The poodle (get) tired. He (forget) about the beetle and (see) on it. There (be) a shout of pain, and the dog (start) to rush about in the church like a woolen comet. By that time there (be) nobody in the church who (not/laugh).
Tom (go) home feeling happy and thinking that it (be) great to bring some variety to the sermon.
Answer the questions:
1. Why was Sunday sermon a hard time for Tom?
2. Why did he throw the beetle away? Where did it land?
3. Why did the poodle come into the church? Why did the people in the church begin to laugh? What did the poodle do in the end? What was the result? Why did Tom feel happy on his way home?
10. «Three Men in a Boat» by Jerome K. Jerome
Vocabulary: wet – мокрый, branch – ветка, splash – брызгать, плескать; shirt – рубашка, drop – ронять, by accident – случайно.
Tenses to use: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple
It (be) our first morning on the river. We (look) down at the water. The night before we (want) to get up and jump into the water. But now the water (look) wet and cold. The wind (not/be) warm, too. I (decide) to splash some water on myself. So I (begin) to walk along the branch that (be) above the water. But the branch (break) and the next minute I (be) in the middle of the river with a litre of the Thames inside me.
«It (be) all right?» George (ask).
«Beautiful! Why you (not/want) to come?» But he (not/want) to.
«I (stay) in the boat», he (say).
When I (be) back in the boat, I (be) very cold. I (want) to put on my shirt. By accident, I (drop) it into the water. It (make) me angry, but George (start) laughing.
«Why you (laugh)?» I (cry). I (be) really angry with him. But then I (see) that it (not/be) my shirt. So, I (begin) to laugh, too. «Are you going to get it out?» he (cry) between the shouts of laughter.
At first I couldn’t answer him because I (laugh), too. But in the end I (say), «It (be) not my shirt, it (be) yours!»
Later I (try) to tell him that it (be) very funny, but he (not/agree) with me.
Answer the questions:
1. What were the friends’ plans for their first morning on the river?
2. Why did not they want to jump into the water in the morning?
3. What did the narrator decide to do instead of swimming? What did he begin to do? What happened?
4. What made the narrator angry when he was back in the boat?
5. When did George stop laughing?
