Reading: Vocabulary (Inference & Contextual Clues)

CHARLOTTE'S WEB

1. Please go to the desktop and click on the icon named "Shortcut to Charlotte's Web DVD" to watch the movie.
2. Activate "Subtitles" and select "Track 2" (to view English subtitles).
3. As you watch the movie, listen to the songs and read the lyrics that follow.
4. Highlight the words that you do not understand.
5. Using the inferential skills we have learnt, try to infer the meaning of the new words, before consulting the dictionary.

Chapter 1: 6:14-8:20
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING MORE

There must be something more to us than you and me
It must be tangled up somehow with destiny
I used to think the sum of one and one was two
But we add up to more, me and you

When we are close together it's so plain to see
Together we are better than we used to be
I don't know how to say the things I'm thinking of
But the something more I'm feeling must be love

I used to think the sum of one and one was two
But we add up to more me and you

I don't know how to say the things I'm thinking of
But the something more I'm feeling must be love


Chapter 2 (13:56 - 16:37)
I CAN TALK

I can talk!
I can talk!
I can actually, factually talk!

Isn't it great
That I articulate?
Isn't it grand
That you can understand?

I don't grunt, I don't oink
I don't even squeak or squawk
When I wanna say a something
I open up and talk

I can talk!
I can talk talk talk
I can talk!

I pop with perspicacity
I'm loaded with loquacity
My vocalized veracity is tops
Semantically each bit of me's
The verbalized epitome
My plethory of patter never stops!

Isn't it great
That I articulate?
Isn't it grand
That you can understand?

I don't honk, I don't eek!
I don't even squeak or sqwuak
When I wanna say a something
I open up and talk

I can talk!
I can talk talk talk
I can talk!

It's wonderous and mystical
I'm hardly egotistical
Because of this linguistical aplomb
But speaking quite pragmatically
My self-esteem emphatically
Dramatically improved since I was dumb!

Isn't it great
That I articulate?
Isn't it grand
That you can understand?

I don't honk, I don't eek!
I don't even squeak or sqwuak
When I wanna say a something
I open up and talk

I can talk!
I can talk talk talk
I can talk!


Chapter 2: 22:07 - 23:58
CHIN UP

Chin up, chin up
Everybody loves a happy face
Wear it, share it
It'll brighten up the darkest place
Twinkle, sparkle
Let a little sunshine in
You'll be on the right side
Looking at the bright side
Up with your chinny chin chin

Chin up, Chin up
Put a little laughter in your eyes
Brave it, save it
Even though you're feeling otherwise
Rise up, wise up
Make a little smile begin
You'll be happy hearted
Once you get it started
Up with your chinny chin chin!

Chin down
You can't come frowning
Turn around
Starting, clowning
Think sad - your trouble's double
Think glad - they burst like bubbles

Chin up, chin up
Every little time your spirits wilt
Chin up, chin up
Give your attitude in upward tilt
Twinkle, sparkle
Make a little fun begin
You'll be on the right side
Looking at the bright side
Up with your chinny chin - chin up!


Chapter 5: 30:28
WE'VE GOT LOTS IN COMMON

WILBUR:
Oh, we've got lots in common where it really counts
Where it really counts we've got large amounts
What we look like doesn't count an ounce
We've got lots in common where it really counts

WILBUR:
You've got feathers, I've got skin, but both our outsides hold us in

COW:
I've got hooves, you've got webbed feet, but we both stand up to eat!

CHORUS:
'Cause we've got lots in common where it really counts
Where it really counts we've got large amounts
What we look like doesn't count an ounce
We've got lots in common where it really counts

WILBUR:
You've got a beak, and I've a snout, but the both of us can sniff about

HORSE:
You say quack, and I'll say neigh, but we're talking either way!

