Unit 13 film and cinema reading

3.Did films in the early days have sound?. 6.What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?... Answer: The history of cinema begin in the early

Guessing game

What are the title of films ?

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Mui Ngo Gai

Ve Que Cuoi Vo

Huong Phu Sa Tay Choi Miet Vuon

Khi Nguoi Ta Yeu

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 Discover (v):

 Sequence (n):

 Character (n):

 Audience (n):

 Sound (n):

 khám phá

 Sự nối tiếp

 nhân vật

 khán giả

 âm thanh

Rub out and Remember

 khám phá

 Sự nối tiếp

 nhân vật

 khán giả

 âm thanh

 Discover (v):

 Sequence (n):

 Character (n):

 Audience (n):

 Sound (n):

Task 1: Matching

1. Sequence

2. Rapidly

3. Cinema

4. Character

5. Scene

6. Decade

a film-making industry

b Series of ralated events

or actions

c A period of ten years

d Quickly and in a short

time

e Part of a film

f A person in a film

Task 2 Work in pairs 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?

Question 1:

When did the history of cinema begin?

Answer:

The history of cinema begin in the early

19th century.

The history of cinema begin in the early 19th century.

………

Question 2:

What did scientists discover at that time?

Answer:

At the time scientists discovered that when a

sequence of still pictures were set in motion,

they could give the felling of movement

…………

At the time scientists discovered that when a sequence

of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the

felling of movement. In the first two decades of its existence

………

Question 3:

Did films in the early days have sound?

Answer:

No, they didn’t

Question 4:

When were audiences able to

see long films?

Answer:

Audiences were able to see long films in the

early 1910s

……….

They used change of scene and camera position to tell

a story, with actors playing character parts Audiences

were able to see long films in the early 1910s. It was not

until 1915 that………

Question 5:

When was sound introduced?

Answer:

The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s

……….

The cinema changed completely at the end of 1920s.

This was when sound was introduced……….

Question 6:

What form of films appeared as

the old silent films were being

replaced by spoken ones?

Answer:

As the old silent films were being replaced by

spoken ones, the musical cinema appeared

……….

The changed begin in America and soon spread to the rest of the world As the old silent films were being replaced

by spoken ones on the screen, a new cinema form appeared, the musical cinema appeared.

Task 3: Decide the best title for the passage

A The Story of a Film Maker

B A Brief History of Cinema

C The History of the Film Industry

Gap-fill in the bland

(1)…… The history of cinema began

(2)…… Films were about 5 to 10 minutes long

1910s The audience were able to enjoy (3)

………films

(4)…… The cinema became an industry

1920s (5)………was introduced

19 th century

1905

The first long

1915

The sound

Homework: