Unit 13. Films and cinema

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY !
I.WARM-UP:
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
Who is she?
What’s her job?
HONG ANH
An actress
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Have you ever watched this film?
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What are they doing?
And where?
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What is this place famous for?
FILMS AND CINEMA
UNIT 13: FILMS AND CINEMA
PERIOD 78: READING
Tuesday, March 18th 2008

II. NEW LESSON
A. Before reading

1. Activity 1: Questions:





a. Why do people come here?
b. Why don’t they stay at home to watch the film on their TV?
c. Have you ever been here? What film did you see?
2. Activity 2: Vocabularies
a. character (n):
nhân vật
b. Motion (n):
 the act of moving or changing place or position
c. Audience (n):
Sự vận động
khán giả
A group of people who have gathered together to watch or listen something or someone.
d. discover (v):
 find or learn about something



e. movement ( n):
khám phá
sự chuyển động
 moving or being moved
Character (n): nhân vật

b. Motion (n): sự vận động

c. Audience (n): khán giả

d. Discover (v): khám phá

e. Movement (n): sự chuyển động


B.While-reading.
1.Activity1. Task1: Match the words in the passage with the definitions on the right column.

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2. Activity 2: Task 2. Answer these questions

1. When did the history of the cinema begin?

2. What did scientists discover at that time?



3. Did films in the early days have sound?

In the early 19th century
At that time scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.
No, they didn’t.
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?
In the early 1910s
At the end of the 1920
The musical cinema
3. Activity 3:Task 3. Decide which of the options below is the best title for the passage.

A. The history of a film maker

B. A brief History of Cinema

C. The History of the Film Industry
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IV. After reading:
1.Matching the time with the suitable events
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19th century

1905

1910s

1915

1920s

2. Matching the titles of these films with the appropriate Vietnamese translations.
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V. Homework:
Revise the vocabulary


2. Prepare for speaking