CHORUS:
'Cause we've got lots in common where it really counts
Where it really counts we've got large amounts
What we look like doesn't count an ounce
We've got lots in common where it really counts

CHARLOTTE:
You're born to swim, and me to spin, but we both love this world we're in
We share the sun, the earth, the sky, and that's the reason why

CHORUS:
We've all got lots in common where it really counts
Where it really counts we've got large amounts
What we look like doesn't count an ounce
We've got lots in common where it really counts


Chapter 6
37:57-38:27
DEEP IN THE DARK

Now is the hour
When frogs and thrushes
Praise the world
From the woods and rushes
Sleep, my love
Sleep, my only deer
In the dark...


Chapter 6
38:28-40:52
CHARLOTTE'S WEB

Fragile and magical shadows
Silently start to appear
Lovely and lyrical
Silvery miracle
Charlotte's web

Carefully spinning her tracings
Lacy and gracefully sheer
Over and under the infinite wonder of
Charlotte's web

Why is she spinning and weaving away all night long?
What is she trying so hard to convey with her silent song?
Sometimes when somebody loves you
Miracles somehow appear
And there in the warp and the woof is the proof of it
Charlotte's web

Why is she spinning and weaving away all night long?
What is she trying so hard to convey with her silent song?

Sometimes when somebody loves you
Miracles somehow appear
And there in the warp and the woof is the proof of it
Charlotte's web


Chapter 8
53:54-56:00
MOTHER EARTH AND FATHER TIME
How very special are we
We're just a moment to be
Part of life's eternal rhymeHow very special are we
To have on our family tree
Mother Earth and Father Time

He turns the seasons around
And so she changes her gown
But they always look in their prime
They go on dancing their dance
Of everlasting romance
Mother Earth and Father Time

The summer larks return to sing
Oh, what a gift they give
Then autumn days grow short and cold
Oh, what a joy to live

How very special are we
For just a moment to be
Part of life's eternal rhyme
How very special are we
To have on our family tree
Mother Earth and Father Time

Chapter 9 (58:17-1:00:04) – Chapter 11 (1:11:03-1:11:08)

A VERITABLE SMORGASBORD

A fair is a veritable smorgasbord orgasbord orgasbord

After the crowds have ceased

Each night when the lights go out

It can be found on the ground all around

Oh, what a ratly feast!

Melon rines and bits of hotdogs

Cookie crumbs and rotton cotton candy

Melted ice cream, mustard dripplings

Mouldy goodies everywhere!

Lots of popcorn, apple cores

Bananna peels and soggy sandwiches

And gobs of gorgeous gook to gobble at the fair

A fair is a veritable smorgasbord orgasbord orgasbord

After the gates are shut

Each night when the lights go out

It can be found on the ground all around

That's where a rat can glut, glut, glut, glut!

Chapter 13 (1:18:12 - 1:20:18)
ZUCKERMAN'S FAMOUS PIG

He's some pig
Some pig
Some terrific, radiant, humble pig
He is some pig

Oh wow look at him now
Zuckerman's famous pig
Suey, whaddya see?
The greatest hog in history!
Fine, swine, wish he was mine
What if he's not so big?
He's some terrific, radiant, humble thig-a-majig of a
Fine, phenomenal

My land, isn't he grand?
Zuckerman's famous pig
Golly, you gotta agree he's a real celebrity
Fine, swine wish he was mine
What if he's not so big?
He's some terrific, radiant, humble thig-a-majig of a pig
The terrific, radiant, humble
Zuckerman
Zuckerman
Zuckerman
Zuckerman
Zuckerman's
Zuckerman's famous pig!

Chapter 14 (1:25:02-1:26:08)
CHARLOTTE’S LAST SONG

The autumn days grow short and cold
It’s Christmas time again
Then snows of winter slowly melt
The days grow short and then

He turns the seasons around

And so she changes her gown

But they always look in their prime

They go on dancing their dance

Of everlasting romance

Mother Earth and Father Time

How very special are we for just a moment To be part of life’s eternal rhyme