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Charlotte's Web
《夏洛特的网》
Charlotte's Web is a classic children's novel written by American author E.B.White.
《夏洛特的网》是美国作家E.B.怀特所写的一部经典儿童小说。
The story begins when a girl named Fern decides to raise a young pig named Wilbur.
故事开始时，一个名叫芬的女孩决定养一只名叫威尔伯的小猪。
When Wilbur grows up, Fern's family sends him away to live on a farm.
威尔伯长大后，芬的家人要把他送到农场去住。
Once he arrives, Wilbur learns that he will be slaughtered one day.
威尔伯知道，一旦他到了农场，总有一天会被屠杀。
He befriends a spider named Charlotte who agrees to help him stay alive.
他和一只名叫夏洛特的蜘蛛交了朋友，这只蜘蛛同意帮他活下去。
She begins to weave messages into her spider webs to convince the farmers that Wilbur is special.
她开始在她的蜘蛛网中编织信息，让农民们相信威尔伯是特别的。
But even though Charlotte succeeds at delaying Wilbur's death, she can't avoid her own.
夏洛特成功地推迟了威尔伯的死亡，但她却无法避免自己的死亡。
Critics have praised the story for explaining the theme of death in a way that children can understand.
评论家们称赞这个故事以一种孩子们能理解的方式解释了死亡的主题。
However, some people dislike the idea of death being a central theme in a children's novel.
然而，有些人不喜欢将死亡作为儿童小说的中心主题。
The book has even been banned before for this reason.
出于这个原因，这本书曾经甚至成为了禁书。
