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ENGLISH 10

Unit 13: FILMS AND CINEMA
READING
Who is he/she?
Which film is it?
MR. BEAN
Where is it?
Have you ever been here?
While reading
- Listen to the CD.
- Read the passage again in silent.
Task 1: Find the words in the passage that can match with the definitions on the right column.
audience
cinema
motion
character
spread
scene
sequence
decade
rapidly
still
Task 2: Answers these questions.
1. The history of cinema began in the early 19th century.
2. At that time scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.
3. No, they didn’t.
4. Audiences were able to see long films in the early 1910s.

5. The sound were introduced at the end of the 1920s.

6. As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones, the musical cinema appeared.
Task 3:Decide which of the options below is the best title for the passage.

A. The Story of a Film Maker
B. A Brife History of Cinema.
C. The History of the Film Industry
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Post reading
Task 4:Talk about the passage, using the cues in textbook
- In the 19th century, the cinema began and films were little more than moving photographs, usually about 1 minute in length.
- By 1905, films were about 5 or 10 minutes long.
- In the early 1910s, audiences were able to enjoy the first long films.

- In 1915, cinema really became an industry. Film makers were prepared to make longer and better films and built special places where only films were shown.
- At the end of the 1920s, sound were introduced, old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones on the screen, a new cinema form appeared, the musical cinema.
Homework
Do all the exercises of reading part in your workbooks.