Three Men in A Boat

Jerome K.
Jerome:
Biography,
Life,
Interesting Facts
Childhood And Early Life

English humorist and writer Jerome
Klapka Jerome was born on the 2 May 1859 in Caldmore, Walsall, Staffordshire,
England. He was the son of Jerome Clapp Jerome and Marguerite
Jones. Jerome was the youngest of four children born to the couple. He had two
sisters Pauline Deodata and Blandina Dominica plus a brother Milton Melancthon
who died aged six.
Initially, his father’s family name had been Clapp, but this was changed to Jerome.
His father was a nonconformist preacher who was involved in the iron and coal
industries, owning a colliery. The family were reasonably well off and lived a
comfortable middle-class lifestyle until the family business failed in 1861. After
the failure of his father’s colliery business, the family moved to London where
they lived in Poplar in the East End, and Jerome was raised in relative poverty.
Education
Jerome was a pupil at the Philological School which later became known as
Marylebone Grammar School.
Rise To Fame
After his father had died when he was fourteen, Jerome left school found
work as a clerk at the London and North Western Railway. He also worked as a
schoolmaster. When his mother died two years later in 1875, Jerome decided to
become an actor, something both his religious parents would have disapproved of.
Working with touring companies did not pay well, and he was reduced to
homelessness, sleeping on the streets of London. He tried working as a journalist
while at the same time gaining work as a solicitor’s clerk.
Jerome also started writing, and in 1885 his first book On the Stage and Off: The
Brief Career of a Would-Be Actor was published. This book was inspired by the
Longfellow poem By the Fireside and gave Jerome the idea of writing humorously
about his acting experience. He then had a collection of essays published, The Idle
Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886).
Literary Career
Jerome began writing Three Men in a Boat after his marriage in 1888, and
the book was published in 1889. This book, a comic masterpiece, proved to be
incredibly popular and he became a literary sensation. Despite the success of his
first book, Jerome experienced problems because reviewers refused to take his
subsequent work seriously. He also ran into prejudice because he was a member of
the lower-middle class. His second novel Weeds (1892) was published
anonymously, and because of the nature of the content, a story of sexual
corruption, his publisher halted the sale of the book. In was only in 1968 that
Weeds (1892) became known as one of his works.
Jerome continued writing and left eight novels, collections of sketches and short
stories, autobiographical work, plays and journal articles. He was also the editor of
The Idler, a monthly publication, and To-Day, a weekly. (After being sued for
libel, Jerome was forced to sell his interests in both magazines to cover costs of
nine thousand pounds.) Other work included Three Men on the Bummel which
was published in 1900, Paul Kelver (1902) and a play The Passing of the Third
Floor Back (1908) and All Roads Lead to Calvary (1919). Jerome published an
autobiography My Life and Times in 1927.
Major Works
Three Men in a Boat is considered one of the comic masterpieces written in
the English language.
Awards And Achievements
Jerome was made a Freeman of the Borough of Walsall in 1927.
Personal Life
In 1888 Jerome married his cousin Georgina Elizabeth Stanley Marris.
Marris had a five-year-old daughter Elsie from a previous marriage, and the couple
had a daughter Rowena (b.1898-d.1966).
During World War I Jerome volunteered but was not accepted because of his age.
Instead then volunteered as an ambulance driver working with the French Army.
Jerome K. Jerome suffered a stroke and subsequently died on the 14 June 1927 and
is buried in Ewelme in Oxfordshire England.
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
1. What sort of family was the future writer brought up in?
2. Did he get a good education?
3. What jobs did he try?
4. What was his first book about?
5. What genres attracted him?
6. Why was it difficult for him to establish
himself as a writer?
7. Was he a prolific writer?
CHAPTER 1
Are you a health-conscious person? Are afraid of doctors and contagious

diseases? Do you like to read health magazines and discuss health related
issues? Have you ever thought that you have fallen prey to a mortal disease?
1. Match English words and expressions with their equivalents.
1 seedy a размышлять над

2 ailment b погрузиться
3 to plunge into c банальный, привычный
4 to ponderover d мученник
5 acquisition e эффективный
6 commonplace f потрепанный, нездоровый
7 disinclination g равновесие
8 martyr h приобретение
9 efficacious i спальное место
(в транспортном средстве)
10 equilibrium j несклонность, нежелание
11 implant k болезнь, недомогание
12 berth l внушать, вживлять
2. Mark the statements as true or false. Be ready support your point of view.
1. The characters were complaining of felling sick and depressed.
2. The narrator was a genuine hypochondriac.
3. The narrator thought he suffered from all the diseases he had read about in
the book on medicine.
4. The narrator consider himself to be a very useful person for medical
students.
5. The narrator examined himself thoroughly.
6. After examining the narrator the doctor wrote a long list of pills for him as a
prescription.
7. In childhood the narrator was often given medicine as an effective remedy
for his liver and laziness.
8. The friends came to the conclusion that they were overloaded with work that
that caused their health problems.
9. The author mentioned his brother’s experience of travelling by sea to
support the idea of a sea trip.
10.In the second “sea story” the man paid very much for the food served on
the ship, but the food was scarce and of low quality.
11.George suggested travelling across the lake.
12.A river trip was a suitable choice for everyone but their dog.
3. Listen to this particular fragment again and fill in the missing words (1min
38 sec to 4 min 08 sec).
It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement

without being (1)_____________that I am suffering from the particular disease
therein dealt with in its most virulent form. The diagnosis seems in every case
(2)_________________________all the sensations that I have ever felt. I
remember going to the British Museum one day to read up the treatment for some
slight ailment of which I had a touch – hay fever, I fancy it was. I got down the
book, and read all I came to read; and then, in an unthinking moment,
(3)________________, and began to indolently study diseases, generally. I forget
which was the first distemper I plunged into – some fearful, devastating scourge, I
know – and, before I had glanced half down the list of "premonitory symptoms," it
was borne in upon me that I had fairly got it. I sat(4) _______________; and then,
in the listlessness of despair, I again turned over the pages. I came to typhoid fever
– read the symptoms – discovered that I had typhoid fever, must have had it for
months without knowing it – wondered what else I had got; turned up St. Vitus's
Dance – found, as I expected, that I had that too, – began to get interested in my
case, and(5) _________________-, and so started alphabetically – read up ague,
and learnt that I was sickening for it, and that the acute stage would commence in
about another fortnight. Bright's disease, I was relieved to find, I
had(6)__________________, and, so far as that was concerned, I might live for
years. Cholera I had, with severe complications; and diphtheria I seemed to have
been born with. I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the
only malady I (7) ___________________-- was housemaid's knee. I felt rather hurt
about this at first; it seemed somehow to be a sort of slight. Why hadn't I got
housemaid's knee? Why this invidious reservation? After a while, however, less
grasping feelings prevailed. I reflected that I had every other known malady in the
pharmacology, and I grew less selfish, and (8)____________________.
4. Put down the final episode of the of the chapter word by word as a
dictation. It starts with “The only one who…”. On the tape it is
2min.13sec.
5. Do you agree with George, who suggested a river trip: “He said we should
have fresh air, exercise and quiet; the constant change of scene would occupy
our minds and the hard work would give us a good appetite, and make us sleep
well.”Do you also think that a river trip can be so refreshing, invigorating
and health-boosting? Write your opinion (10-12 sentences).
6. Memorize the expressions from ex.1 and use them to translate the
sentences.
1) Миссис Дауниг терзала мысль, которую ей внушил муж.
2) Современные люди легко погружаются в проблемы и не могут установить
равновесие в своем внутреннем мире.
3) Это чрезвычайно эффективное средство от этого недомогания.
4) Приобретение очередного отеля было трудным шагом для семьи
Принстонов. Отец был уже стар, а сын демонстрировал нежелание вести
семейный бизнес.
5) Переедание – банальная вредная привычка, которая приводит к полноте и
нездоровому внешнему виду.
6) Не строй из себя мученика, поднимись со своего спального места, выпей
воды с лимоном, это поможет тебе от укачивания.
7. Write a gist for this chapter (not more than 5 sentences).
CHAPTER 2
Are you fond of camping or expeditions, activities which imply leaving all
city comfort behind? Do you find such experience challenging and rewarding?
Have you ever spend a night in a tent? Describe your experience.
1 patriarchal a сильно желать что-либо

2 to lull smd b возродить интерес к жизни
3 to yearn forsmth c валять дурака
4 atimely hint d имеющий сомнительную
репутацию, сомнительный
5 puddly e одиночество, уединение
6 to play the fool f патриархальный,
почтенный, старинный
7 to restore interest to life g своевременный намек
8 frantically h трущобы
9 solitude i одобрение
10 disreputable j убаюкивать
11 slums k безумно, неистово
12 approbation l грязный, покрытый лужами
2. Arrange the following episodes in the way they are presented in the
chapter.
1) A night fright.
2) Awesome beauty of the evening nature.
3) The friends started to discussing the plans.
4) Setting up a tent.
5) Harris is practical-minded and non-romantic at all.
6) Montmorency definitely prefers spending nights at hotels and inns.
3. Fill in the missing parts in the following episode. Translate it into English.
(10min 39sec)
When first he came (1) ____________, I never thought I should be able to get him
to stop long. I used to sit down and look at him, as he 2(_________________) and
looked up at me, and think: "Oh, that dog will never live. He will be snatched up to
the bright skies in a chariot, that is what will happen to him." But, when I had
paid(3) _____________________; and had dragged him, growling and kicking, by
the scruff of his neck, out of a hundred and fourteen street fights; and had had (4)
_________________________-by an irate female, who called me a murderer; and
had been summoned by the man next door but one for having a ferocious dog at
large, that had kept him pinned up in his own tool-shed,(5)
__________________________on a cold night; and had learned that the gardener,
unknown to myself, had won thirty shillings by backing him(6)
__________________, then I began to think that maybe they'd let him(7)
_______________, after all.
4. Put down the following episode of the of the chapter word by word as a
dictation. It starts with “Rainwater is the chief article…” and finishes with
“…to go to bed” (7 min, 37sec). Mark its intonation and practice reading it
aloud phonetically correctly.
Rainwater is the chief article of diet at supper. The bread is two– thirds
rainwater, the beefsteak-pie is exceedingly rich in it, and the jam, and the butter,
and the salt, and the coffee have all combined with it to make soup. After supper,
you find your tobacco is damp, and you cannot smoke. Luckily you have a bottle
of the stuff that cheers and inebriates, if taken in proper quantity, and this restores
to you sufficient interest in life to induce you to go to bed.
5. Was it a good idea on the part of the friends to take the dog with them? Do
you remember that: “ To hang about a stable, and collect a gang of the most
disreputable dogs to be found in the town, and lead them out to march round the
slums to fight other disreputable dogs, is Montmorency's idea of "life;". Make a
list of pros and cons of travelling with a dog-companion. You list should
contain no less than 10 items.
sentences.
1. Это была патриархальная деревенька, где традиции и образ жизни ее

жителей не менялся десятилетиями. А Джейн жаждала свободы и
независимости, насыщенной жизни и развлечений. Огни больших городов
манили ее.
2. Джек умный парень, но часто валяет дурака и бездельничает.
Возможно переезд в другой город возродит его интерес к жизни.
3. Как люди могут жить в таких ужасных условиях? Кругом грязь и лужи.
Это настоящие трущобы. А мы потом еще удивляемся, почему они много
пьют или ведут себя как безумные.
4. Уединение желанное состояние жителя современного мегаполиса.
5. Проект получил всеобщее одобрение.
6. Спасибо за этот своевременный намек, мне действительно нужно или
сменить гардероб или сбросить вес.
7. Звуки радиопередачи убаюкивали Джорджа, и он чуть было не заснул
за рулем.
CHAPTER 3
Is it an easy matter to pack things for a journey or trip? Is it possible to do

without having packing list? How much time does it take you to pack your
things and make all necessary arrangements for a trip?

1 to assemble a быть на ложном пути
2 to take the burden of b громоздкий
3 to hinder c взвалить на себя бремя
(ответственность) за
4 indispensable d снаряжение,
принадлежности
5 to be on the wrong track e обязательный, незаменимый
6 to swamp f собирать (из деталей),
собираться (группой)
7 lumber g подверженный, склонный
8 cumbersome h достаточный
9 liable (to smth) i препятствовать, мешать
10 tackle j опрокидывать, нарушать
11 to upset k затапливать, заливать
12 sufficient l хлам
2. Answer the following questions.

