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E.B.White(1899-1985),“thegreatestessayistinthe20thcentury”.Asmainwriterof《TheNewYorker》，Whitecreated“writingstyleof《TheNewYorker》”.Whitecaredabouteverythingintheworld,hismoral(道德)wasasgoodashisarticle.Besideshisessay,healsowrotethreebooksforchildren:《StuartLittle》（精灵鼠小弟），《Charlotte’sWeb》and《TheTrumpetoftheSwan》（吹小号的天鹅）.Theauthor•WilburwasbornaruntandsavedbyFernwholookedafterhimuntilhewasfiveweeksold.Hewaspampered(纵容)andbabiedbyherandwascompletelycontent（满足的）whenhewassurroundedbyFern'slove.Whenhewasthentakenfromher,hewasverylonelyuntilhefoundlovewhenhemetCharlotte.•Charlottewaspractical,beautifulandskilled.Shewascleverandloyal(忠诚的)toherfriends.shewasthefirsttocomfortWilburbyassuringhimshewouldsavehimwhenhefoundoutthathewastobekilledatChristmastime.HerloveforWilburpushedhertosavehislifeandshemanagedtoproduceamiracle.shesinglehandedlymanagedtomakethehumanseeinWilburwhatshesaw:a‘terrific’‘radiant’and‘humble’pig.ThroughoutthetaleshemotheredWilburandlookedafterhimasifhewereherown.Sheworkedtirelesslytosavehimandeventhoughshewasdyingattheendofthenovel,shemotivated(激励)herselftowritethewordsthatwouldsecurehissafety.Fern,daughterofJohnArableandMrs.Arable,wasthecourageouseight-year-oldgirlwhosavedWilburinthebeginningofthenovel.FernsavedWilbur.FernlookedafterWilbur.Wilburexperiencedanunsuccessfulescape.Wilburfeltverylonely.WilburmethismostimportantfriendCharlotte.王牌猪王牌猪了不起了不起光彩照人光彩照人谦卑谦卑Wilburwontheprize.•FromthestoryFriendship“Youhavebeenmyfriend”,repliedCharlotte.“Thatinitselfisatremendousthing.IwovemywebsforyoubecauseIlikedyou.Afterall,what'salife,anyway?Weareborn,welivealittlewhile,wedie.Aspider'slifecan'thelpbeingsomethingofamess,withallthistrappingandeatingflies.Byhelpingyou,perhapslwastryingtoliftupmylifeatrifle.Heavenknowsanyone‘slifecanstandalittleofthat.”“你一直是我的朋友，”夏洛回答说，“这件事本身就是一件了不起的事。我为你结网，因为我喜欢你。再说，生命到底是什么啊？我们出生，我们活上一阵子，我们死去。一只蜘蛛，一生忙着捕捉和吃苍蝇是毫无意义的，通过帮助你，也许可以提升一点我生命的价值。谁都知道人活着该做一点有意义的事情。”Thisisavaluablebook.Ithinkinanidealworld,shouldhaveonlytwopeople,onekindistheonewhohasreadcharlotte'sweb,anotherkindistheonewhoisgoingtoreadcharlotte'sweb.Sometimes,whenwewakeupatnightandtouchourchestwiththeheartstillbeating,wewillbeveryhappy,becauselivemeanswecanreadcharlotte'swebagain,andreadcharlotte'swebmeansthatheisstillalive.这实在是一本宝书。我觉得在一个理想的世界里，应该只有两种人存在，一种是读过《夏洛的网》的人，另一种是将要读《夏洛的网》的人。有时候，半夜里醒过来，摸摸胸口还在跳，就会很高兴，因为活着就意味着还能再把《夏洛的网》读一遍，而读《夏洛的网》就意味着还活着。