Unit 13. Films and cinema

Student: Pham Thu Huong
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Wednesday, March 24th 2010
Unit 13
Films & Cinema
READING
Vocabulary
- cinema /`sinəmə/ (n): rạp chiếu phim,
điện ảnh
- motion /`mou∫n/ (n): động, sự vận động
- scene /si:n/ (n): cảnh
- character /`kærəktə/ (n): nhân vật
- spread /spred/ (v): trải ra, lan truyền
- audience /`ɔ:djəns/ (n): khán giả

It was not until TIME that CLAUSE

e.g.: It was not until last year that we began this English class.
= We did not begin this English class before last year.
= We began this English class last year.
=> Use: to emphasize the beginning point of an action or event.
Find the word in the passage that can match with the definition on the right column
TASK 1:
1. film-making industry

2. series of related events
or actions
3. a period of ten years.

4. quickly and in a short
time.

5. part of a film

6. a person in a film
1. film-making industry

2. series of related events
or actions
3. a period of ten years.

4. quickly and in a short
time.

5. part of a film

6. a person in a film
cinema
sequence
decade
rapidly
scene
character
1. When did the history of cinema begin?
2. What did scientists discover at that time?
3. Did films in the early days have sound?
4. When were the 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?
TASK 2:
1. 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 feeling of movement (line 2-3)
3. Did films in the early days have sound?
 No, they didn’t (line 5-6)
4. When were the audiences able to see long films?
In the early 1910s (line 9)
5. When was sound introduced?
At the end of the 1920s (line 13)
6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?
 The musical music (line 16)



Choose the best title for the passage
TASK 3:
A, The Story of a Film Maker

B, A Brief History of Cinema

C, The History of the Film Industry
After you read
Talk about the history of Cinema
Time Events
Time Events
HOMEWORK
Write a summary of the passage using your notes taken for the After you read task.
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