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

If you had seen these clothes after – but, as the shilling shockers[41 - shilling shocker – тип дешевых бульварных романов, популярных в Англии XIX в. Данные романы содержали описание преступлений и сцены насилия, отсюда часть названия – shocker. Стоимость же такого романа составляла 1 шиллинг (денежная единица Англии до 1971 г.).] say, we anticipate.

GeorgСѓ suggested taking a change of underwear and plenty of socks, in case we got upset and wanted a change; also plenty of handkerchiefs, as they would do to wipe things, and a pair of leather boots as well as our boating shoes, as we should want them if we got upset.

Exercises

1. Read the chapter and mark the sentences T (true), F (false) or NI (no information).

1. The first thing to settle was what to buy.

2. Harris looks like Uncle Podger.

3. George reminds the narrator of his Uncle Podger.

4. Uncle Podger needs help of his whole family to hang a picture.

5. The first list three friends made was all right.

6. People often load their boats of life with foolish things.

7. The friends decided to take a tent.

8. The narrator likes bathing.

9. George would like to dive in the morning.

10. Some fellows would wash friends’ flannel suits in the river.

2. Learn the words from the text:

agitation, nail, gradually, hammer, handkerchief, tool, grunt, thumb, toe, permit, sensible, wisdom, fasten, canvas, disadvantage, towel, evident, sufficient, remind, injured.

3. Practice the pronunciation of the following words.

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

1. Now, you get a bit of paper and write …, J., and somebody give me a bit of pencil, and then I … make out a list.

2. He could not find his handkerchief, because it was in the pocket of the coat he … … off, and he did not know where he … put the coat.

3. Two people … have to hold the chair, and a third … help him up on it, and hold him there, and a fourth … hand him a nail, and a fifth … pass him up the hammer, and he … take hold of the nail, and drop it.

4. Harris … be just that sort of man when he … up.

5. We must not think of the things we could do …, but only of the things that we can’t do … .

6. I … your pardon, really. I … forgot.