1. Concentrate your attention on the following words while reading the text, translate and remember them.
| Quay (65) | ridiculous (67) | to wash up (69) |
| hue (65) | to do the best (68) | to object (70) |
| line (65) | sensitive (68) | recreation (70) |
| to afford (66) | to splash (68) | to forgive (71) |
| obstinate (66) | to put up with smth. (69) | bunch (72) |
| to look forward to (74) | to fool about (74) | day off (74) |
2. Write out from the text the sentences or clauses which include the words and word combinations from the Recommended Vocabulary List.
3. Make sentences of your own, using the words and word combinations from the Recommended Vocabulary List.
4. Translate the part of the chapter 7 : pp. 67 - 68 «Girls, also, don’t look half bad in a boat... the harder I tried not to.»
5. Make a list of words and word combinations used to describe items of clothing. Use some of them in a description of friends’ ‘boating costumes’.
6. Retell the story in detail, using the words and word combinations from the Recommended Vocabulary List.
7. Give a character sketch of the narrator.