Three men in a boat / Трое в лодке, не считая собаки. Книга для чтения на английском языке

Learn the words from the text:

damp, pour, spoil, savage, exclaim, approval, propose, attempt (v), struggle, calmness, arrange, postpone, meanwhile, roar, steadily, swear, quantity, proper, whisper, crowd.

3. Practice the pronunciation of the following words.

4. Fill in the gaps using the words from the text.

1. George would not … … to get away from the City till the afternoon.

2. The tent is … … and the supper … and … .

3. If Harris’s eyes fill with tears, you can bet it is because Harris … … … raw onions.

4. Harris always … a place … the corner.

5. The rain … … steadily down all the time.

6. You wake up and … that something terrible real -ly … … .

7. And Bill struggles out in an aggressive … – he believes that the whole thing has been done on … .

8. Montmorency … … enjoy romantic loneliness.

9. I … to sit down and look at him, as he … on the rug and … up at me.

10. Harris proposed that we … go out.

5. Match the words with definitions.

6. Find in the text the English equivalents for:

стряхнуть пепел, простудиться, сводить с ума, лить как из ведра (о дожде), все испортить, в то же время, на одном дыхании, пролить воду, морское дно, по какой-то причине, битва не на жизнь, а на смерть, пролить воду.

7. Find the words in the text for which the following are synonyms:

suggest, gloomy, struggle, everyday, curse, peaceful, realize, arrange, inn, meanwhile.

8. Explain and expand on the following.

1. George would not be able to get away from the City till the afternoon.

2. George and I were for camping out.

3. You can never inspire Harris.

4. Camping out in rainy weather is not pleasant.

5. Rainwater is the chief component of diet at supper.

6. You wake up and realize that something terrible really has happened.

7. To look at Montmorency you would imagine that he was an angel sent upon the earth.

8. Harris said he’d had enough oratory for one night.

9. Answer the following questions.

1. Why do the friends start without Gorge? Will he go with them?

2. What do George and the narrator call “wild and free”? Why?

3. Is it possible to inspire Harris? Give an example.

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