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Unit 13

Films and cinema

A. Reading
I. Before you read







1. Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV? Why?
2. Can you name some of the films you have seen?
3. What kind of films do you like to see? Why?
Vocabulary
motion (n) = movement (n): sự vận động

still (adj) = silent (adj): yên lặng, tĩnh lặng

audience (n) = viewers (n): khán giả

spread (v): lan truyền, phổ biến

replace (v): thay thế
II. While you read

Read the passage and then do the task that follow
Task 1: Match the words in the box with their given definitions.
cinema
sequence
decade
rapidly
scence
character
Task 2: Answer these questions.

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 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: Answer the question

1. When did the history of cinema begin?
-> In the early 19th century ( line 1)
Task 2: Answer the question

2. What did scientists discover at that time?
-> At that time the scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures was set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement. ( lines 2 - 3)
Task 2: Answer the question

3. Did films in the early days have sound?
-> No, they didn`t ( line 5; lines 13, 15)
Task 2: Answer the question

4. When were audiences able to see long films?
-> In the early 1910s ( line 9)
Task 2: Answer the question

5. When was sound introduced?
-> At the end of the 1920s ( line 14)
Task 2: Answer the question

6. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?
-> The musical cinema ( last line)
Task 3: Decide which of the options below is the best title for the passage

A. The Story of a Films Maker
B. A Brief History of Cinema
C. The History of the Film Industry
III. After you read
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Homework

Do all the Task on the notebook
Prepare the next lesson
thank you for your attention