9th form Reading "On a Boat Trip" p. 308

1. The text is about three men making a boat trip along the River Thames in summer.

2. Having stopped at a beautiful village on the bank of the River Thames the men decided to visit a local church.

3. The men settled for the night in a picturesque village.

4. The men bought some products for their supper at a village shop.

5. The men got great satisfaction peeling potatoes for an Irish stew.

6. The stew contained some vegetables, some kinds of meat and fish.

7. Their dog tried to take part in preparing supper and brought a dead water-rat to them.

8. The men found the recipe of the Irish stew in an ancient cookery book.

9. The men enjoyed their Irish stew greatly.

10. The passage was taken from the book of a famous English writer Jerome K. Jerome.