第1个回答 2022-07-11
本章是整个故事的一个关键节点。经过漫长的思考与等待，夏洛终于迎来了营救小猪威尔伯的灵感。而就在这关键时刻，夏洛自己也经历了一次死里逃生。重获新生的夏洛知道自己时间有限，因此倾尽全力规划并开始了自己的营救方案。
如果你玩过荡秋千，那种在风中瞬间腾飞，瞬间下落，一点头晕，一点恐惧，还有很多兴奋的感受，你是否还记得？
本章有一段关于小孩子荡秋千的描写，非常细腻生动，值得好好品味。
Mr. Zuckerman had the best swing in the country. It was a single long piece of heavy rope tied to the beam over the north doorway. At the botton end of the rope was a fat knot to sit on. It was arranged so that you could swing without being pushed. You climbed a ladder to the hayloft. Then, holding the rope, you stood at the edge and looked down, and were scared and dizzy. Then you straddled the knot, so that it acted as a seat.Then you got up all your nerve , took a deep breath, and jumped. For a second you seemed to be falling to the barn floor far below, but then suddenly the rope would begin to catch you, and you would sail through the barn door going a mile a minute, with the wind whistling in your eyes and ears and hair. Then you would zoom upward into the sky , and look up at the clouds, and the rope would twist and you would twist and turn with the rope. Then you would drop down, down, down out of the sky and come sailing back into the barn almost into the hayloft, then sail out again (not quite so far this time), then in again (not quite so high), then out again, then in again, then out, then in; and then you'd jump off and fall down and let somebody else try it.
guliible: too ready to believe what other people tell you, so that you are easily tricked. 容易受骗的
原文中夏洛用三个词来解释" guliible ", 那就是"Easy to fool"。
wide awake: completely awake 完全醒着。
原句：The spider, however, stayed wide awake , gazing affectionately at him and making plans for his future.
scoop: to pick something up or remove it using a scoop or a spoon, or your curved hand
舀起，捞起
文中原句：He scooped up his frog. The frog kicked, splashing soapy water onto the blueberry pie.
straddle: to sit or stand with your leggs on either side of someone or something.
act as: have an effect 发挥...的作用
文中原句：Then you straddled the knot, so that it acted as a seat.
zoom: If you zoom somewhere, you go there very quickly.
文中原句：Then you would zoom upward into the sky, and look up at the clouds, and the rope would twist and you would twist and turn with the rope.
Day after day the spider waited, head-down, for an idea to come to her. Hour by hour she sat motionless, deep in thought. Having promised Wilbur that she would save his life, she was determined to keep her promise.
Charlotte was naturally patient. She knew from experience that if she waited long enough, a fly would come to her web, and she felt sure that if she thought long enough about Wilbur's problem, an idea would come to her mind.
Finally, one morning toward the middle of July, the idea came. "Why, how perfectly simple!" she said to herself. "The way to save Wilbur's life is to play a trick on Zuckerman. If I can fool a bug," thought Charlotte, "I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs."
Wilbur walked into his yard just at the moment.
"What are you thinking about, Charlotte?" he asked.
"I was just thinking," said the spider, "that people are very gullible ."
"What does 'gullible'mean?"
"Easy to fool," said Charlotte.
"That's a mercy," replied Wilbur, and he lay down in the shade of his fence and went fast asleep. The spider, however, stayed wide awake , gazing affectionately at him and making plans for his future. Summer was half gone. She knew she didn't have much time.
That morning, just as Wilbur fell asleep, Avery Arable wandered into the Zuckerman's front yard, followed by Fern. Avery carried a live frog in his hand. Fern had a crown of daisies in her hair. The children ran for the kitchen.
"Just in time for a piece of blueberry pie," said Mrs.Zuckerman.
"Look at my frog!" said Avery, placing the frog on the drainborad and holding out his hand for pie.
"Take that thing out of here!" said Mrs.Zuckerman.
"He's hot," said Fern. "He's almost dead, that frog."
"He is not," said Avery. "He lets me scratch him between the eyes." The frog jumped and landed in Mrs.Zuckerman's dispan full of soapy water.
"You're getting your pie on you," said Fern. "Can I look for eggs in the henhouse, Aunt Edith?"
"Run outdoors, both of you! And don't bother the hens!"
"It's getting all over everything," shouted Fern. "His pie is all over his front."
"Come on, frog!" cried Avery. He scooped up his frog. The frog kicked, splashing soapy water onto the blueberry pie.
"Another crisis!" groaned Fern.
"Let's swing in the swing!" said Avery.
The children ran to the barn.
Mr. Zuckerman had the best swing in the country. It was a single long piece of heavy rope tied to the beam over the north doorway. At the botton end of the rope was a fat knot to sit on. It was arranged so that you could swing without being pushed. You climbed a ladder to the hayloft. Then, holding the rope, you stood at the edge and looked down, and were scared and dizzy. Then you straddled the knot, so that it acted as a seat.Then you got up all your nerve , took a deep breath, and jumped. For a second you seemed to be falling to the barn floor far below, but then suddenly the rope would begin to catch you, and you would sail through the barn door going a mile a minute, with the wind whistling in your eyes and ears and hair. Then you would zoom upward into the sky , and look up at the clouds, and the rope would twist and you would twist and turn with the rope. Then you would drop down, down, down out of the sky and come sailing back into the barn almost into the hayloft, then sail out again (not quite so far this time), then in again (not quite so high), then out again, then in again, then out, then in; and then you'd jump off and fall down and let somebody else try it.
Mothers for miles around worried about Zuckerman's swing. They feared some child would fall off. But no child ever did. Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will.
Avery put the frog in his pocket and climbed to the hayloft. "The last time I swang in this swing, I almost crashed into a barn swallow," he yelled.
"Take that frog out!" ordered Fern.
Avery straddled the rope and jumped. He sailded out through the door, frog and all, and into the sky, frog and all. Then he sailed back into the barn.
"Your tongue is purple!" screamed Fern.
"So is yours!" cried Avery, sailing out again with the frog.
"I have hay inside my dress! It itches! " called Fern.
"Scratch it!" yelled Avery, as he sailed back.
"It's my turn," said Fern. "Jump off!"
"Fern's got the itch!" sang Avery.
When he jumped off, he threw the swing up to his sister. She shut her eyes and jumped . She felt the dizzy drop, then the supporting lift of the swing. When she opened her eyes she was looking up into the blue sky and was about to fly back through the door.
They took turns for an hour.