1. What did the friends intend to discuss on the following evening?
2. How did Harris act when there was a need to do anything difficult?
3. Whom did Harris always remind the narrator of?
4. What errands did Uncle Podger’s family members run for him when he wanted
to put up a picture?
5. Was Uncle Podger satisfied with the help he received?
6. What sensible approach to select things for the trip did George suggest?
7. What did George suggest doing when their clothes got dirty during the trip?
3. Listen to the following fragment once again and mark its intonation. Be
ready to read it phonetically correctly. (5 min)
We would find the hammer for him, and then he would have lost sight of the mark
he had made on the wall, where the nail was to go in, and each of us had to get up
on the chair, beside him, and see if we could find it; and we would each discover it
in a different place, and he would call us all fools, one after another, and tell us to
get down. And he would take the rule, and re-measure, and find that he wanted half
thirty-one and three-eighths inches from the corner, and would try to do it in his
head, and go mad.
dictation. It starts with “Throw the lumber over, man!” up to “…a
dangerous thing”. (11min. 27sec.). Do you agree with the message it
renders?
5. Render these fragments in the Indirect Speech.

A)"Now you go and get me my hammer, Will," he would shout; "and you bring me
the rule, Tom; and I shall want the step-ladder, and I had better have a kitchen-
chair, too; and, Jim! you run round to Mr. Goggles, and tell him, `Pa's kind
regards, and hopes his leg's better; and will he lend him his spirit-level?'
B)"Doesn't anybody in the whole house know where my coat is? I never came
across such a set in all my life – upon my word I didn't. Six of you! – and you can't
find a coat that I put down not five minutes ago! Well, of all the – " Then he'd get
up, and find that he had been sitting on it, and would call out: "Oh, you can give it
up! I've found it myself now. Might just as well ask the cat to find anything as
expect you people to find it."
sentences.
1. Когда все участники встречи собрались, долговязый бледный
джентльмен встал, окинул всех взглядом и торжественно сообщил, что он
берет на себя труд вести это собрание.
2. Убери с балкона весь этот хлам. Эти старые вещи такие громоздкие и
ужасно пахнут. Если ты избавишься от хлама, на балконе появится
достаточно места для кофейного столика и плетеного кресла.
3. Неужели у тебя нет снаряжения для альпинизма? Ты ломаешь все наши
планы на выходные.
4. Чердак обязателен в домах этого региона. Если дом затопит, что бывает
здесь очень часто, можно перебраться на чердак и переждать наводнение.
Этот регион подвержен наводнениям особенно весной.
5. Ты на ложном пути и уже допустил много серьезных ошибок.
Прислушайся к советам коллег, они разумны. Они нисколько не
препятствуют твоим планам и устремлениям.
CHAPTER 4
Are there any type of food that that you are particularly keen on? Do you try
to take these products with you when you set out on a journey? Which types
of food are not suitable for journeys? Is it a good idea to cook while
travelling?
1.Match English words and expressions with their equivalents.
1 indigestible a руководить (работой),

давать указания,
распоряжаться
2 to saturate b ограничиться
3 to stink c заработать еще ту
репутацию
4 to confine oneself to d запах, аромат
5 to take an oath e преследовать
6 odour f неудобоваримый,
трудноперевариваемый
7 to gain quite a reputation g обыскивать, рыться,
обшаривать
8 (cooking) utensils h вонять
9 to pride oneself on i кухонная утварь
10 to boss (a job) j насыщать
11 to haunt k гордиться
12 to rummage l принести клятву
1) The friends definitely preferred methylated spirit stove to oil-stove.

2) George didn’t want to take cheese for breakfast because cheese was bad for
digestion and could cause health problems.
3) The narrator managed to deliver the cheese to “its” destination.
4) The wife divorced the narrator’s friend not to smell the cheese.
5) His friend made 3 attempts to get rid of the cheese.
6) The narrator knew nothing about packing and he hoped that one of his
friends would boss that job.
7) Harris reminded the narrator not to forget to pack his shorts.
8) The narrator found his toothbrush under the pile of wardrobe items.
9) The friends grew irritated when the narrator sat and watched them packing.
10) George found the missing butter on Harris’s back.
11) The company finished packing only at midnight.
3. Listen to the following fragment once again and mark its intonation. Be
ready to read it phonetically correctly. (3min. 52 sec.)
For other breakfast things, George suggested eggs and bacon, which were easy
to cook, cold meat, tea, bread and butter, and jam. For lunch, he said, we could
have biscuits, cold meat, bread and butter, and jam – but NO CHEESE. Cheese,
like oil, makes too much of itself. It wants the whole boat to itself. It goes through
the hamper, and gives a cheesy flavour to everything else there. You can't tell
whether you are eating apple-pie or German sausage, or strawberries and cream. It
all seems cheese. There is too much odour about cheese. I remember a friend of
mine, buying a couple of cheeses at Liverpool. Splendid cheeses they were, ripe
and mellow, and with a two hundred horse-power scent about them that might have
been warranted to carry three miles, and knock a man over at two hundred yards. I
was in Liverpool at the time, and my friend said that if I didn't mind he would get
me to take them back with me to London, as he should not be coming up for a day
or two himself, and he did not think the cheeses ought to be kept much longer.
dictation. It starts with“ My tooth-brush is a thing that…” and finishes
with “my pocket-handkerchief) (19 min. 36 sec.)
5. The narrator says about their dog-companion the following: “To get
somebody to stumble over him, and curse him steadily for an hour, is his highest
aim and object; and, when he has succeeded in accomplishing this, his conceit
becomes quite unbearable.”Is it a typical behavior of pets like cats and dogs?
Do they really act that way on purpose? Make a list of inconveniences that
pets can cause their owners. Make sure that there are no less than 7 ideas in
the list.
sentences.
a) Наш директор не умеет выступать перед людьми. Он не красноречив, и
не умеет структурировать информацию. Его последний доклад был
совершенно неудобоваримый.
b) Этот ужасный запах преследует меня повсюду. Мне даже кажется,
чтобы моя одеждаи личные вещи пропитались этом запахом (tobefilledwith).
c) Боюсь, что рынок уже перенасыщен товарами для кухни. Мы конечно,
гордимся отличным качеством наших продуктов, но сегодня нам нельзя
ограничиваться производством исключительно кухонной утвари, если мы
хотим сохранить конкурентное преимущество на рынке.
d) Полиция обшарила весь дом, но так и не нашла улик, что Джонсон был
причастен к ограблению. У Джонсона была еще та репутация в
криминальном мире и полицейские надеялись, что найдут в его доме зацепку
( togetalead), которая поможет им расследовать преступление. Опытный
детектив руководил этим сложным расследованием.
7. Write a gist for this chapter (10-12 sentences).
CHAPTER 5
Does weather affect your life tremendously? Do you consider yourself to be a

weather-sensitive person? Does the weather have any impact on your mood?
Are you likely to change your plans because the weather forecast promises a
spell of nasty weather?
1. Match the English words and expressions with their equivalents.
1 to retort a несчастные случаи, жертвы

2 defiant b не понимать что-либо, не
разбираться
3 hideous c короткий период
4 fatality d смутный
5 flimsy e возразить (особ.в резкой
манере)
6 spell of smth f рассыльный, посыльный
7 to make neither head or tail of smth g отвратительный
8 prophet h покидать
9 revengeful i дерзкий
10 vague j мстительный, жаждущий
мщения
11 to abandon k легкая (об одежде)
12 errand-boy l пророк
1. Did the friends get up at the time they had planned?

2. What maddens the narrator most of all?
3. What things could George have done instead of sleeping?
4. What information did George read out to his friends during the breakfast?
5. Why did not the narrator trust the weather forecast?
6. How much luggage did the company take with them?
7. Was it easy for the friends to what find the correct platform at the railway
station?
8. How did Montmorency feel when the friends were setting forward?
3. Fill in the missing parts in the following episode.

I remember a holiday of mine being completely ruined one late autumn by our
paying attention to (1________________________) of the local newspaper.
"Heavy (2_____________ _________________), may be expected to-day," it
would say on Monday, and so we would give up our picnic, and stop indoors all
day, waiting for the rain. – And people would pass the house, going off in
wagonettes and coaches as jolly and merry as could be, the sun shining out,
and(3______________________). "Ah!" we said, as we stood looking out at them
through the window, "won't they (4_________________).And we chuckled to
think how wet they were going to get, and came back and stirred the fire, and got
our books, and arranged our specimens of seaweed and cockle shells. By twelve
o'clock, with the sun(5________________________), the heat became quite
(6_______________), and we wondered when those heavy showers and occasional
thunderstorms were going to begin. "Ah! they'll come in the afternoon, you'll find,"
we said to each other. "Oh, WON'T those people get wet. What a lark!" At one
o'clock, the landlady would come in to ask if we weren't going out, as it seemed
such a lovely day. "No, no," we replied, with a knowing chuckle, "not we.
WE(7_______________________)– no, no." And when the afternoon was nearly
gone, and still there was no sign of rain, we tried to cheer ourselves up with the
idea that it would come down all at once, just as the people had started for home,
and were(8__________________________________), and that they would thus
get more (9_____________________________) than ever. But
not(10______________), and it finished a grand day, and a lovely night after it.
The next morning we would read that it was going to be a "warm, fine to set-fair
day; much heat;" and we would(11____________________________), and go out,
and, half-an-hour after we had started, it would commence to rain hard, and a
bitterly cold wind(12_________________), and both would keep on steadily for
the whole day, and we would come home with colds and rheumatism all over us,
and go to bed. The weather is a thing that is (13_________________________)I
never can understand it. The barometer is useless: it is as
(14_______________________).
dictation. It starts with “There seemed to be… “ up to “… with brown paper”.
(10min. 33 sec.)
5.Translate the sentences into English.
1. Ты носишь слишком легкую одежду, вот почему ты постоянно

простужаешься в последнее.время.
2. Посыльный принес мне эти документ всего четыре часа назад, они все
еще рассматриваются. Мы не можем дать пока дать окончательный ответ.
Мы ждем инженера, так как мы совершенно ничего не поняли в чертежах,
которые вы приложили к документам.
3. Короткий период солнечной погоды вскоре сменится моросящими
дождями и туманами. По мне грязь и лужи на дороге отвратительны.
4. Жаждущий мщения супруг пришел в суд, и в дерзкой манере
накинулся на судью, обвиняя ее в предвзятости. Судье пришлось резко
осадить мужчину.
5. Ему пришлось в спешном порядке покинуть город. Дорога была
скользкой. По радио сообщали о жертвах, но он гнал свою машину.
Ты не пророк, ты не можешь точно знать, что будет. Я не собираюсь
принимать всерьез твои туманные предсказания, основанные на
сновидениях и предчувствия. Здравый смысл, логика и жизненный опыт, вот
чем мы должны руководствоваться в этой сложной ситуации.
CHAPTER 6
Do you possess any rare or very old thing? Do you value them? Do you agree
that we value only those things that are difficult to obtain? Do you understand
those who are ready to pay big money for antiques?

1 picturesque a утварь
2 to turn over a new leaf b владелец
3 to flock to c вести, управлять
4 boisterous d перевернуть новую
страницу
5 proprietor e внутренний, присущий
6 to yearn to do smth f выть, зазывать, реветь
7 intrinsic g живописный
8 utensils h толпа
9 to howl i сильно желать, жаждать
10 to steer j собираться толпой
11 to sob k резвый, буйный
12 mob l рыдать
2. Arrange the episodes according to the logic of the chapter.
1. The narrator gives examples proving that expensive old things that we
admire now used to be cheap trifles.
2. His friend was astonished when he understood the shopman had covered
carved oak with blue wall-paper.
3. Harris told the story how he was exploring the maze at Hampton Court.
4. The narrator mentions a boy who sobbed when illness prevented him from
studying Latin and German.
5. The narrator imagined the scenes of the past which could took place in
Kingston.
3. Mark the statements as True or False (Maze story).
1. The maze seemed to be very complicated to Harris when he saw it in the

