Рабочий лист для 11 класса

Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the box:

Part 1.

James Bowen is a (1) _________ man and former heroin (2) _________, living on the streets of London, and down to his last bits of change. After a life threatening, drug-related incident, his support worker Val, in an (3) _________ to get him off the street, gets him into a council flat, and (4) _________ him on methadone. On his first night in the flat, James discovers a cat rifling through his food. Assuming he had escaped from somewhere, James tries to return the cat to his real (5) _________. After letting him go, the same evening, the cat (6) _________ to James’s flat, this time with purulent wound on his back leg. Worried, James consults his animal-loving, but allergic, (7) _________ Betty. She informs James of a local (8) _________ vet that she volunteers at, and names the cat Bob. Waiting for a queue at the vet, James misses a meeting with Val. After the appointment, James later gets Bob (9) _________ and sets him free. However, Bob keeps following James into town, eventually drawing more crowds of people, making James wealthier, and he decides to keep Bob. Bob becomes a tourist hotspot, and James and Betty start to become romantically (10) _________.

Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the box:

Part 2.

One night, on his way home, James finds his old friend, Baz, (11)_________ on his flat estate, (12) _________ on heroin. Baz later dies in hospital, and James finds out that Betty cannot be around drug addicts, as her (13) _________ brother had been one. On New Year’s Eve, James makes an (14) _________ visit to his biological father, Jack, his stepmother Hilary and his stepsisters Pris and Faith. After Bob (15) _________ their living room, Hilary sends James and Bob out.

Exercise 3. Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the box:

Part 3.

One day, while (16) _________ James gets into an (17) _________ with a guy, causing the crowd to get into a fight, with the man and James getting arrested for it. After being found innocent, he is (18) _________ from busking for 6 months. While in the chemist’s, receiving his methadone, Betty notices him. James and Betty argue and go their (19) _________ ways. Later on, James visits the offices of The Big Issue to make some more money for him and Bob. He regains his (20) _________ with tourists by selling The Big Issue. After being (21) _________ of illegally selling magazines on another vendor’s patch, James and Bob are banned for a whole month. After going back in business, James gets into an argument with a woman, trying to buy Bob off him, losing Bob in the scuffle. Bob doesn’t return for a few days, leaving James (22) _________. Ater Bob returns, James feels he is ready to come off the methadone. After a week of (23) _________ symptoms, James awakes, clean and healthy. A journalist, Mary, (24) _________ to write a book about James and Bob after their internet and media popularity, and James agrees. James then (25) _________ up his relationship with his father Jack, and his life turns around for the better.

Exercise 4. Match the words in column A with their definitions in column B.

Exercise 5. Match the names with the adjectives.

Exercise 6. Choose the right option according to the movie.

1.      James finds consolation in Bob’s company because:

a.       He likes pets    b. He feels lonely and abandoned

2.      Val, the social worker, breaks the rules and gives James an apartment because:

a.       She believes in him    b. She’s in love with him.

3.      Mixing methadone with heroin can be:

a.       Helpful    b. Fatal

4.      James hides his addiction from Betty for fear she might…

a.       misjudge him b. not help him

5.      Who actually gave James the motivation to quit drug use?

a.       Bob, the cat    b. his father

Think about it.

1.      One on the main issues in the movie is addiction. How do you think, which are the most common “bad habits” that can easily turn into addictions?

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2.      What do you think are the main causes why a person might get addicted to something?

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3.      In the movie, James has a social worker taking care of him and making sure he gets through with his rehabilitation. At some point she says:” He’s got no support system!” What do you think that actually means?

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4.      You are on the way to adulthood, so, normally, you can’t wait to stand on your own feet and become independent. However, how do you think your parents’ upbringing has influenced your development?

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