Ch+17

** Exercises: **
1. Why did the young men fail to wash their clothes properly in the river? 2. What was the author's opinion of fishing in the Thames? 3. Why did experienced anglers think that Jerome would never make a good fisherman? 4. How should an accomplished angler tell his story to impress his listeners? 5. What was the system of exaggerating a young man used? 6. Why did the system not work well? How did he improve it? 7. What did Jerome and George see in a glass-case in a river-side in? 8. What fishy stories did various local peoples tell them of the huge trout? 9. Which of the three fishermen did they believe? 10. What was the true story of the trout? 1. Have you ever washed anything in the river? How did you like the result? 2. What's your attitude to fishing? 3. What do you think of fishermen? 4. How do you like stories fishermen tell? 5. What kind of story is a "fishy" story?
 * I. ** **Write out and learn words and phrases dealing with fishing. Use them in your answers to the questions (Ex. V).**
 * II. ** **Translate into Russian in written form the first three paragraphs on p. 192 ("The neighbourhood ... all the same.").**
 * III. ** **Pick out a passage in colloquial style for oral translation in class.**
 * IV. ** **Write out sentences with a touch of humour. 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 persons washing their clothes in a river.
 * 2) Two fishermen boasting of their catch.
 * 3) An accomplished angler and a distrustful listener.

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