Unit 13. Films and cinema

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Unit 13
Part A: READING
FILMS AND CINEMA
INTERNATIONAL CINEMA
Olympia Music Hall�-FRANCE
Kurshumli An In Skopje - Macedonia
Pula- Croatia
Disney-Hollywood
Ordering the following sentences:

1.The history of cinema today began in the early 19th.
2.In the early 1910s, the first long films were introduced.
3.By 1905 films were about five or ten minutes long.
4.The films had sound at the end of the 1920s.
5. In 1915 the cinema really became an industry
Answer: 1-3-2-5-4
VOCABULARY
Sequence (n): chuỗi nối tiếp
still picture

moving picture
character(n):nhân vật
audience(n):khán giả
1.sequence(n): chuỗi nối tiếp
2.Still picture(n): tranh tĩnh
Moving picture (n): tranh động
2.character(n):nhân vật
3.audience(n):khán giả
4.movement(n):chuyển động
5.discover (v): phát hiện, tìm ra
TASK 1: MATCHING
Task 2: Answer these questions
1. When did the history of cinema begin?

2. What did scientists discover at that time?

3. Did the films in the early days have sound?

4. When were audiences able to see long films?

5. When was sound introduced?

6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?
Answers
When did the history of cinema begin?
 The history of cinema began in the early 19th century.

2. What did scientists discover at that time?
 At that time scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.
Did the films in the early days have sound?
No, they didn’t (The films in the early days didn’t have sound)

When were audiences able to see long films?
 Audiences were able to see long films in the early 1910s.

5. When was sound introduced?
 The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s

6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?
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 Brief History of Cinema
C. The History of the Film Industry
Complete the table
Year
19th century
Events
History of Cinema began.
Films were about 5 or 10 minutes long with changes of scenes, cameras and actors.
Audiences were able to enjoy the 1st long films.
Cinema became an industry
The cinema changed completely with sound and music.
1905
1910s
1915
1920s
(2)
(1)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Home work
-Learn new words by heart
-prepare part B-Speaking