map.
2. Harris guided a group of people who wanted to find the way out of the maze
and more and more people join their company.
3. One woman with a baby decided that she had better keep a distance from
Harris and she didn’t trust him.
4. Later that woman regretted meeting Harris.
5. The crowd sighed with relief when Harris drew out his map again.
6. The young keeper failed to lead people out of the maze.
7. The old keeper help those who couldn’t find the way out.
dictation. It starts with “There was a boy at our school… “ up to “… as the
babe unborn”. (9min. 05 sec.)
There was a boy at our school, we used to call him Sandford and Merton. His real
name was Stivvings. He was the most extraordinary lad I ever came across. I
believe he really liked study. He used to get into awful rows for sitting up in bed
and reading Greek; and as for French irregular verbs there was simply no keeping
him away from them. He was full of weird and unnatural notions about being a
credit to his parents and an honour to the school; and he yearned to win prizes, and
grow up and be a clever man, and had all those sorts of weak-minded ideas. I never
knew such a strange creature, yet harmless, mind you, as the babe unborn.
5. Fill in the missing parts in the following episode.
Will it be the same in the future? Will the prized treasures of to-day always be the
cheap trifles of the day before? Will rows of our willow- pattern dinner-plates be
ranged (______1______) of the great in the years 2000 and odd? Will the white
cups with the gold rim and the beautiful gold flower inside (species unknown), that
our Sarah Janes now break in sheer light-heartedness of spirit, be carefully
mended, and stood upon a bracket, and (_____________2_____________)?
That china dog that ornaments the bedroom of my furnished lodgings. It is a white
dog. Its eyes blue. Its nose is a delicate red, with spots. Its head is painfully erect,
its expression is amiability carried to verge of imbecility. I do not admire it myself.
Considered as a work of art, I may say it irritates me. Thoughtless friends jeer at it,
and even my landlady herself (_______________3___________), and excuses its
presence by the circumstance that her aunt gave it to her.
But in 200 years' time it is more than probable that that dog will be dug up from
somewhere or other, minus its legs, and with its tail broken, and will be sold for
old china, and put in a glass cabinet. And people will pass it round, and admire it.
They will be (____________________________4_______________) on the nose,
and speculate as to how beautiful the bit of the tail that is lost no doubt was.
We, in this age, do not see the beauty of that dog. We are too familiar with it. It is
like the sunset and the stars: we are not awed by their loveliness because they
(__________________________5_____________). So it is with that china dog. In
2288 people will gush over it. The making of such dogs will have become a lost
art. Our descendants will wonder how we did it, and say how clever we were. We
shall be referred to lovingly as "those grand old artists that flourished in the
nineteenth century, and produced those china dogs."
The "sampler" that the eldest daughter did at school will be spoken of as "tapestry
of the Victorian era," and (__________________6____________). The blue-and-
white mugs of the present-day roadside inn will be hunted up, all cracked and
chipped, and sold for their weight in gold, and rich people will use them for claret
cups; and travellers from Japan will buy up all the "Presents from Ramsgate," and
"Souvenirs of Margate," that (______________________7_______________), and
take them back to Jedo as ancient English curios.
5.Translate the following sentences:
1. После развода, она решила перевернуть новую страницу и забыть все

события прошлого.
2. Владелец газеты очень успешно вел свой бизнес и за короткий срок
сколотил хорошее состояние.
3. Эта присущая ей черта чрезвычайно меня удивляла.
4. Какой живописный вид открывается из этого окна.
5. Люди собрались толпой у дома, где жил предполагаемый преступник.
Буйные люди ревели, они жаждали наказать его. А испуганный
невиновный мужчина рыдал от страха в чулане.
6. Вынеси из кухни всю утварь, мы будем клеить новые обои на кухне.
CHAPTER 7
Have you ever seen a big ship sail away? Why did people use to dress up for
this event?
Do you like dressing up? What’s your favourite piece of clothes?
Why do people go to cemeteries? Have you ever been there? How did you feel
there?
1 pell-mell a заманчивый, очаровательный

2 obstinate b невозмутимость, спокойствие
3 to suit smb c упрямый, своевольный
4 fetching d путаница, беспорядок
5 notwithstanding e несмотря на, вопреки
6 to shudder f брызгать, плескать
7 to splash g вздрагивать, содрогаться
8 to creep round h красться, подкрадываться
9 imperturbability i подходить, быть к лицу
10 to hanker after smth j хриплый, сиплый
11 to lean k наклоняться, нагибаться
12 wheezy l страстно желать, жаждать
a) All the inhabitants of Hampton and Moulsey dress themselves up in a fancy

costume and come and mouch round the lock with their dogs. Harris always keeps
to shades of orange and yellow in the choice of clothes .
b) Nothing is more unsuitable than a boating costume.
c) The girls thought that the boat wasn’t clean and dusted.
d) The company enjoyed the lunch under the trees.
e) There was a couple of skulls in the crypt.
f) Harris said he had looked forward to seeing Mrs. Thomas ‘s grave.
g) The narrator wanted to see the tombs when the old man asked him to.
h) Harris said that George always shifted his responsibilities onto others.
i) The narrator and Harris were to meet George by 7 o’clock .
3. Listen to this particular fragment again and fill in the missing words.
George has bought some new things for this trip, and I’m rather _______ about
them. The ______ is loud. I should not like George to know that I thought so, but
there really is no other______ for it. He brought it home and showed it to us on
Thursday evening. We asked him what _______ he called it, and he said he didn’t
know. He didn’t think there was a name for the colour. The man had told him it
was an __________ design. George put it on, and asked us what we thought of it.
Harris said that, as an object to hang over a _______ in early spring to frighten the
birds away, he should _________ it; but that, considered as an article of dress for
any human being, except a Margate nigger, it made him __________. George got
quite _________; but, as Harris said, if he didn’t want his opinion, why did he ask
for it? What _______ Harris and myself, with regard to it, is that we are afraid it
will attract ________ to the boat. Girls, also, don’t look half bad in a boat, if
__________ dressed. Nothing is more __________, to my thinking, than a tasteful
boating costume. But a “___________ costume,” it would be as well if all ladies
would ____________, ought to be a costume that can be worn in a boat, and not
merely under a glass-case. It utterly ___________ an excursion if you have folk in
the boat who are ____________ all the time a good deal more of their dress than of
the trip. It was my ______________ once to go for a water picnic with two ladies
of this kind. We did have a _________ time!
4. Put down the final episode of the chapter word by word as a dictation. It
starts with “He said he must….”
5. Comment on the general tone of the extract. Is it lyrical or tragic? Explain

your answer .
It was a lovely landscape. It was idyllic, poetical, and it inspired me. I felt good
and noble. I felt I didn’t want to be sinful and wicked any more. I would come and
live here, and never do any more wrong, and lead a blameless, beautiful life, and
have silver hair when I got old, and all that sort of thing.
How does this extract contrast with the passages when the old man invites the
narrator to the tombs. Express your opinion in writing (10-12 sentences).
sentences.
1) Китти поплатилась репутацией за свой своевольный поступок.
2) Несмотря на некоторые трудности, команде удалось реализовать этот
проект.
3) Джон вздрогнул от резкого звука и втянул голову в плечи.
4) Ты не находишь, что это платье мне очень идет?
5) В редакционном отделе всегда царил беспорядок и было сложно найти
нужные материалы.
6) Стараясь сохранять невозмутимость, они лишь пожимали плечами.
CHAPTER 8
Do you like singing? Have you ever sung in public? How did you feel then?
What usually happens if a person invades somebody’s private territory?
What historical places in your area were visited by famous people of the past?
Have you been to those places?
1. Match the English words and word combinations with their Russian
equivalents
1 to untie a мелкий, неглубокий
2 to tow b реветь, орать, рычать,
рокотать
3 to steer c трудное положение
4 shallow d Развязывать, освобождать,
распутывать
5 to put an end to smth. e оказывать услугу
6 to expect smb. to do smth. f не сводить глаз
7 to roar g ожидать что-то от кого-то
8 a trying situation h мстительный
9 to render a service i ненавязчивый; неброский,
скромный
10 to have one’s eye (s) fixed on j положить конец чему-то
smth/smb.
11 vindictive k править, направлять
12 unostentatious l буксировать; тянуть, тащить
1. Define the following expressions and translate them into Russian.
2. to hold the rope

3. to tie oneselves up
4. to start by doing smth
5. much too fast
6. the middle of the river
7. to pull along
8. the river bank
9. to jump up
10. deep water
11. to have nothing to do with smth
12. to bother about smth
3. Answer the following questions. Prove your ideas by the text.

a) Why did the three men decode to stop at Kempton park?
b) Were the young people angry or annoyed when they looked back at
Marlow?
c) How did the three men manage to get rid of the gentleman at Kempton park?
d) How does Harris sing comic songs?
e) Why did two young men advise to listen to Herr Slossen Boschen?
f) How were a man and a young lady pulling a rope with no boat on the other
end?
g) Why are the girls very inconsistent boat towers?
h) To tow your boat you always need three girls. Why does Jerome find it
exciting?
The proper course to ______ is to offer your name and address, and leave the
owner, if he really has anything to do with the _______, to summon you, and prove
what damage you have done to his ________ by sitting down on a bit of it. But the
majority of people are so intensely ________ and ______, that they prefer to
encourage the ___________ by giving in to it rather than put an end to it by the
exertion of a little _______.Where it is really the owners that are to blame, they
ought to be shown up. The ____________ of the riparian proprietor grows with
every year. If these men had their way they would close the river _________
altogether. They actually do this along the __________ tributary streams and in the
backwaters. They drive posts into the bed of the stream, and draw ________ across
from bank to bank, and nail __________ notice-boards on every tree. The sight of
those notice-boards rouses every evil ___________ in my nature. I feel I want to
tear each one down, and ___________ it over the head of the man who put it up,
until I have killed him, and then I _________ him, and put the board up over the
grave as a tombstone. I mentioned these _________ of mine to Harris, and he said
he had them worse than that. He said he not only felt he wanted to kill the man
who caused the board to be put up, but that he __________ like to slaughter the
whole of his family and all his friends and ________, and then burn down his
house.
5. Put down the final episode of the chapter word by word as a dictation. It
starts with “George had rather…”
6. Are you fond of singing? Does it play an important role in your life?
Express your opinion in 10-12 sentences.
7. Translate the sentences into English using the Active Vocabulary.
1. Аннa попыталась развязать ленту на подарочной упаковке, но у нее ничего

не получилось.
2. Тот день был очень жарким и на берегу реки собралось очень много
отдыхающих.
3. Я ожидала, что он поможет мне перевести статью, но, оказалось, он был
очень занят.
4. – Ты знаешь этих людей? – Нет, у меня нет с ними ничего общего.
5. Я устала от всего происходящего, пора положить этому конец.
6. Плыть против течения было очень сложно и , в конце концов , в середине
реки лодку развернуло.
CHAPTER 9
Why would people tow a boat? What difficulties may take place while towing
a boat? Guess the meaning of the word “tow-line”, then check with the
dictionary. Were you right?
Have you ever travelled with your family of relatives? Tell about any
interesting cases that happened to you while travelling.
equivalents
1 a loop a отдельные кровати
2 to give a yell b петля
3 to lie (lay, lain) c пелёнки
4 a truant d путаница, неразбериха; беспорядок
5 frantic e издать крик, вопль
6 to curse f лежать
7 to jeer at smb g схватить, захватить
8 oblivious h лентяй, прогульщик
9 muddle i безумный, неистовый, яростный
10 to seize j ругаться, сквернословить, проклинать
11 separate beds k язвить, насмехаться над кем-либо
12 swadding clothes l рассеянный, забывчивый
2. Find the opposites for the following:
 to stop at a large hotel
 to feel quite unhappy
 to sleep in different rooms
 to dress
 to get out of bed
 with the lights on
 to get into separate beds
 the top of the bed
 far from me
 to tell a lie
 a long fight
3. Answer the following questions. Prove your ideas by the text.

1. The narrator gives his opinion about tow lines. What does he think about
them?
2. The narrator gives different examples of incidents on tow lines. What
happened in each case?
3. The narrator describes towing by girls. Why does he think three girls are
needed for that? Why shouldn’t girls stop while towing?
4. The narrator describes the case of towing a boat with his cousin? What was
the problem and how was it solved?
4. State if the sentences are true or false. Prove your ideas by the text.
1. George loves working.

2. A lot of interesting things may happen while towing.
3. Towers are sometimes so busy that they don’t notice people around them.
4. Girls tow boats just like them.
5. Sometimes only a miracle can save you if you are lost on a river.
This tow-line I had taken in ________ just before we had got to the lock. I
would not let Harris touch it, because he is ______. I had looped it round slowly
and cautiously, and tied it up in the _______, and folded it in two, and laid it down
gently at the bottom of the boat. Harris had lifted it up __________, and had put it
into George’s hand. George had taken it ________, and held it away from him, and
had begun to unravel it as if he were taking the swaddling _________ off a new-
born infant; and, before he had _______ a dozen yards, the thing was more like
a badly-made door-mat than _________ else. It is always the same, and the same
sort of thing always goes on in ________ with it. The man on the bank, who is
trying to ________ it, thinks all the fault lies with the man who rolled it up; and
when a man up the _________ thinks a thing, he says it.“What have you been
trying to do with it, make a __________ of it? You’ve made a nice mess you have;
why _________ you wind it up properly, you silly dummy?” he grunts from time
to time as he _________ wildly with it, and lays it out flat on the tow-path, and
runs round and round it, trying to _________ the end. On the other hand, the man
who wound it up thinks the whole cause of the __________ rests with the man
who is trying to unwind it.
“It was all right when you took it!” he exclaims __________.“Why don’t you think
what you are doing? You go about _________ in such a slap-dash style. You’d get
a ___________ pole entangled you would!”
dictation. It starts with “Wallingford lock!” they answered. “Lor…’’
7. Translate the sentences into English using the Active Vocabulary.
1. У нас не было времени на поиски, и мы остановились в ближайшем

отеле.
2. Получив отличные оценки, она почувствовала себя абсолютно
счастливой.
3. Утро было темным и холодным, поэтому ей так не хотелось выбираться
из постели.
4. Дети очень шумели, и поэтому пришлось их уложить в разных
комнатах.
5. «Никогда не лги мне, в противном случае ты будешь наказана», -
сказал отец.
6. Им пришлось пробираться в кромешной тьме, так как не горел ни один
фонарь.
CHAPTER 10
Have you ever been camping? Have you ever tried to put up a tent? What
challenges do people usually face during a camping holiday?
What kitchen appliances do you usually use during camping? Do you prefer
to cook at the campsite or to take prepared food with you?
What problems could take place during a river-trip?
equivalents
1 a burglar a поймать что-то, схватить; ухватиться за
2 to suffocate b обод, обруч
3 to shudder c столовые приборы (ножи, ложки, вилки)
4 to chuck smb. out d несчастный
5 a molar e посуда (глиняная, фаянсовая)
6 to catch hold of f грабитель
smth
7 cutlery g вздрагивать, дрожать, содрогаться
8 crockery h говорить быстро и бессвязно, лопотать
9 to splutter i красноречивый
10 eloquent j коренной зуб
11 a hoop k душить, удушать, задыхаться
12 miserable l выкидывать, вышвыривать, выгонять
2. Define the following expressions and translate them into Russian.
a) to be locked
b) to feel one's wrist
c) to hold (held) out smth to smb
d) to stand without moving
e) to light the fire
f) to make noise
3. Listen to the episode. Find the opposites:

to put on
to fall asleep
to throw (threw, thrown) up
to jump into bed
to undress
to be locked
a bright morning
to feel happy
to be quiet
to take off one's coat
4. Listen to the chapter and put the sentences into the correct order.
a. Getting a kettle to boil.
b. George remembers a funny thing that happened to his father.
c. The beauty of the night.
d. Human being is dominated by his stomach.
e. Having supper.
f. Rolling up a canvas. Helping George and Harris.
g. Difficulties with sleeping on a boat.
h. Difficulties with putting up canvas.
i. The image of a knight in a wood of sorrow.
5. Listen to the chapter again and answer the questions.

1. What did the three men plan to do in the evening and what did they really
do?
2. What problems did they face while putting up a canvas?
3. What’s the narrator recipe to get the kettle boil?
4. How do people behave when they are hungry?
5. What happened in the George’s story?
6. Why couldn’t the narrator sleep on the boat?
7. What happened to the knight in George’s imagination?
HARRIS and I began to ______ that Bell Weir lock must have been done away
with after the same manner. George had ______ us up to Staines, and we had taken
the boat from there, and it seemed that we were ________ fifty tons after us, and
were _______ forty miles. It was half-past seven when we were ________, and we
all got in, and sculled up close to the left bank, ________ out for a spot to haul up
in. We had originally _______ to go on to Magna Charta Island, a sweetly pretty
part of the river, where it _______ through a soft, green valley, and to camp in one
of the many _________ inlets to be found round that tiny shore. But, somehow, we
did not feel that we _______ for the picturesque nearly so much now as we had
earlier in the day. A bit of water between a ________ and a gas-works would have
quite satisfied us for that night. We did not want _________. We wanted to have
our supper and go to bed. However, we did _____ _____ to the point — “Picnic
Point,” it is called — and _______ into a very pleasant nook under a great elm-
tree, to the ________ roots of which we fastened the boat.
dictation. It starts with “Then, when he was nigh unto death, lo! through the
savage…”
8. Translate the sentences into English using the active vocabulary.

1. Самое страшное наказание для ребенка - быть закрытым в темной
комнате.
2. На противоположной стороне дороги стояло одинокое дерево.
3. Расставшись с бой-френдом, она чувствовала себя глубоко несчастной.
4. По выходным я всегда готовлю завтрак для всей семьи.
5. Не было ничего хорошего в том, что она связалась с этой компанией.
6. Ночью она услышала странный шум в гостиной. Оказалось, это был
грабитель.
CHAPTER 11
What time do you usually get up in the morning? Do you have enough time to
get to university/work? Have you ever overslept any important event? Why?
Do you know how to cook? Have you ever cooked for your family? Did they
like it?
Name three most dramatic episodes in Russian history. Why were they
important? Why do you think so?
1. Do you know these historical personalities/terms/ places/ dates? Use

reference books to help you.
Oliver Cromwell
King John
Richard
Magna Charta
June, 1215
Barons
2. Match the English words and expressions with their Russian equivalents.
1 to lose one’s temper a разразиться смехом
2 to settle the matter b каторжныеработы
3 board and lodging c выйти на прогулку
4 penal servitude d насмешка, издевка
5 to seem temping e острота, шутка
6 to come out for a stroll f наемник
7 a jibe g спешиваться, слезать (напр., с лошади)
8 a mercenary h заложить краеугольный камень
(основание, фундамент)
9 to roar with laughter i уладить дело
10 to dismount j выходить из себя
11 to lay a cornerstone k казаться заманчивым
12 a jest l питание и проживание
3. Define the following lexical units.

2) to pass smth
3) to stand by the door
4) ugly boots
5) beyond smth
6) to pick up smth
7) a house along the road
8) to have pains in one's back
9) to frighten smb
10) to be difficult about smth
4. Answer the questions.

1) What happened to George when he forgot to wind his watch?
2) How did the friends wake up Harris?
3) How did the three men perceive the idea of swimming in the morning?
4) What happened when Harris was cooking scrambled eggs?
5) What facts from English history did the three men think about?
6) Put the events into the correct order.
7) Friends wake up Harris.
8) It’s George ‘s shirt.
9) J. and George both wake up early.
10) Harris made scrambled eggs for breakfast.
11) Some facts from British history.
12) J. decides to swim.
13) How George once woke up too early.
I WOKE at six the next morning; and found George …… too. We both turned
round, and tried to go to ……. again, but we could not. Had there been any
particular …… why we should not have gone to sleep again, but have got up and
dressed then and there, we should have ……. off while we were looking at our
watches, and have slept till ten. As there was no earthly …….. for our getting up
under another two hours at the very least, and our …….. up at that time was an
utter absurdity, it was only in keeping with the …….cussedness of things in
general that we should both feel that down for five minutes more would be death
to us. George said that the same kind of thing, only worse, had ……. to him some
eighteen months ago, when he was ………. by himself in the house of a certain
Mrs. Gippings. He said his watch went …….. one evening, and stopped at a
quarter-past eight. He did not know this at the time because, for some ……… or
other, he forgot to ……… it up when he went to bed (an unusual occurrence with
him), and hung it up over his …….. without ever looking at the thing.
dictation. It starts with «But the heart of King John sinks before the stern
faces…»
7. Write down the short summary of the chapter.
CHAPTER 12
Have you ever shared a room/ a flat with your friends? Did you feel
comfortable? Do you have any problems when you share your room with
somebody else?
Have you ever stayed in a hotel during the peak season? Were there many
people? What difficulties did it cause for travelers?
1. Study the pronunciation of these proper names. Do you know what they
were famous for? Study reference books to help you.
King John
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Edward the Confessor
Earl Godwin
equivalents.
1 to conjure up a изменять внешность, маскироваться

2 to mutter b бедный, несчастный
3 reckless c отклонять, отказывать(ся)
4 to decline d краснеть, заливаться румянцем от
смущения, стыда
5 to hold in thrall e бормотать
6 to blush f маленький монастырь
7 a dent g хижина, лачуга, хибарка
8 priory h Править, управлять (судном, и т.п.)
9 a shanty i вмятина, вогнутое или вдавленное место
10 to steer j вызывать
11 wretched k необдуманный, безрассудный,
беспечный
12 to disguise l удерживать в рабстве
3. Make word combinations and match them with the Russian equivalents.
glorious theory
prosaic house
popular present
thoughtless community
civilized past
summer Young folk
Славное прошлое, безрассудная молодежь, летний домик, цивилизованное

сообщество, прозаическое настоящее, популярная теория.
4. Answer the questions.

1. Why did Magna Charta Island get its name? What famous historical figure
spent his time there?
2. How does the author describe the situation with the couple courting?
3. Why didn’t the narrator and Harris like the first two hotels in Datcher?
4. What product did the three men want when they lunched near Monkey
Island?
5. What tinned food did the three men had a difficulty opening?
6. What incident happened when they were sailing at sunset?
You tell them one or two items of news, and give them your views and …… on
the Irish question; but this does not ……. to interest them. All they remark on any
…….. is, “Oh!” “Is it?” “Did he?” “Yes,” and “You don’t say so!” And, after ten
minutes of such style of…….., you edge up to the door, and slip out, and are
surprised to find that the door …….behind you, and shuts itself, without your
having touched it. ……..later, you think you will try ……..in the conservatory.
The only chair in the place is ………Emily; and John Edward, if the language of
clothes can be relied upon, has evidently been sitting…….. They do not speak, but
they give you a look that says all that can be said in a …….; and you back out
promptly and ………behind you. You are afraid to poke your nose into any
……….now; so, after walking up and down the stairs …….., you go and sit in
your own bedroom. This becomes uninteresting, however, after a time, and so you
put on your hat and stroll out into the…….
dictation. It starts with “Harris told them they ought to be grateful for a little
excitement…”
7. Give a short summary of the chapter.
CHAPTER 13
What is the most picturesque place you have ever visited? Is it famous?
Describe it.
Do you buy lots of things when you go shopping? Do you sometimes buy
things you don’t need?
1. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents.
congregation a ухудшение
1
2 haughty b заслуживающий оправдания
3 ostentatious c заметный
4 fraternity d показной
5 bumptiousness e неразборчиво
6 foolhardy f досада
7 homicide g собрание
8 justifiable h высокомерный
9 annoyance i самонадеянность, надменность
10 aggravation j братство
11 appreciable k убийство
12 indiscriminately l необдуманно смелый,
безрассудный, авантюрный
2. Put these events in the correct order
a) Cistercian monks. Life in silence in a picturesque place.
b) Shopping at Marlow.
c) Montmorency meets a cat.
d) Marlow. Bisham Abbey.
e) The steam launch.
f) The strange disappearance of the pie.
g) A story of a fox-terrier among other dogs.
h) Where to get water.
3. Match the following shops mentioned in the chapter with their functions:
baker’s sells sweets

cheesemonger’s sells fruit and vegetables
butcher’s sells fruit
confectioner’s sells cheese
greengrocer’s sells meat
fruiterer’s sells bread
Which shops did the three men buy these things in?
- a bushel of peas - a beefsteak pie - bacon - eggs - jam - a leg

of mutton - a few cabbages - a bottle of lime-juice - fruit - cakes
– ten pounds of potatoes
4. Translate the following words and combinations into Russian and use them
in the sentences in their correct form.
a) to bustle b) to lack pluck c) bare d) indiscriminately

e) savage (adj) f) grim g) disreputable h) stray
1. I can’t say I _____________, but the incident last night was really scary for me.
2. She looked round her tiny _________ room – there was so much to be bought.
3. A _________ dog attached itself to James in the street, so he had to feed it. 4. A
_________ storm, which took place last Thursday, brought a lot of damage. 5. The
flower market usually ___________ with shoppers. 115 6. When he lost his job,
his future looked _________. 7. I wouldn’t recommend to deal with him – he’s a
man with __________ character. 8. People shouldn’t use chemicals in agriculture
____________ - it may lead to unfavourable consequences.
dictation. It starts with “And in the midst of the riot…” and finishes with “…
from this disgraceful scene!”How many sentences does the author use? Why?
What effect does it help to produce?
6. Listen to the chapter again and answer the questions:
1. What does Marlow look like? What kind of town is it?

2. What was Medmenham Abbey famous for?
3. How does Montmorency behave when he sees a cat? What happened between
Montmorency and a cat that morning?
4. What story about a fox-terrier’s raveler does the author tell his readers?
5. How many things did the three men buy in the shops of Marlow? How many
people were carrying their purchases?
6. Why does the narrator hate steam-launches?
7. What happened when the George asked the man at Hambledon Lock for some
water?
8. What happened once when the three men tried to drink some water from the
river?
9. Why did George and the narrator receive a shock at the end of the chapter?
CHAPTER 14
Are you good at cooking? What is your favourite dish to cook?
Have you ever tried to invent a new dish that you have never done before?
Were you successful?
1. Study the following proper names from the chapter. Which historical or
biblical events are these names linked to? Give the Russian equivalents for
them.
Seven Sleepers, Saint George, Alfred Tennyson ,Charles Robert Leslie, John Evan
Hodgson.
1 skittishly a завещать (имущество, деньги)

2 indignantly b быстро, живо, легко, игриво
3 dainty c банальный, избитый; затасканный,
неоригинальный
4 to hamper d сетчатка, сетчатая оболочка (глаза)
5 to bequeath [bɪʹkwi:ð] e деревенский, сельский
6 to soothe f изящный, грациозный; изысканный
7 hackneyed [ʹhæknɪd] g привлекательный своей оригинальностью
или старомодностью, причудливый
8 to overdo h остаток
9 rustic i препятствовать, мешать (чему-то);
затруднять, стеснять движения
10 quaint j перестараться, переборщить
11 retina [ʹretɪnə] k успокаивать, утешать; умиротворять
12 ʹremnant l с негодованием, возмущенно
3. Match the words with their definitions.
1. to moor a) A slight swelling or lump.

