elementary school, what did you like to do during summer vacation? Was it boring? Did you miss school?
5. Below are the actors who voiced the barn animals. Can you match the animals to the actors?
6. Are you familiar with any of these actors? Do you know any other films or TV programs that they have been in?
   Pretty Woman (1990), Notting Hill (1999)     A Wrinkle in Time (2018), The Color Purple (1985),     Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), The Natural (1984)     Monty Python (1970s), Fawlty Towers (1970s)     Armageddon (1998), Resevoir Dogs (1992)
   

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   Congratulations! You matched all the actors correctly!
   
   
   Wilbur

   Charlotte

   Templeton

   Gussy

   Ike (the horse)

   Samuel (the sheep)
   

   Oprah Winfrey

   

   Julia Roberts

   

   Robert Redford

   

   Steve Busceni

   

   John Cleese

   

   Dominic Scott Kay