不知不觉已经完成了《夏洛的网》英文版第一章的精读。只要每天读，即使只读一点点，只要不间断，还是能取得令人满意的进展。现在我们需要及时总结一下学到的内容。勤总结，勤复习是好习惯。每一次主动回忆都在加强大脑神经元的连接，降低提取信息的难度。
本章学到最多的就是动词，作者主要就是用动词推动故事的发展，而动词本身又赋予每个句子生命。
本章的主要动词如下，可以把这个清单当做自测题考考自己。
1. set the table：
2. never amount to anything: not to be important, valuable or successful
3. do away with：(informal) to kill someone
4. shriek：to make a very high loud sound, especially because you are afraid, angry, excited, or in pain
5. push a chair out of the way
6. smell of
7. sop
8. catch up with
9. sob
10. take hold of
11. pull out of
12. make trouble
13. hang on to：to keep something
14. start on
15. wobble：to move unsteadily from side to side, or make something do this
16. couldn't take her eyes off
17. demand: to ask for something very firmly, especially because you think you have a right to do this
18. be along：to arrive
19. rid of
rid somebody / something of something
20. get out of bed promptly
21. fit over
22. suck
23. honk
24. slip
25. grab
26. take no notice of
27. have entire charge of
28. name
29. giggle
30. blush
本章主要的形容词和副词：
1. untimely: happening too soon or sooner than you expected
2. heavily armed
3. miserable
4. blissful
5. dreamily：thinking about something pleasant and not about what is happening around you
本章的名词：
1. hoghouse
2. runt
3. a pitcher of cream
4. weakling: someone who is not physically strong
5. a litter of pigs
6. fine specimen
7. nursing bottle
8. rubber nipple
9. good appetite
再次重温一下第一章中那些美好的句子：
草湿漉漉的，泥土散发出春天的气息。弗恩赶上她父亲时，她的球鞋都已湿透了。
The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's sneakers were sopping when she caught up with her father.
小猪出生时弱小，它自己也没办法，难道不是吗？
The pig couldn't help being born small, could it?
里面有一只新生的小白猪，正抬头望着她。早晨的阳光透过它的耳朵，使耳朵变成粉红色。
There, inside, looking up at her, was the newborn pig. It was a white one. The morning light shone through its ears, turning them pink.
弗恩不理睬车上的孩子们。她只是是坐着，呆呆地望着窗外，想象这世界多美好，她竟幸运的完全拥有照顾一只小猪的权力。
Fern took no notice of the others in the bus. She just sat and stared out of the window, thinking what a blissful world it was and how lucky she was to have entire charge of a pig.