2. a prey b) One, especially a grievance, that is past
3. a bump c) To secure a vessel or an aircraft with
lines or anchors
4. potted d) To wander about aimlessly
5.remnants e) Marked by ill temper
6. disagreeable f) An animal hunted or caught for food; a
victim
7. to mouch [mu:ʧ] =to mooch g) to lose courage or become demoralized
8. to loose heart h) something left over; a remainder
9.bygone i) preserved in a pot, can or jar.
4. Mark the statements as true or false. Be ready to support your point of
view.
a) The travelers got out at Shiplake.

b) It was Harris’s idea to prepare a good and slap-up supper.
c) The travelers put all the food products and remnants had with them into the Irish
stew.
d) Potato-scrapping made them feel exhausted.
e) George was really good at playing the banjo.
f) Harris couldn’t hear George and J. shouting and didn’t fetch them at once
because he had had a fearful fight with thirty-two swans.
5. Arrange the following episodes in the way they are presented in the chapter.
a) Shiplake is a pretty village, but it cannot be seen from the river, being upon the
hill.
b) We had a discussion as to whether the rat should go in or not. Harris said that he
thought it would be all right, mixed up with the other things, and that every little
helped; but George stood up for precedent.
c) I found him in trouble, the next time I awoke, because he could not find his
socks.
d) We could not pass the whole night fighting policemen.
f) In the church is a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Hill, who bequeathed 1 pound
annually, to be divided at Easter, between two boys and two girls who “have never
been undutiful to their parents; who have never been known to swear or to tell
untruths, to steal, or to break windows.”
g) Montmorency had a fight with the kettle during tea-time, and came off a poor
second.
h) Mrs. P. used to come up and say she was very sorry—for herself, she liked to
hear him—but the lady upstairs was in a very delicate state, and the doctor was
afraid it might injure the child.
i) It seemed we had moored close to a swan’s nest, and, soon after George and I
had gone, the female swan came back, and kicked up a row about it.
j) WE caught a breeze, after lunch, which took us gently up past Wargrave and
Shiplake.
k) It seemed difficult to believe that the potato-scrapings in which Harris and I
stood, half smothered, could have come off four potatoes.
6. Put the following words / phrases into the gaps in the correct form:
Cracked twanged waterrats undutiful inn Irish stew

1. In the church is a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Hill, who bequeathed 1 pound
annually, to be divided at Easter, between two boys and two girls who “have never
been _____ to their parents.”
2. It is a veritable picture of an old country _____ , with green, square courtyard in
front.
3. He said he would show us what could be done up the river in the way of
cooking, and suggested that, with the vegetables and the remains of the cold beef
and general odds and ends, we should make an ______ _______.
4. I fished out a couple of eggs that had got _____ , and put those in.
5. He said he had never heard of _____ in Irish stew, and he would rather be on the
safe side, and not try experiments.
6. George thought the music might do him good—said music often soothed the
nerves and took away a headache; and he _____ two or three notes, just to show
Harris what it was like.
1) Which ingredients did the travelers put into the Irish stew?
2) How did Montmorency, who had demonstrated great interest in cooking, decide
to contribute to the process?
3) Which activity did George take up after the supper?
4) What did George and J. decide to do after the supper? What happened to Harris
when they were away?
5) What was the cause of the ravelers’ bad sleep after they had finally found the
fourth island and Harris pulled the boat to them?
CHAPTER 15
Are you fond of sports? What is your favourite sport?

What is your attitude to water sports? Have you ever tried to take up sailing,
rowing, rafting or panting?
Which physical and moral qualities are needed to do the above-mentioned
sports? Can you say that your character is strong enough to take them up?
1 to yearn [jɜ:n] for/after a придумывать, изобретать; разрабатывать

2 sublime [səʹblaɪm] b негодующий, возмущенный
3 reluctant c привязывать, крепить веревками
4 reprovingly [rɪpʹru:viŋlɪ] d пытаться, прилагать усилия, стараться
5 to endeavour [ɪnʹdevə] e суровое испытание
6 contented f величайший; совершенный, безупречный
7 spry g довольный, удовлетворенный
8 to digest h с упреком, укоризненно
9 indignant [ɪnʹdɪgnənt] i переваривать, усваивать
1 ordeal [ɔ:ʹdi:l] j Томиться, тосковать по кому-л., чему-л.;
0 очень сильно хотеть (чего-л.)
1 To contrive k делающий что-то с большой неохотой, по
1 принуждению; сопротивляющийся
1 To lash l активный, живой, деятельный;
2 подвижный, проворный
2. Put the following words into the gaps in the correct form:
potter contribute row comfort bring reach

1. We could not all start together, so I said I would go down first and get out the
punt, and then I could _____ about and practice a bit until they came.
2. But I expect he only says this to _____ me.
3. And that was their gratitude to me for ______ ______ them and their wretched
old boat all the way up from Kingston.
4. My own earliest boating recollection is of five of us _______ three pence each
and taking out a curiously constructed craft on the Regent’s Park lake.
5. The tide was running out pretty rapidly when they _____ the landing-stage.
6. Bow finds it impossible to keep pace with stroke, because stroke ______ in such
an extraordinary fashion.

view.
a) The travelers had a full breakfast when they got up.

b) George considered J. and Harris to be very hardworking.
c) Harris retorted on George and said he was a skulk.
d) Novice rowers were very naïve and believed all the anecdotes that old river
hands used to tell them.
e) The youngster who the travelers took up with them once had the same faith of
the old times.
f). George first came to the water when he was fifteen.
g) When George and his eight mates took an outrigger George was appointed a
cox.
h) Harris preferred river travelling to sea travelling.
i) During J.’ first punting he was mocked by his three fellows because he was a
novice in punting.
j) When Harris was swimming once at Boulogne he was seized by the neck and
plunged into the water by the man who took Harris for a friend of his.
k) When J. and Hector went sailing for the first time they had already been
experienced sailors and, therefore, they safely reached the land.
4. Match the following adjectives and nouns to make word combinations .

Make up your examples with these word combinations.
considerable blow
pocket fashion
cursory job
complicated money
violent breeze
extraordinary outrigger
stiff number
racing view
5. Put the following sentences in the chronological order according to the

content of the text.
a) I remember taking a small boat out at Eastbourne last summer: I used to do a
good deal of sea rowing years ago, and I thought I should be all right; but I found I
had forgotten the art entirely.
b) No man keeps his work in a better state of preservation than I do. But, though I
crave for work, I still like to be fair. I do not ask for more than my proper share.
c) The assassin was standing close by him, laughing heartily, but the moment he
caught sight of Harris’s face, as it emerged from the water, he started back and
seemed quite concerned.
d) We woke late the next morning, and, at Harris’s earnest desire, partook of a
plain breakfast, with “non dainties.”
e) When I was a young man, I used to listen to these tales from my elders, and take
them in, and swallow them, and digest every word of them, and then come up for
more; but the new generation do not seem to have the simple faith of the old times.
f) It was an old fisherman who, with immense difficulty, at last rescued us, and we
were towed back in an ignominious fashion to the boat-yard.
dictation. It starts with “We had enough sailing… and finishes with “and
behind us was the water.”Which experience is the author speaking about?
7. Answer the following questions:
1. Which topic did the travelers start to debate over after they had had a plain
breakfast?
2. Who turned to be the most hardworking man out of the three travelers in your
opinion?
3. Which youngsters were more naïve in the author’s opinion – the ones who lived
in the old times or the new generation? Prove his viewpoint.
4. What was J.’s earliest experience in rowing? Was he alone or with his friends?
5. What was George’s first rowing experience? Was it successful?
6. How many punting experiences of his own did J.K.J. describe?
7. What confusing situation did J.’s friends find themselves in when they
accompanied J. during his first punting?
8. Was J. qualified enough for sailing when he and his friend Hector hired a sailing
boat for the first time? What happened to them during the trip?
8. What new information have you learned about J., Harris and George from
this chapter?
CHAPTER 16
Is your city/town a place where some historically famous people lived or

arrived at?
How many historical places are there in your city/town? Which historical
moments are they referred to?
How old is your city/town? Does it have a long history?
Name some other cities/towns in your country which have played a significant
role in the history of the world.
Study the following names of the places to be aware of their correct

pronunciation and geographical location.
Reading [ˈrɛdɪŋ] is a large town in the county of Berkshire, England.

Wessex [ˈwesiks] is the kingdom of the West Saxons, established in Hampshire in
the early 6th century and gradually extended by conquest to include much of
southern England.
Westminster [ˌwes(t)'mɪn(t)stə] is an inner London borough which contains the
Houses of Parliament and many government offices.
Streatley [ˈstrɪtlɪ] is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in Berkshire,
England. The village faces Goring-on-Thames.
Tilehurst /ˈtaɪlhɜrst/ is a suburb of the town of Reading in the English county of
Berkshire. It lies to the west of the centre of Reading, and extends from the River
Thames in the north to the A4 road in the south.
Mapledurham ['meɪplˈdərəm] is a small village, civil parish and country estate
beside the River Thames in southern Oxfordshire.
Pangbourne [‘pæŋ ‘bɔːn] is a large village and civil parish on the River Thames in
the English county of Berkshire. Goring-on-Thames (or Goring) is a relatively
large village and civil parish on the Thames in South Oxfordshire 8 miles (13 km)
north-west of Reading. It has a railway station on the main line between Oxford
and London in the nucleus of the village.
1. Look at the following proper names of historical importance mentioned in

the text. Try to match each name given on the left with the brief description of
the personality and bibliographical details on the right. Then check them with
the reference book or encyclopedia.
1.King Ethelred a. He was the King of England and King

of Ireland from 6 February 1685. He
was the last Catholic 145 monarch to
reign over the Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland. Members of
Britain's political and religious elite
increasingly opposed him for being
proFrench and pro-Catholic, and for his
designs on becoming an absolute
monarch. James fled England (and thus
was held to have abdicated) in the
Glorious Revolution of 1688. James is
best known for his belief in the Divine
Right of Kings and his attempts to
create religious liberty for English
Roman Catholics against the wishes of
the English Parliament.
2. KingJames b. (25 March 1345 – 12 September
1368) She was a member of the English
royal House of Plantagenet, daughter of
the kingdom's wealthiest and most
powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st
Duke of Lancaster. She was the first
wife of 1st Duke of Lancaster, and the
mother of King Henry IV.
3. LadyBlanche c. He was called “the Unready”. The
word unready in his name means "badly
advised". Of all the kings in English
history, he (one of England's first
monarchs since it became a unified
state) has perhaps the worst reputation.
He was King of England twice. The first
time was from 978 to 1013, and the
second time was 146 1014 to 1016. For
most of his reign he had to fight off
Viking invaders. By the end of his reign,
he'd managed to lose almost all of
England to Viking Invaders.
4. TheEarlofEssex d. He was the 1st Duke of Lancaster (6
March 1340 – 3 February 1399), he was
a member of the House of Plantagenet,
the third surviving son of King Edward
III of England and Philippa of Hainault.
His name derives from Ghen – a place
where he was born. When he became
unpopular later in life, scurrilous
rumours circulated that he was actually
the son of a Ghent butcher, perhaps
because Edward III was not present at
the birth.
Thisstoryalwaysdrovehimtofury.
5. JohnGaunt He was the king of Great Britain and
Ireland from 1688 to 1702. He was a
Dutch prince, married to Mary, the
daughter of James II. They were invited
by British Protestants to be the king and
queen of Britain in order to prevent the
Roman Catholic James II from being
king. William became king in the
Bloodless Revolution and defeated the
forces of James II in Ireland at the
Battle of the Boyne. He is remembered
by a group of Protestants in Northern
Ireland who are opposed to Ireland
becoming one republic, 147 and call
themselves Orangemen.
6. ThePrinceofOrange f. He was also known as Beauclerc, was
King of England from 1100 to 1135. He
was the fourth son of William the
Conqueror and was educated in Latin
and the liberal arts. Considered by
contemporaries to be a harsh but
effective ruler, he skillfully manipulated
the barons in England and Normandy.
7. Henry I g. He was an English Parliamentarian
and soldier during the first half of the
seventeenth century. With the start of
the English Civil War in 1642 he
became the first Captain-General and
Chief Commander of the
Parliamentarian army, also known as the
Roundheads. However, he was unable
and unwilling to score a decisive blow
against the Royalist army of King
Charles I. He was eventually
overshadowed by the ascendancy of
Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax
and resigned his commission in 1646.
8. Charles I h. He (19 November 1600 – 30 January
1649) was monarch of the three
kingdoms of England, Scotland, and
Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his
execution in 1649. He was the second
son of King James VI of Scotland, but
after his father inherited the English
throne in 1603, he moved to 148
England, where he spent much of the
rest of his life. He became heir apparent
to the English, Irish and Scottish thrones
on the death of his elder brother, Henry
Frederick, Prince of Wales, in 1612.
1 to ravage [ʹrævɪʤ] a край (обрыва, пропасти), берег, грань

2 to besiege [bɪʹsi:ʤ] b ухаживать, заигрывать, охмурять
3 impertinent c колоть, ранить кинжалом, ножом
4 quaint d грешный, заблудший
5 to deceive e тяжелая, монотонная работа
6 (to) sin f обманывать; сознательно вводить в заблуждение
7 drudgery g грешить; грех
8 erring h привлекательный своей оригинальностью или
старомодностью, причудливый, затейливый
9 to stab i дерзкий, наглый, нахальный
1 a brink j изгнанник, изгой, отверженный
0
1 to woo k осаждать; блокировать, окружать
1
1 an outcast l губить, портить, разрушать, уничтожать
2
3. Put the following summary sentences of the text in the chronological order
according to the content of the text:
a) The travelers saw the dead body of a woman in the water.
b) George and Harris didn’t want to scull.
c) At Reading the friends were towed up by a steam launch of J.’s friends.
d) Henry I was buried at Reading.
e) The poor woman appealed to her friends for help and support.
f) The travelers left their boat near the bridge and went to Streatly for lunch.

view.
a) At Reading lock the four friends hired a steam launch and towed up their
friends.
b) There were a lot of small old boats getting in the way of the launch, which
annoyed the travelers.
c) George and Harris thought that ten miles above Reading J. had to stop the craft
and have a rest because he was tired.
d) The dead body that they came across belonged to a woman who aged too early
because of a hard life full of pinch and misery.
e) The same day the travelers pushed on to Wallington.
5. Put the following words into the gaps in their correct form:
Plague satisfaction poverty boiler millstone inhabitants
1) Parliament generally rushed off to Reading whenever there was a _____at

Westminster.
2) You can whistle till you nearly burst your ______ before they will trouble
themselves to hurry.
3) The neighbourhood of Pangbourne, where the quaint little Swan Inn stands,
must be as familiar to the habitués of the Art Exhibitions as it is to its own
________.
4) It lay very lightly on the water, and the face was sweet and calm. It was not a
beautiful face; it was too prematurely aged-looking, too thin and drawn, to be that;
but it was a gentle, lovable face, in spite of its stamp of pinch and ______.
5) Left to fight the world alone, with the ______ of her shame around her neck, she
had sunk ever lower and lower.
6) So we left our boat at the bridge, and went up into Streatley, and lunched at the
“Bull,” much to Montmorency’s ______.
dictation. It starts with “She had wandered about… and finishes with “…
hushed away the pain.”Whatevent is the author describing?

1) What kind of place is Reading?
2) Which historical events is Reading famous for?
3) Which water transport were the travelers towed by?
4) Which annoying hindrance did the travelers come across during their trip?
5) What horrifying object floating on the water did the travelers notice?
6) What was the woman’s death caused by?
7) What did the four friends decide to do after they had finished the trip?
CHAPTER 17
Have you ever gone fishing? Did you catch any fish?
Who likes fishing more – men or women? Why?
What is special about fishing that makes a lot of people spend the whole days
sitting on the bank and angling fish?
1 a shoal a украшать, приукрашивать (рассказ, повествование

и пр.) вымышленными деталями
2 a tyro b смелость, отвага; бесстрашие, мужество
3 to embellish c презирать; относиться с презрением,
пренебрежением
4 to scorn d оттенок, тон
5 a score e умеренность, сдержанность
6 moderation f пить маленькими глотками, потягивать,
прихлебывать
7 to sip g бесстрастный, невозмутимый, флегматичный
8 to marvel h порка
9 stolid i изумляться, удивляться; восторгаться, восхищаться
1 a tinge j два десятка
0
1 whacking k новичок, начинающий
1
1 pluck l стая, косяк (рыбы)
2

view.
a) The travelers spent three days in Streatly.

b) The travelers’ clothes were dirtier than the water in the river.
c) The local fisherman guide contained the information that it was possible to catch
a lot of fish in the Thames river.
d) All the fishermen always exaggerate their abilities in catching fish.
e) The narrator told a story of a young man who had never exaggerated his hauls
because he thought it was a sin.
f) Harris didn’t go to Wallington with his friends because he was engaged in
cleaning his shoes.
g) The travelers listened to three different versions of how this monstrous fish was
caught.
h) The gigantic trout turned to be made of porcelain.
3. Match the fish names in the left column with their translations in the right
column:
1. gudgeon a. щука
2. eel b. окунь
3. dace c.треска
4. pike d. елец
5. roach e. гольян (мелкая рыба)
6. trout f. молодая щука
7. cod g. осётр (белуга)
8. sturgeon h. плотва
9. minnow i. форель
10. jack j. угорь
11. perch k. пескарь
4. Put the following words / phrases into the gaps in the correct form:
Weigh view dissatisfy describe neighbourhood feel

direction crowd
1. The ______ of Streatley and Goring is a great fishing centre.

2. And, if you go for a bathe, they _____ round, and get in your way, and irritate
you.
3. Last Monday I landed a gudgeon, ______ eighteen pounds, and measuring three
feet from the tip to the tail.
4. I was just about giving it up as a bad job when I suddenly ______ a rather smart
pull at the line.
5. He stuck to this arrangement for a couple of months, and then he grew ______
with it.
6. “Ah!” said the old gentleman, following the ______ of my gaze.
7. Five minutes afterwards, a third man came in, and ______ how he had caught it
early one morning, with bleak.
8. It excited George so much that he climbed up on the back of a chair to get a
better ______ of it.

1) Why did the washwoman at Streatly charged the travelers three times more
money for washing their clothes?
2) Did J. think of himself as of a good fisherman?
3) Why did old fishermen say J. would never make a good fisherman?
4) Which qualities does and accomplished angler needs to have in the narrator’s
opinion?
5) Why the travelers decide to walk to Wallington? 6) What really fascinated them
when they came in to the parlour of the river-side inn?
dictation. It starts with “Some people do … and finishes with “…bear out this
statement.”What situation is the author talking about?
CHAPTER 18
Do you seek for adrenaline experience or peaceful rest?

Have you ever had your photo taken while sailing or doing some other water
activity?
Do you try to assume a special face expression or take up an advantageous
position in order to have your photo taken eye-catchingly? Does it seem risky
to you when you are in the water?
Study the following names of the places to be aware of their correct

pronunciation and geographical location.
Oxford ['ɔksfəd] is a city in central England, on the River Thames. -
ОксфордWallingford [ˈwälingfərd] is a market town and civil parish in the upper
Thames Valley in England. - Уоллингфорд
Clifton ['klɪft(ə)n] is a hamlet by the River Cherwell in Deddington civil parish
about 6 miles (10 km ) south of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. -
КлифтонAbingdon [ˈæbɪŋdən], also known as Abingdon on Thames or Abingdon-
onThames, is a market town and civil parish in England. Historically it was the
county town of Berkshire, but has been in the administrative county of Oxfordshire
since 1974. - Абингдон
Dorchester or Dorchester-on-Thames ['dɔːʧɪstə] is a village and civil parish on the
River Thames in Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Wallingford and
8 miles (13 km) southeast of Oxford. –Дорчестер
Culham ['kʌləm] is a village and civil parish on the north bank of the River
Thames, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Abingdon in Oxfordshire. - Кулхэм
Nuneham Village on Nuneham ['nunhəm] Courtenay lies along the left bank of the
River Thames about five miles south of Oxford and covers 2,108 acres. –
НунхэмIffley ['ɪflɪ] is a village in Oxfordshire, England, within the boundaries of
the city of Oxford, between Cowley and the estates of Rose Hill and Donnington,
and in proximity to the River Thames (Isis). –Иффли.

1 frantic a холст, парусина, брезент
2 a mishap [ʹmɪshæp] b приветливость; учтивость, любезность
3 drat c быстрота, резвость, живость, ловкость
4 amiable [ʹeɪmɪəbl] d богатый событиями, знаменательный
5 a canvas e смотреть украдкой
6 agility f осада
7 to squint g соломенный, крытый соломой
8 siege [si:ʤ] h благодетель, покровитель
9 thatched [Ɵæʧt] i безумный, неистовый, яростный
1 a benefactor j несчастье, неудача; несчастный случай
0
1 affability k провались ты! пропади ты пропадом!
1
1 eventful l дружелюбный, дружеский; любезный
2

view.
a) In Culham the travelers slept under the canvas, in the backwater.
b) George hurriedly smooth out his trousers, ruffle up his hair because he caught a
sight of a pretty girl that he knew.
c) J. and George were asked to push their noses out in order not to spoil the photo
taken.
d) They refused to take photos because they wanted to be photographed full length.
e) The most difficult part of the river was between Oxford and Iffly because of the
very strong undercurrents there.
f) In the narrator’s opinion boating on the river makes people calm and quiet.
3. Put the following summarized sentences in the chronological order

according to the content of the text:
a) J. was surprised because everybody in the lock suddenly struck wooden.
b) The old inn “Barley Mow” was so low that tall people would easily bump into
the ceiling if they tried to stand up full height.
c) When the travelers arrived in Clifton, they slept in the backwaters.
d) Even the mildest tempered people become violent and blood-thirsty when they
are in a boat in the water
e) J. and George refused to take the photos because nothing else was seen in them
apart from their feet.
4. Put the following verbs into the gaps in the correct form:
to bespeak to catch to shake to face to drown to rise to stay
to regret to look
1. But however satisfactory this absence of locks may be to rowing-men, it is to be

______ by the mere pleasure-seeker.
2. My first idea was that he had suddenly ______ sight of some girl he knew, and I
______ about to see who it was.
3. So I ______ round quickly, and took up a position in the prow.
4. We looked then, and saw that the nose of our boat had got fixed under the
woodwork of the lock, while the in-coming water was ______ all around it, and
tilting it up.
5. The owner of one steam launch, who ______ had six copies, rescinded the order
on seeing the negative.
6. It would not be a good place for the heroine of a modern novel to ______ at.
7. An obelisk marks the spot where two men have already been ______, while
bathing there.
8. “Oh, bother the silly old thing!” she would say indignantly, when the sail would
not go up properly. And she would catch hold of it, and ______ it quite brutally.
5. Match the parts of the compound words from the text to make the whole
words and find a correct translation for each word.
chuckle pitched кровожадный
blood baked болван
flower eyed cторож шлюза
diving seeker глиняный
cheerful thirsty низкий
bright curdling Любитель удовольствий
lock decked ясноглазый
low looking душераздирающий
blood keeper жизнерадостный
pleasure head Украшенный цветами
clay board сказочный
blood looking трамплин для прыжков в воду
dictation. It starts with “I don’t know why it should… and finishes with “…kill
all the people in it.”What situation is the author talking about? What emotions
does he have?

