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**Exercises:**
1. What was Jerome's opinion of the way George worked? 2. What was Jerome's and George's idea of camping out? 3. What shows that there was no poetry about Harris? 4. How does Jerome picture fixing a tent in rainy weather? 5. What happens to the food if it's raining? 6. What dreams do people have on a rainy night? 7. How does one feel after such a night? 8. What kind of dog did Montmorency seem to be at first sight? 9. What was he really like? 10. How did the three friends settle the sleeping arrangements to everyone's satisfaction? 1. How do you like camping out? What about camping out in rainy weather? 2. Do you like nature? In what season is nature at its best? 3. Do you like to read the description of nature? Which of the Russian and Soviet writers do you think are very good at describing the beauty of nature? 4. What's your attitude towards dogs?
 * I. ** **Write out phrases Jerome K. Jerome uses to describe nature. Use them in your answers to the questions (Ex. VI).**
 * II. ** **Translate into Russian in written form the last paragraph on p. 22 ("And we sit there ... of years ago.").**
 * III. ** **Pick out a short passage in colloquial style for oral translation in class.**
 * IV. ** **Pick out sentences with a touch of humour. Comment on the humour.**
 * V. ** **Answer the following questions:**
 * VI. ** **Answer the following questions and motivate your answers:**
 * VII. ** **Retell the chapter close to the text.**
 * VIII. ** **Give a precis of the text.**
 * IX. ** **Make up dialogues between:**
 * 1) Two young persons discussing the advantages and the disadvantages of camping out.
 * 2) The owner of a dog and a dog hater.

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JEROME K. JEROME. THREE MEN IN A BOAT[|1]