Ch+13

Exercises: 1. How do you like quiet quaint nooks in the country? 2. How do places associated with historic events impress you? 3. Would you prefer to make a river trip in a canoe, yacht or steam-launch? 4. Jerome would never think of drinking river water. Would you?
 * I. ** **Write out the words and phrases dealing with the dogs and their fight. Use them in your questions and answers (Ex. V).**
 * II. ** **Translate into Russian in written form the first two paragraphs on p. 143. Speak of the lyrical digressions in the chapter.**
 * III. Pick out a passage in colloquial style for oral translation in class. **
 * IV. ** **Pick out sentences with a touch of humour. Comment on it.**
 * V. ** **Make up 20 indirect questions about the contents of the chapter.**
 * VI. ** **Answer the following questions and motivate your answers;**
 * VII. ** **Give a précis of the chapter.**
 * VIII. Make up dialogues on the following topics: **
 * 1) Making up one's mind whether to go to see a historical place.
 * 2) A boy asking his mother to allow him to keep a dog.
 * 3) Making plans for a river trip and debating whether a canoe, a yacht or a steam-launch will best suit the purpose.
 * 4) Discussing whether one should walk to the nearest village for water or use the river water.

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