1. Does the narrator like locks?
2. How does the narrator describe pulling with the presence of blocks? Which
feelings does such travelling arouse?
3. What accident related to locks happened to J. and George one day when they
were pulling?
4. Who was Mr. W. Lee buried in St. Helen’s Church? What was he famous for?
5. What effect in the narrator’s opinion does the river air have on people’s temper?
Which story did he tell to prove his view?
CHAPTER 19
Do you like rainy weather?
How does it make you feel when you are walking in the rain?
Do you prefer to stay at home or drop into some of your friends when it is
raining? Do you consider it romantic sculling or sailing in the rain?
1 to contemplate a мазать дегтем; смолить

2 a surmise [səʹmaɪz] b плотина, запруда; водослив, дамба
3 fossil c пассивный, вялый, медленный
4 to vex d «человек-змея», акробат
5 to tar e пить большими глотками, осушать
6 a weir [wɪə] f согласие, согласованность, гармония
7 sluggish g досаждать, раздражать; возмущать, сердить
8 clammy h ископаемое, окаменелость
9 a cripple i догадка, подозрение, предположение
10 a contortionist j обозревать, созерцать; пристально
разглядывать
11 to quaff [kwɔf] k инвалид, калека
12 concurrence l клейкий, липкий, вязкий
[kənʹkʌr(ə)n(t)s]
2. Divide the following words into two groups – food and drinks and complete
the table below.
Soles, mustard, French sauce, whitebait, Beaune, veal pie, toddy, boiled beef,
white-sauce, loaves, Burgundy
FOOD DRINKS
3. Put the following sentences into the correct order according to the content
of the text:
a) The three friends were dreaming about hot meal instead of having cold supper in
the wet boat.
b) During J.’s previous trip one summer the boat that he and his party hired more
reminded some ancient relic than a real boat.
c) Montmorency refused to eat the veal pie and, to show his protest, went to the
other end of the boat and sat there by himself.
d) One of Harris’ fellows remained crippled forever after having spent a night in a
wet boat under pouring rain.
e) The travelers were happy to go back home after a fortnight trip.

view.
a) J. and his friends liked the up-river boat they hired during his previous trip
because it was really nice and durable.
b) The three travelers were fond of sculling under the drizzling rain.
c) The travelers had rather plain supper because the cold meal they had onboard
was cloying.
d) When the travelers played cards after the supper, George lost the game.
e) The travelers’ depression caused by the bad weather ceased when George got
out the banjo and played a comic song.
f) The travelers slept very badly and got up early in the morning.
g) The travelers decided to go back home by sculling despite the pouring rain.
5. Match the disease names in the left column with their translations in the
right column:
1. chills a. заболеваниелёгких
2. bronchitis b. лихорадка
3. rheumatic fever озноб (простуда)
4. sciatica [saɪʹætɪkə] d. бронхит
5. fever e. ишиас (радикулит)
6. lung disease f. ревматизм
6. Find a correct disease name for each of the following symptoms:

1) Inflammation of the bronchioles, restricting air flow to and from the lungs.
2) Pain along the sciatic nerve radiating to the buttocks and to the back of the
thigh.
3) A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin.
4) Abnormally high body temperature.
5) An acute inflammatory disease occurring during recovery from infection with a
strain of streptococcus bacteria, having an onset marked by fever and joint pain
and frequently resulting in scarring of the heart valves.
6) Any condition causing or indicating impaired lung function.
7. Put the following words into the gaps in their correct form:
a leg to tremble countenance mustard sad to flash to foresee to stick
to peer to talk to pick to pour clothes
1. The boat you hire up the river above Marlow is not the sort of boat in which
you can ______ about and give yourself airs.
2. He said he had ______ us out the best boat in all his stock, and he thought we
might have been more grateful.
3. George took the fun more soberly, and ______ to the umbrella.
4. George requested that we would not ______ about these things, at all events
until he had finished his cold boiled beef without ______.
5. He said it was one of the ______ things he had ever known.
6. We refilled our glasses and joined in; Harris, in a voice ______ with emotion,
leading, and George and I following a few words behind.
7. After that we could walk about the village in the ______ rain until bedtime.
8. If, we said—if anything ______should happen, preventing our return, we would
write to him.
9. Our fine bronzed ______ and picturesque ______ were followed round the place
with admiring gaze.
10.And Montmorency, standing on his hind ______, before the window, ______
out into the night, gave a short bark of decided concurrence with the toast.
dictation. It starts with “The neighbourhood of the upper Thames… and
finishes with “…belonged to the preglacial period.”Whatsituation is the author
talking about?
Conscientiously [ˏkɔnʃɪʹenʃəslɪ] - добросовестно, честно

Preglacial– доледниковый, относящийся к доледниковому периоду
To pooh-pooh– относиться с пренебрежением или презрением (к чему-либо)
9. Answer the following questions

1) What was the cause of Montmorency’s absolute happiness when the travelers
spent two days in Oxford?
2) Why do people hiring up-river boats become modest and retiring and start
hiding beneath the trees? 3) How did the boat which J. and his party hired one
summer look like?
4) Where did the travelers start their present trip from? What was the weather like
that day?
5) Describe weather changes.
6) Which theme for chatting did the bad weather naturally lead the travelers to
after the scanty meal?
7) Which decision did the travelers take after they had tossed about at the bottom
of the wet boat for four hours?
8) What caused a great deal of attention that the travelers attracted in Alhambra?
9) How did the travelers feel when they were sitting in the restaurant? What did
Harris raise a toast to?
LEXICAL REVISION (Chapter 7-12)

1. Translate the words and word combinations and match them with their
definitions.
1 to tow a to make smth. very clear and strong in someone’s
mind; to cleverly make smth. appear
2 shallow b to control the direction of a vehicle you are driving
3 to feel miserable c doing smth. dangerous or stupid without worrying
that someone might get hurt
4 to conjure smth. up d to unfasten the knots in smth. or unfasten smth. that
has been tied
5 to mutter e to stop an activity
6 to steer f someone who goes into buildings in order to steal
things
7 reckless g to become weaker, smaller, less important, or less
good
8 to untie h on or to the far side of smth.
9 a burglar i to speak in a low quite voice which is difficult to
hear, especially when you complaining about smth.
10 to put an end (to) j not joined or touching another thing
11 to decline k to pull a vehicle or ship
12 to disguise l very unhappy, unlucky
13 beyond smth. m to feel unhappy
14 to expect smb. to do n To make someone feel afraid
smth.
15 separate o to let smth. that you are holding fall to the ground
16 wretched p to have or to keep smb. as a slave
17 to frighten smb. q To be in a position in which your body is flat on the
floor, a bed, etc.
18 to drop smth. r to believe that someone must do smth. because it is
their duty
19 to hold in thrall s to change your usual appearance and hide who you
really are
20 to lie (lay, lain) t not deep
2. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the underlined words.

a) В ее документах всегда путаница (беспорядок). Так же как и в ее комнате.
b) Кейт вздрагивала (содрогалась) каждый раз, как ей приходилось
описывать мужчину, напавшего на нее.
c) Туристы оплатили питание и проживание, но не позаботились о страховке.
d) Он побрызгал водой на лицо человека, потерявшего сознание.
e) Шутка старика заставила мальчика разразиться смехом.
f) Они попросили меня уладить дело, чтобы избежать дальнейшего
конфликта.
g) Она всегда страстно желала иметь собственный дом.
h) Марта наклонилась к своему сыну и с нежностью поцеловала его.
i) Она наконец вышла на прогулку после долгой болезни.
g) Несмотря на множество негативных отзывов критиков, было продано пять
миллионов экземпляров книги.
k) После тяжелого воспаления легких его голос долго был хриплым
(сиплым).
l) Франция славится своим вином.
m) Густой туман медленно подкрадывался к городу.
n) Я всегда завидовала его невозмутимости (спокойствию) в критических
ситуациях.
o) У него часто болит спина. Врачи говорят, это из-за сидячего образа жизни.
p) Она выглядит очаровательно в этом розовом платье.
q) Он такой упрямый (своевольный)! Но, с другой стороны, это не раз
помогало ему добиваться своих целей.
r) Трудно найти дату, которая подошла бы всем.
s) Провести зимний отпуск в жаркой стране кажется (видится) очень
заманчивым.
t) Он вышел из себя и хлопнул (to slam) дверью.
LEXICAL REVISION (Chapter 13-19)
1. Translate the words and match them with their definitions.
1 to sin a to admire something that is very impressive in
a surprising way
2 contented b to make someone believe something is not true
3 a weir c a military operation in which an army
surrounds a place and stops supplies of food,
weapons, etc. from getting to it
4 dainty d very anxious or upset
5 to overdo e a feeling of friendship among a group of
people
6 an ordeal f taking risks that are not necessary
7 to marvel g to do something that religious laws do not
allow
8 to deceive h satisfied and happy
9 siege i a wall or fence built across a river to control or
stop the flow of water
10 foolhardy j proud and behaving as if other people are not
as good as you are
11 to woo k to do or use too much of something
12 agility l a very unpleasant experience
13 frantic m when a man spends time with a woman, hoping
to persuade her to marry him
14 hackneyed n an ability to think quickly an intelligently
15 retina o to guess that something is true using the
information you have
16 impertinent p active and cheerful
17 spry q rude and not showing respect
18 to surmise r the area at the back of your eye that receives
images and sends them to your brain
19 fraternity s pretty and delicate
20 haughty t boring and not having much meaning because
it has been used too often
2. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the underlined words.

a) К сожалению, сегодня многие молодые люди презирают (насмехаются
над, считают глупым) то, что говорят им их родители.
b) В этом районе случаи убийства – не редкость.
c) Учителя и директор пытались успокоить взволнованных родителей.
d) Генерал увидел только лишь остатки своей побежденной армии.
e) Пассажиры увидели огромный косяк рыбы.
f) Нам потребуется время, чтобы переварить такие новости.
g) Все гости заметили, что их дети – очень дружелюбные.
h) Наше путешествие обошлось без несчастных случаев.
i) Всю свою жизнь его дедушка прожил в простой деревенской хижине.
j) Она потягивала лимонад около бассейна и наслаждалась своей свободой.
k) Этот город славится своими причудливыми, затейливыми узкими
улочками.
l) Писателю удалось прожить жизнь, полную интересных и важных событий.
m) У Марии лучше получалось рисовать на бумаге, чем на холсте.
n) У него были липкие, клейкие руки, как будто он весь день держал улиток.
o) Мне надо купить не менее двух десятков яиц. Скоро Пасха!
p) Пить и есть умеренно (in~) – не про него!
q) Поиски затруднялись из-за плохой погоды.
r) Ей не следовало показывать свое недовольство – родители ведь так
старались сделать ей приятно.
s) Весь берег был застроен небольшими домами с соломенными крышами.
t) Ее сестра просила помощи неохотно (по принуждению).
SUPPLEMENT
Travel and Leisure in Victorian England
For many members of the English working and middle classes, the Victorian
era offered opportunities for fun and leisure that had never been available before.
For the first time, public holidays were standardized, and employers began to offer
vacation time. Although laborers still worked long hours (often in miserable
conditions), they were now able to enjoy the occasional holiday with their families.
The advent of the railroad popularized recreational travel, since visiting another
city was now inexpensive and could be done in a few hours. Steamships opened up
an even wider variety of destinations to vacationers. Among the most popular were
seaside towns, which offered opportunities for bathing and boating. The sea air
was considered to be good for one’s health, so it attracted people from England’s
crowded, polluted cities. Other destinations included the countryside and river
towns like the ones Jerome visits in Three Men in a Boat.
Although Victorians worked hard, many of them felt an obligation to improve
themselves in their leisure time. This self-improvement took a variety of forms,
including physical exercise and intellectual pursuits. Recreational sports, including
football, rowing, and tennis, became extremely popular during this period, and the
middle classes often joined sports clubs with dedicated courts and equipment.
Educational activities were also popular. ‘Friendly societies’ and employers often
hosted lectures and debates for their workers. A few companies were even known
to give their employees free musical lessons (Clark).
This drive to improve oneself can be seen clearly in Three Men in a Boat. The
friends make many stops at locations of historical importance which, then as now,
often offered small museums or tours. George also attempts to learn the banjo. And
while Jerome gently mocks his characters’ hypochondria, Victorians were very
serious about the notion that spending time outdoors improved a person’s health,
and the men do seem to stop worrying about their purported illnesses when they
spend time on the river.
Character List
J.
The narrator of the novel, most likely based on Jerome himself. J. has a dog
named Montmorency, and two friends, George and Harris. He sees himself as
intelligent, hard-working, and competent, but his behavior in the novel suggests
otherwise. Like his friends, J. is a hypochondriac.
George
A good-natured banker, and one of J.'s best friends. Of the three men, he is
portrayed as the only one who is seriously dedicated to his job. He brings a banjo
on the boat trip and tries to learn how to play it.
Harris
A friend of George and J., who joins them on the trip. Although the novel's
flashbacks suggest that J. and Harris (full name William Samuel Harris) have
known each other for a long time, J. actually dislikes Harris a great deal. He
constantly criticizes Harris for being lazy and uncultured, and writes that "there is
no poetry about Harris – no wild yearning for the unattainable" (18).
Montmorency
J.'s lively, belligerent fox terrier. He enjoys both fighting with other dogs and
hunting.
Mrs. Poppets
J.'s landlady.
Uncle Podger
J.'s accident-prone uncle, who is deceased. J. compares Harris to Uncle Podger
because both of them have difficulty performing basic tasks without making
mistakes.
Tom
J.'s friend, who asked him to transport some cheese.
Biggs
The local greengrocer in London. He has a tendency to hire lazy and unpleasant
errand-boys.
Mrs. Gippings
George's former landlady, who despises his banjo playing.
Multiple choice questions

Where does J. go to read about diseases?
The British Library
George's house
The British Museum
a medical library
Which of these diseases does J. NOT believe he has?
housemaid's knee
Bright's disease
cholera
diphtheria
Why does J. not want to take an ocean cruise?
He finds the staterooms too cramped.
He is afraid of the sea.
It will take too long to get to the sea.
He is concerned about seasickness.

