Unit 13. Films and cinema

Class: 10A2
Than Uyen – high school
Welcome to
ROMANTIC/ LOVE
STORY FILM
CARTOON
SCIENCE FICTION FILM
HORROR FILM
DETECTIVE FILM
COMEDY
ACTION FILM
FILM
Comedy
Horror
film
Cartoon
Action
film
Detective
film
Romantic
film
Science fiction
film
UNIT 13
FILM AND CINEMA
Period: 80 - A: READING
I- Before you read
Ask and answer the questions.
Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV? Why?
Can you name some of the films you have seen?
What kind of film do you like to see? Why?
VOCABULARY

1. Decade [di‘keid] (n): thập kỉ
2. Sequence [`si:kwəns] (n) : sự nối tiếp, chuỗi
3. Scene [sin] (n): bối cảnh
4. Motion [`mou∫n] (n): sự chuyển động
5. Character [`kæriktə] (n): nhân vật
6. Rapidly [`ræpidli] (adv): một cách nhanh chóng
7. Audience [`ɔ:djəns] (n): khán giả
8. Replace [ri`pleis] (v): thay thế
9. It is/ was not until … that … : mãi cho đến … thì mới
eg: It was not until 1915 that the cinema really became an industry.

Task 1: Match the word in the passage with the vietnamese meaning on the right column.
1………….……….
2…………………..
3…………………..
4…………………..
5…………………..
6…………………..
7………………….
8………………….
a. thập kỉ
b. nhân vật
c. khán giả
d. sự nối tiếp, chuỗi
e. thay thế
f. một cách nhanh chóng
g. bối cảnh
h. điện ảnh
cinema
sequence
decade
rapidly
scene
character
audience
replace
II- While you read

Task 2 – Answer the questions
When did the history of cinema begin?
What did scientists discover at that time?
Did films in the early days have sound?
When were audiences able to see long film?
When was sound introduced?
What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?
1. When did the history of cinema begin?
In the early 19th century. (line 1)
2. What did scientists discover at that time?
At that time the scientists discovered that when sequence of still pictures was set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement. (line 2-3)
3. Did films in the early days have sound?
No, they didn’t. (line 5, line 13-15)
4. When were audiences able to see long films?
In the early 1910s. (line 9)
5. When was sound introduced?
At the end of the 1920s. (line 14)
6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?
The musical cinema. (line 17)
Task 3 - Decide which of the options below is the best title for the passage.
A. The Story of Film Maker.
B. A Brief History of Cinema.
C. The History of the Film Industry.

B
III- After you read

Talk about the history of cinema, using these dates: 19th century, 1905, 1910s, 1915, 1920s
History of cinema began
Sound was introduced and old silent films was replaced by the spoken ones
Films were about 5-10 minutes long
The first long films were made
Films became even longer and better. Special places where films were shown were built
1905
19th century
1920s
1910s
1915
Talk about the history of cinema, using these dates: 19th century, 1905, 1910s, 1915, 1920s
History of cinema began
Sound was introduced and old silent films was replaced by the spoken ones
Films were about 5-10 minutes long
The first long films were made
Films became even longer and better. Special places where films were shown were built
Homework:
Learn by heart the new words.
Translate the passage into Vietnamese.
Prepare the new lesson.