PART I: BEFORE WATCHING

What do you know about Amelia Earhart so far? Read Amelia’s quotations and describe her personality:

• Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
• I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.
• Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.
• Everyone has ocean's to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?
• The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
• Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship.
• The most effective way to do it is to do it.
• Experiment! Meet new people. That’s better than any college education . . . By adventuring; about, you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then becomes what it really is . . . the inevitable.
• I did for the fun of it.
• Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
• Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.

Vocabulary

Before watching the film make sure you are familiar with all lexical units in this section.

 to be a legend – бути людиною-легендою
 to be promoted in press – бути розпіареним в пресі
 to have adventure in one's life – мати пригоди/ризик в житті
 to take good luck for granted – приймати успіх як належне
 to have unstable life – мати нестабільне/життя (зі змінами)
 to let smb down – підводити когось, покидати в біді
 to keep a book – вести (писати) книгу
 to pioneer in new careers – першим прокладати шлях в новій сфері діяльності
 to get easily bored – дуже швидко засумувати, втратити ентузіазм
 to raise money – заробляти гроші
 to act like a lady – поводитись як леді
 to redefine oneself – поглянути на себе з іншого боку, переоцінити своє життя
 to have smth in mind – мати щось на думці, задумати щось, мати на увазі
 to take off the plane – піднімати літак, злітати
 to contemplate a secret mission – обмірковувати спецзавдання
 to fly blind – летіти наосліп
 to go dead (radio) – виходити з ладу
 to spot land – розгледіти (побачити, знайти) землю

 to deserve a credit – заслуговувати поваги, визнання
 to give a speech – виступати, виголошувати промову
 to stay in the limelight – залишатися в центрі уваги, популярним
 to stay in the headlines – залишатися на шпальтах газет
 to take/run a risk - ризикувати
 to run into a storm – потрапити в шторм
 to be safe and sound – бути живим та здоровим
 to be pathologically optimistic – бути хронічним оптимістом
 to treated like royalty – мати королівське ставлення
 to argue over smth – сперечатися із-за чогось
 to keep smb's name on front pages – утримати чиєсь
ім’я на перших сторінках
 to lose one's luster – втрачати свою популярність
 to lose faith in smb – втрачати віру в щось
 to prove oneself to oneself – доводити самому собі
 to be like a rock star – бути дуже популярним
 to be dead broke – бути повним банкрутом, бідним як церковна миша
 in one's early 20th – в свої 20 (з невеликим гаком)/ в свої ледве за 20
 in keeping with the times – йдучи в ногу з часом
 in public - на людях
 inch by inch – крок за кроком, поступово
 sheer novelty of smth – справжня/абсолютна новизна чогось
 unconventional dreams – незвичайні/нетрадиційні/неординарні мрії (бажання)
 every single day – кожнісінький день
 from this point on – з цього часу
 reluctantly – неохоче, проти волі
 confining - обмежений
 mediocre – посередній, звичайний
 treadmill – одноманітна (бездарна) робота/праця
 willpower – воля, сила волі
 insecurity - незахищеність

PART II: AFTER WATCHING

1. How did Amelia try to live?
2. What was the most dangerous flight of her life?
3. How long did it take Amelia to prepare for this flight?
4. How much did she pay for her first try to fly?
5. What’s happened to Amelia's parents?
6. What kind of experience did Amelia have in Canada?
7. How old was Amelia when she first discovered flying?
8. How much did Amelia have to pay for her flying lessons?
9. What colour has she panted her own plane?
10. Was Amelia a real poet? What was her nickname? Were her poems published? What did she write about?
11. What other hobbies did she possess?
12. Who was G.P.? When did he come in Amelia's life? Did people like him?
13. How many people died before Amelia's attempt to cross the Atlantic?
14. What's a 'friendship'? Was the flight successful?
15. Did Amelia participate in Derby competition?
16. Was Amelia proficient at flying?
17. What kind of illness did Amelia have?
18. What was Amelia's final flight for?
19. What fundamental things has Amelia left behind when setting out for her last flight?
20. Why was it a hard work to be Amelia Earhart? Has she ever felt fear?