... one cannot stay in the water very long. However, when is rowing, one gets warmer the longer one goes on. 31) Where was the writer born? A. In a village by the river B. In a village near a lake ... that best answers the question about the passage. I like to be near water – sea, lake or river. That I probably because I was born in a village by the sea, and I have lived most of my life close ... I like rowing best because it is the easiest to continue during the winter, when the water is too cold for comfortable swimming and the sea is often too rough for sailing. Even on the coldest...