Ch+9

__**Exercises**____**.**__
1. On what grounds did George try to refuse to tow? How was he forced to ? 2. What was Jerome's opinion of tow-lines in general? 3. How did the three friends handle the tow-line? What came of their efforts? 4. How did two men lose their boat because of a tow-line? 5. What took place when two men were towing and the third was in the boat? 6. How did George take advantage of the absent-mindedness of a fellow and a girl who were towing a boat with an aunt in it? 7. What happened to five fellows who were towed by a little boy on horseback? 8. Why was Jerome not sorry at their mishap? Ought he to have been? 9. What is being towed by girls like? 10. What happened once when Jerome was on the river with a cousin of his? 11. Why did Jerome think that the people belonging to the party they met were the most attractive and lovely in the world? 1. What is towing? In what cases do people have to tow a boat? 2. What makes towing a difficult job? 3. How do some people behave when they lose their way?
 * I. ** **Write out the words and phrases dealing with towing. Use them in your answers to the questions (Ex. V and VI).**
 * II. ** **Translate into Russian in written form the 2-nd paragraph on p. 95 ("I do not wish ... again.").**
 * III. ** **Pick out a passage for oral translation in class.**
 * IV. Pick out sentences with a touch of humour. Comment on it. **
 * 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 chapter.**
 * IX. ** **Make up dialogues between:**
 * 1) Two men, one in the boat and the other towing.
 * 2) A girl and a young man who lost their way on the river.

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