- •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
II. Questions and Topics for Analysis
Where is the action of the novel set?
What did you learn about a) Professor Welch; b) Dixon; c) Margaret?
What was Professor Welch known for?
What fact were local jokes based on?
Speak on the relationship between Dixon and Margaret.
Why did Professor Welch want to see Dixon’s article published?
What were Dixon’s own reasons behind that? What as his article worth?
What did Dixon mean by the removal of the bad impressions he’d so far made in the College and in his Department? How did he make them on the staff? Retell in detail.
Get ready to reproduce the text as if you were a) Dixon; b) Professor Welch.
III. Focus on Writing
Summary is a shortened version of a text aimed at giving the most important information or ideas of the text.
A good summary: 1. offers a balanced (neither too condensed nor too detailed) coverage of the original.
2. is written in the summary writer’s own words.
3. does not evaluate the text and is written in a generally neutral manner.
When you summarize, follow the guidelines:
1. Include only the author’s main points.
2. Keep your ideas out of the summary.
3. Use your own writing style and wording.
4. Use quotation marks around key words and phrases.
5. Write an opening sentence that includes the name of the author, the book’s/ chapter’s title, and its main idea.
In your copy-books write a summary of chapter 1.
Useful phrases:
The text/chapter/excerpt/ episode/ paragraph under consideration comes from a novel/novelette/story / short story/tale/ poem/ fable/ play...
It is (written) by …… .
The chapter deals with, concerns, is devoted to …..
The basic theme is …..
The message – the most important generalization – of the story/chapter/ episode is … .
The tone (the author’s attitude to the subject matter) communicates amusement, sorrow, contempt … (reason your opinion with the help of appropriate details, episodes, choice of words).
The setting of the story (its time and location) provide a realistic background …/ evoke the necessary atmosphere …./ help describe the characters directly/ indirectly …. .
The plot is simple/ complex/ intricate. It centres around…
The characters are …
The central idea finds its particularization in … / is disclosed through the following collision (internal/ external conflict)…
Assignment 2 Chapters 2, 3 Chapter 2
I. Active Vocabulary
1. Learn the pronunciation and the meaning of the given words. Give the synonyms of the words in bold type:
Boom, draught, angelic, to half-listen, absurdly, to recoup oneself, gherkin, avowal, a conundrum, impending, gestures of support, spasmodically, summer vac, recitation, to crunch, concentration, conciliator, to carve, to particularize, cylinder, ordnance, a rioter.
2. Find the odd word out:
to clutch to drop to grasp
to fall to recover to convalesce
cruel grim invincible
gruesome hideous tedious
conciliative unconquerable invincible
innocuous harmful harmless
to appear to vanish to disappear
3. Paraphrase and/or explain:
<…> the feelings aroused in him <…> had almost subsided (p. 26).
<…> as if he nerved himself to ask the last compulsory question (p. 27).
<…> it entailed putting tiresome qualifications on his dislikes for her (p. 27).
You wouldn’t think of having another shot at it, I mean? (p. 27).
<…> vanished without a trace (p. 28).
<…> so rarely volunteered to stand him a drink (p. 28).
Dixon alerted all his faculties (p. 30).
<…> conundrums <…> were the most reliable sign of impending attack (p. 30).
<…> he said trying to stuff comradeliness into his tone (p. 33).
While he was being given his change <…> (p. 34).
4. Fill in the gaps. Explain the meaning of the sentences using your own words.
background recoup relieved tell exposed
benefit beat head throttled
1. He was ... at this piece of news (p. 27). 2. You’ve been keeping in the…. (p. 30). 3. Nobody who can’t …. a flute from a recorder can be worth hearing on the price of bloody cows under Edward the Third (p. 32). 4. He has ….. you to culture before now, surely (p. 32). 5. I mean it can hardly be all just for my .…. (p. 33). 6. Mr. Catchpole was never one to …. about the bushes. (p. 28). 7. Neddy must be going off his ….. at last (p. 31). 8. Dixon gave a ……. howl (p. 32). 9. Dixon felt he would …… himself a little for the expensiveness of the drinks <…> (p. 29).