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1. What shows that Jerome and his friends were lazy fellows? 2. What is characteristic of old river hands? 3. What would one do on seeing the proprietor of the raft he is on appear on the bank? 4. How did George and his friends boat in an outrigger once? 5. Why did Jerome find sea rowing a trying job? 6. Why did Jerome like to watch an old boatman rowing, especially one hired by the hour? 7. What sad accident happened once to a young man the first time he went punting? 8. How did Jerome's friends ridicule an inexperienced punter and how did they account for their brutal treatment of him? 9. What were Jerome's sailing experiences? 1. What makes work about house for a woman with a large family to take care of a continual labour? 2. Do you agree with Jerome that the closer one friend is -the more brutal the jokes at his expense are? 3. What are the advantages and the disadvantages of sailing, rowing and punting?
 * Exersices. **
 * I. ** **Write out the words and phrases the author uses to describe sailing experiences. Use the words and phrases in your answers to the questions (Ex. V).**
 * II. ** **Translate into Russian in written form two paragraphs on pp. 173-174 ("We settled the present difficulty ... about the marvellous feats he performed last season.").**
 * 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 the character of humour.**
 * V. ** **Answer the following questions:**
 * VI. ** **Answer the following questions and motivate your answers:**
 * VII. ** **Give a précis of the chapter.**
 * VIII. ** **Make up dialogues between:**
 * 1) Two lazy young men during a river trip each thinking that he is doing more than his fair share of the work.
 * 2) An old river hand and an inexperienced boater.

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JEROME K. JEROME. THREE MEN IN A BOAT