Who suggests the river trip?
Mrs. Poppets
George
J.
Harris
Who objects to the river trip?
Montmorency
George
J.
Harris
Who owns Montmorency?
J.
Harris
George
Mrs. Poppets
Why is Harris apprehensive about camping?
He does not have camping gear.
The cold weather might be bad for their health.
It might rain.
They will be vulnerable to highway robbers.

Which of these settings would Montmorency prefer?
a boat on the sea
a boat on a river
the forest
an inn
Which of these best describes Montmorency?
energetic
lazy
sickly
ugly
Where does George work?
a library
a bank
a farm
a pub
Whom does J. compare to Uncle Podger?
himself
Montmorency
George
Harris
What does Uncle Podger try to do for his wife?
move some lumber
rearrange the furniture
cook dinner
drive a nail into the wall

What color does J. prefer for his 'bathing drawers'?
red
blue
white
green
Where do the men sleep on the nights that they decide to camp?
a tent
in a cave
under the trees
the boat
What does George falsely claim to know how to do?
navigate the river
start a campfire
wash laundry
cook in the outdoors

Why does J. dislike paraffin oil?
It oozes.
It burns quickly.
It smells bad.
It is too smoky.
What food do the men consider too smelly?
cheese
herring
eggs
onions
What item does J. tend to lose while traveling?
his razor
his toothbrush
his monocle
hispocketwatch
Where did J.'s friend bury the cheese?
his backyard
the cemetery
the beach
the moors
What do Harris and George pack for the trip?
the food
the clothes
the camp stove
the toiletries
Who awakens the men on the first day of the journey?
Mrs. Poppets
Montmorency
George
Biggs
Who is Biggs?
an errand boy
the taxi driver
the greengrocer
the stable boy

Why does J. not like weather forecasts?
They deter people from doing fun activities.
They do not come out frequently enough.
People take them too seriously.
They are inaccurate.

How do the men get to the train station?
They row there on the Thames.
They ride in a wagon.
They walk.
They take a taxi.

Which train takes the men to the Thames?
the Virginia Water train
the Southampton express
the Windsor train
Questions for overall comprehension
1) What is Uncle Podger's morning like before he catches the train to work?
2) What are the two voyages described by the narrator in chapter 1 of Three
Men in a Boat?
3) Why did the three men decide to go on a boating experience?
4) In Three Men in a Boat, what do we learn about the three friends from the
way they pack things for their trip?
5) Which places did the three men visit and what did they do there?
6) What is a brief account of the packing incident in Three Men in a Boat by
Jerome K. Jerome?
7) What happens during the camping out scene in the second chapter of Three
Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome?
8) What is a character sketch of the narrator (Jerome) in the novel Three Men
in a Boat?
9) How would you describe George from Jerome's Three Men in a Boat?
10) Describe the contribution made by Montmorency to the degree of humor in
the novel Three Men in a Boat.
11) In Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, why do the three friends think
that they are unwell?
12) In Three Men in a Boat by Jerome, what happened during the incident of the
narrator's visit to the library where he consulted a medical book?
13) In Three Men in a Boat by Jerome, what happens to Harris when he goes
inside the maze?
14) What is a critical appreciation of Three Men in a Boat by Jerome?
15) How do the three friends pack for their trip in Three Men in a Boat by
Jerome K. Jerome?
16) Who was Montmorency in Jerome's Three Men in a Boat? What did the
narrator think about him initially? When did he change his opinion of the dog?
17) What is the theme of the story Three Men in a Boat?
18) What are some new words from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome?
What do they mean? What are some synonyms?
19) What was the role of Montmorency in packing in Chapter 4 of
Jerome's Three Men in a Boat?
20) What is the plot of the novel Three Men in a Boat?
21) What is the main plot of "Three Men in a Boat"?
22) What is the conclusion of the novel Three Men in a Boat?
23) What are character sketches of the three friends from Chapters 1-9 of Three
Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)?
24) What is a brief character sketch of Uncle Podger from Jerome's Three Men
in a Boat?
25) What is a character sketch of Biggs' boy in Three Men in a Boat?
26) What is a character sketch of Jerome in the novel Three Men in a Boat?
27) I want complete summary for the novel Three Men in a Boat.
28) In Three Men in a Boat, what problems do the three friends have?
29) In Chapter 12, how does the author ridicule the love affair of Henry VIII?
30) Provide a character analysis of Uncle Podger in Jerome K. Jerome's book,
Three Men in a Boat.
31) Please provide a chapter-wise summary of the novel Three Men in a Boat.
32) How do you write in reference to context?
33) How did Uncle Podger divide the work among the children?
34) How did J. come to understand that Montmorency was not angelic and was
actually quite suitable for life on earth?
35) Give an account of Harris' visit to the maze at Hampton Court and getting
lost there.
36) What happened when Uncle Podger tried to hang a picture?
37) In Three Men in a Boat, what incidents took place during the boat trip?
38) In the first chapter of Jerome's Three Men in a Boat, the three friends think
they have a problem to discuss. Is it a genuine problem? Why or why not?
39) Describe Harris's attempt in making scrambled eggs. What trait of character
is revealed here?
40) In Chapter 1, the prescription given by the doctor for Jim's treatment leaves
us in no doubt that Jim is a hypochondriac. Elaborate.
41) What does the narrator mean when he says, ''Our departure from Marlow I
regard as one of our greatest successes"?
42) What is a detailed character analysis of Uncle Podger in Jerome K Jerome's
Three Men in a Boat?
43) What is a brief account of the packing incident in Three Men in a Boat by
Jerome K. Jerome?
44) In Three Men in a Boat, consider the development of one of the characters
in the course of the story.
45) What discussion did the three friends have about their stay at night?
46) In the first chapter, the three friends think they have a problem to discuss.
What is the problem? Do you think it is a genuine problem? Why or why not?
47) What is the message that Jerome wants to convey in his novel, Three Men in
a Boat?
48) Describe how George made the Irish stew. What was Montmorency's
contribution to it?
49) At the outset of the novel Three Men in a Boat, what were the three men
discussing?
50) In "Three Men in a Boat," why could George never learn to play the banjo?
51) What's the state of mind of the three men in Three Men in a Boat by
Jerome?
52) In Three Men in a Boat, what was fishy about the story of a trout in a glass
case in a village side inn the author and one of his friends went to?
53) In the novel Three Men in a Boat, Jerome was medically ill. Do you agree?
54) In Jerome's Three Men in a Boat, at what time in the morning did Jerome
and George normally wake up?
55) How are Harris and Uncle Podger similar?
56) Provide a character sketch of Harris in "Three Men in a Boat."
57) How would you describe the encounter between Montmorency and the
ferocious cat in Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome?
58) Why is the sea trip rejected by the three friends in "Three Men in a Boat" by
Jerome K. Jerome?
59) In Jerome's Three Men in a Boat, why does J. say, "I thought what an
interesting case I must be from a medical point of view, what an acquisition I
should be to a class"?
60) In Three Men in a Boat, how do George and Harris annoy the author?
61) When the three friends stopped for lunch below the Monkey Islands, what
did the narrator have a sudden urge for? What was the alternative they selected at
the end? Describe the funny incident that...
62) What was the unusual item that the men found floating in the river, after
they passed Reading?
63) What would be a character sketch of George in 300 to 400 words?
64) In Three Men in a Boat, what impression does the reader form about the
three friends regarding their friendship with each other?
65) How did the dog, Montmorency, make a fool of himself?
66) Why does the narrator object to a sea trip?
67) Explain the scene in detail when George gets mistaken over the time of day.
68) In "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome, what are Montmorency's
objections to the boat trip? Are they valid?
69) Do you think the character J. is a hypochondriac? What makes you think so?
What reasons from the text support your opinion?
70) In Three Men in a Boat, why does Jerome not like steamboats?
71) What are two examples of humor in the anecdote about Stivvings?
72) What additional personality traits do you come to know about the three
friends -- the writer, George, and Harris -- in the third chapter of Jerome's Three
Men in a Boat?
73) In Three Men in a Boat, why was Jerome so critical of weather forecasts?
74) In Three Men in a Boat, what is so comical and laughable about the trout
that is encased in a glass case in Wallingford that George and J visit one day?
75) In Three Men in a Boat by Jerome, what does J. discover about himself after
reading the book at the British Museum?
76) In "Three Men in a Boat," why did the writer go to the British Museum?
What did he discover when he went through the medical book alphabetically?
77) In Three Men in a Boat, how does the author come to know that his liver is
out of order?
78) In Three Men in a Boat, why do the three men need a holiday?
79) What made the three friends abandon the boat trip?
80) Provide full character sketches of all the characters in Three Men in a Boat.
81) What were the narrators’ experiences when he tried to learn rafting and
sailing?
82) Narrator J. went to the British Museum to read up about a medical condition.
After he consulted a medical encyclopedia, he learned he had most of the diseases
listed. Which was the only illness he was...
83) Do you agree with Jerome's observation that he is a hospital in himself in
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)?
84) What happened when J. once went on a water picnic with two ladies?
85) In Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, why does J. compare Harris
with Queen Elizabeth?
86) What are the pitfalls of sleeping in the open, as vividly described by the
narrator in Jerome's Three Men in a Boat?
87) Was Jerome K. Jerome a lazy person?
88) In Chapter Two, why was Harris against the idea of camping out?
89) What does J. mean by "an elephant has suddenly sat down on your chest"?
90) Who is Montmorency and what does the narrator think about him initially in
Three Men in a Boat ?
Essay Questions
1) What purpose do Jerome's digressions serve?

2) J. frequently calls Harris ‘vulgar’ and ‘common’. Why do you think this is? Do
you agree with his characterization?
3) How does Jerome portray women?
4) Is Three Men in a Boat autobiographical? What elements of Jerome’s life might
have influenced the text?
5) What kinds of humor does Jerome use in Three Men in a Boat? Why do you
think he varies his style of comedy?
6) Discuss the novel's tonal shifts. Why do you think they happen?
7) Discuss the novel's historical passages. What do they reveal about Jerome's
worldview?
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Jerome K.

Childhood And Early Life

Are you a health-conscious person? Are afraid of doctors and contagious

1. Match English words and expressions with their equivalents.

1 seedy a размышлять над

It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement

7. Write a gist for this chapter (not more than 5 sentences).

1. Match English words and expressions with their equivalents.

1 patriarchal a сильно желать что-либо

1. Это была патриархальная деревенька, где традиции и образ жизни ее

7. Write a gist for this chapter (not more than 5 sentences).

Is it an easy matter to pack things for a journey or trip? Is it possible to do

1. Match English words and expressions with their equivalents.

2. Answer the following questions.

5. Render these fragments in the Indirect Speech.

7. Write a gist for this chapter (not more than 5 sentences).

1.Match English words and expressions with their equivalents.

1 indigestible a руководить (работой),

1) The friends definitely preferred methylated spirit stove to oil-stove.

7. Write a gist for this chapter (10-12 sentences).

Does weather affect your life tremendously? Do you consider yourself to be a

1. Match the English words and expressions with their equivalents.

1 to retort a несчастные случаи, жертвы

1. Did the friends get up at the time they had planned?

3. Fill in the missing parts in the following episode.

5.Translate the sentences into English.

1. Ты носишь слишком легкую одежду, вот почему ты постоянно

1. Match the English words and expressions with their equivalents.

2. Arrange the episodes according to the logic of the chapter.

3. Mark the statements as True or False (Maze story).

1. The maze seemed to be very complicated to Harris when he saw it in the

5. Fill in the missing parts in the following episode.

5.Translate the following sentences:

1. После развода, она решила перевернуть новую страницу и забыть все

6. Write a gist for this chapter (10-12 sentences).

1. Match the English words and expressions with their equivalents.

1 pell-mell a заманчивый, очаровательный

a) All the inhabitants of Hampton and Moulsey dress themselves up in a fancy

5. Comment on the general tone of the extract. Is it lyrical or tragic? Explain

1. Define the following expressions and translate them into Russian.

2. to hold the rope

3. Answer the following questions. Prove your ideas by the text.

1. Аннa попыталась развязать ленту на подарочной упаковке, но у нее ничего

3. Answer the following questions. Prove your ideas by the text.

1. George loves working.

1. У нас не было времени на поиски, и мы остановились в ближайшем

3. Listen to the episode. Find the opposites:

5. Listen to the chapter again and answer the questions.

8. Translate the sentences into English using the active vocabulary.

1. Do you know these historical personalities/terms/ places/ dates? Use

3. Define the following lexical units.

4. Answer the questions.

7. Write down the short summary of the chapter.

1 to conjure up a изменять внешность, маскироваться

Славное прошлое, безрассудная молодежь, летний домик, цивилизованное

4. Answer the questions.

7. Give a short summary of the chapter.

1. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents.

2. Put these events in the correct order

a) Cistercian monks. Life in silence in a picturesque place.

c) Montmorency meets a cat.

d) Marlow. Bisham Abbey.