英语口语课作业《夏洛的网》.doc

作者 　E.B. White was born in New York. He graduated from University in 1921, then traveled about trying many different jobs, and finally joined the New Yorker magazine. He kept animals on his farm in Maine, and some of these creatures crept into(悄悄进入)his stories and books. In 1970 Mr. White received the Laura Ingalls Wilders Adward, given every five years for distinguished(杰出的) services to childrens literature by the American Library Association. E.B. White died in 1985 He wrote 《Charlottes web》 in 1952. Another famous novel is 《Stuart Little》 介绍 The book begins when John Arables sow (母猪)gives birth to a litter of piglets（仔猪）, and Mr. Arable discovers one of them is a runt(侏儒) and decides to kill it. However, his eight year old daughter Fern begs him to let it live. Therefore her father gives it to Fern as a pet, and she names the piglet Wilbur. Wilbur is active and always exploring new things. He lives with Fern for a few weeks and then is sold to her uncle, Homer Zuckerman. Although Fern visits him at the Zuckerman’s farm as often as she can, her visits decrease as she grows older, and Wilbur gets lonelier day after day. Eventually, a warm and soothing voice tells him that she is going to be his friend. The next day, he wakes up and meets his new friend: Charlotte, the grey spider. Wilbur soon becomes a member of the community of animals who live in the cellar（地窖） of Zuckermans barn（谷仓）. When the old sheep in the barn cellar tells Wilbur that he is going to be killed and eaten at Christmas, he turns to Charlotte for help. Charlotte has the idea of writing words in her web extolling（颂扬） Wilburs excellence (some pig,（王牌猪） terrific（杰出）, radiant（光芒四射）, and eventually humble（谦虚）), reasoning that if she can make Wilbur sufficiently（充分地） famous, he will not be killed. Thanks to Charlottes efforts, and with the assistance of the gluttonous（贪嘴） rat Templeton, Wilbur not only lives, but goes to the county fair with Charlotte and wins a prize. Having reached the end of he