- •LUcky jIm by Kingsley Amis
- •Assignment 1 Chapter 1
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •Assignment 2 Chapters 2, 3 Chapter 2
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •Chapter 3
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Grammar
- •1. Define the grammar structures of Subjunctive Mood in the abstracts. Explain the usage of them:
- •Assignment 3 Chapter 4
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •3. Fill in the gaps where possible with the corresponding words. Translate the words:
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Text Analysis
- •Assignment 4 Chapters 5, 6
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •4. Fill in the gaps where possible with the corresponding words. Translate the words:
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Text Interpretation
- •Assignment 5 Chapters 7, 8 Chapter 7
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •II. Focus on Grammar
- •III. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •IV. Focus on Writing
- •Chapter 8
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •II. Focus on Grammar
- •Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •IV. Focus on Writing
- •Assignment 6 Chapters 9, 10
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Speaking
- •IV. Focus on Writing
- •Assignment 7 Chapters 11, 12
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •2. Fill in the gaps where possible with the corresponding words. Translate the words:
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Text Analysis
- •1. Find two synonyms to the words in italics. Translate the italicized words:
- •2. Complete the sentences with the appropriate word-combinations:
- •3. A). Complete the sentences by writing down the name of the book character who said/ about whom were said the following words. B). Explain the situation connected with the statements.
- •5. Write an essay (120-150 words) on your favourite character of the book. Explain your choice. Assignment 8 Chapters 13, 14
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Text Analysis
- •Assignment 9 Chapters 15, 16
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •1. Learn the pronunciation and the meaning of the given words.
- •3. Fill in the gaps where possible with the corresponding words. Translate the words:
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Text Analysis
- •Assignment 10 Chapters 17, 18
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •1. Learn the pronunciation and the meaning of the given words:
- •2. Match the words with their two synonyms:
- •3. Fill in the gaps where possible with the corresponding words. Translate the words:
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Text Analysis
- •Assignment 11 Chapter 19
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •3. Fill in the gaps where possible with the corresponding words. Translate the words:
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Text Analysis
- •Assignment 12 Chapters 20, 21
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Text Analysis
- •Assignment 13 Chapters 22, 23
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •3. Fill in the gaps where possible with the corresponding words. Translate the words:
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Text Analysis
- •Assignment 14 Chapters 24, 25
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •4. Fill in the gaps where possible with the corresponding words. Translate the words:
- •II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
- •III. Focus on Writing
- •IV. Focus on Text Analysis
- •Assignment 15
- •Final Test
- •1. Characterize one of the main heroes / heroines of the book: James Dixon, Christine Callaghan, Margaret Peel, Bertrand Welch, Mr. Welch, Mr. Gore-Urquhart, Mr. Catchpole according to the scheme:
- •K. Amis. Lucky Jim final test topics
- •Lucky Jim by k.Amis Active Vocabulary
- •Word Combinations
- •Kingsley Amis (1922-1996)
- •Reputations
- •Lucky Jim by k.Amis Contents
- •Assignment 3 (Chapter 4) ……………………………… 25
- •References
- •For notes keys to the Mid-Term Test
4. Fill in the gaps where possible with the corresponding words. Translate the words:
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environs |
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architectural |
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cobbled |
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to reproach |
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to disagree |
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to endanger |
safety |
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vertiginous |
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to dignify |
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objurgatory |
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5. Learn the expressions. Recall the situations they were used in:
To go downgrade, in retrospect, to be inured to, to look at one’s best, to put smb in bad, without opposition, a fear of a rebuff, to be one’s due, to lower gingerly into sleep, to grit one’s teeth, a lure of the drink, to modify smth to smth, to collect one’s thoughts, to make a (no) secret of smth, an alternative to smth, to give vent to, to spring into activity, to supplement smth with smth, from the foreground of one’s mind, а bearing on smb, a pang of relief, to put up with smth.
6. Translate the sentences using active vocabulary of the unit:
1. Спокуса випити була сильнішою за страх бути пониженим у посаді. 2. Зазираючи у минуле, Джим розумів, що його привчали до вміння збиратися з думками за будь-яких обставин. 3. Будь-яка жінка прагне виглядати як найкраще. 4. Проаналізувавши свої відверті думки («передній план»), Джим вирішив дати вихід своїм почуттям. 5. Стиснувши зуби, директор вирішив внести поправки до (уточнити) статут(у) компанії.
II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
Describe Dixon’s condition after his return from the local pub.
What happened upstairs, near the bathroom?
Who helped Dixon out of the predicament? What did Dixon feel towards his rescuer?
What happened during the night?
How did Dixon resolve the situation?
What were Dixon’s feelings towards “the encounter”?
What did Dixon discover when he “was alive again”?
How did he look and feel in the morning? What was his main concern?
What/who caused Dixon’s tears of rage?
What was special about breakfast at the Welches’?
What feelings did Callaghan girl evoke in Dixon?
How did she take Dixon’s account of the fire in his bedroom?
Note: Bakelite – «Бакелит», фирменное название синтетической смолы одноимённой фирмы; применяется для изготовления пластмассовых изделий.
III. Focus on Writing
1. Translate in written form the paragraphs “What gave him … receiver-rest” (p. 79;) “He heaved the bed away……in front of him looking like that” (p.86) into Ukrainian.
2. How do you understand the statements “There was no excuse which did not consist of the inexcusable” and “A stimulus cannot be received by the mind unless it serves some need of the organism”? Write down a short (80 words) comment on every statement.
3. Analyze protagonists’ personality characteristics taking into account the events described in the previous chapters. What episodes made you change your opinion about the main characters of the book?