Unit 13. Films and cinema

UNIT 13:
FILMS AND CINEMA
Lesson 1: Reading


LOVE STORIES FILM

WAR FILM


COMEDIES FILM


CARTOON FILM

DETECTIVE FILM


SCIENCE FICTION FILM


ACTION FILM
CINEMA
COMEDIES FILM
LOVE STORIES FILM
DETECTIVE FILM
SCIENCE FICTION FILM
ACTION FILM
WAR FILM
CARTOON FILM
1. Before you read
Ask and answer questions
Have you seen these films? And where?
2. Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV? Why?
3. What kind of films do you like to see? Why?


Adjectives to describe films nowadays and films in the past:


FILMS YEARS AGO
Short
Unnatural
Boring
Black and white
Silent


FILMS NOWSADAY
Long
Natural
Interesting
Colorful
Spoken


Pre-teach vocabulary

- motion(n): the act of moving (chuyển động)
Set st in motion: move st
(làm cái gì đó chuyển động)
Still (a): silent (yên tĩnh, yên lặng, câm)
Audience (n): viewer (người xem, khán giả)
Spread (v): to extend over a place (mở rộng, lan ra)
Replace (V): thay thế
Grammar structure:
Form:
It is/ was not until + phrase/ clause +
that +S + V + O
Use: Được dùng để nhấn mạnh thời điểm bắt đầu
Eg: It ‘s not until midday that he leaves.
WHILE YOU READ
TASK 1: First reading
Find the word in the passage that can match with the definition on the right column
Task 1:
(n)
(n)

(n)
(Adv)

(n)
(n)


-Film- making industry
- Series of related events or actions
A period of ten years
Quickly and in a short time
Part of film
A person in film
Task 1: Answers
cinema
sequence

decade
rapidly

scene
character
- Film- making industry
- Series of related events or actions
A period of ten years
Quickly and in a short time
Part of film
A person in film

Task 2
Students read the passage again and answer the questions:
Read through the six questions to understand them and underline the key words
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 films?
When was sound introduced?
What form of films appeared as the old silent film were being replaced by spoken ones?
When did the history of cinema begin?
In the early 19th century (line 1)
2. What did scientists discover at that time?
They discovered that when a sequence of still pictures was set in motion, they could give the feelings of movement. (line 2. 3)
3. Did films in the early days have sound?
No, they didn’t. (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 film were being replaced by spoken ones?
The musical cinema
Task 3
* Read the passage one more time and find the most suitable for it.
Techniques:
Read the option A, B, C and find out the differences between them.
Read the first and the last sentence to decide the main idea
Answer: B
Homework
Write a summary of the passage using the notes taken for the After you read
Thank you for
your listening!