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Chapter XI I. Write out words and phrases .dealing with having a swim on a cold morning. Use them in your questions and answers (Ex. V). II. Translate into Russian in written form two paragraphs on pp. 124-125 ("The sun ... foreign spearmen.") speak on the historical events mentioned. III. Pick out a passage in colloquial style for oral translation in class. IV. Pick out sentences with a touch of humour and comment on them. Say how the humorous effect is achieved. V. Make up 20 questions about the contents of the chapter. VI. Answer the following questions and motivate your answers: 1. Do you agree with the author that people wake up at absurd hours when there is no necessity for getting up early? 2. Have you ever got up at night by mistake? How did it happen? 3. What did the policeman mean by saying to George "don't let's have any more of it"? 4. When are most people slow to see a joke? Can you see the fun when the joke is at your expense? VII. Retell the chapter close to the text. VIII. Give a precis of the chapter. IX. Make up dialogues on the following topics: 1. Getting up at night by mistake. 2. Having a swim on a nasty day just to show how courageous one is. 3. Playing a joke upon someone. 4. Making scrambled eggs on a fire on the bank of a river.

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