E10- reading unit 13

A Brief History of Cinema C.. Did films in the early days have sound.. When were audiences able to see long films?. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replac

LET’S PLAY

A

PIRATES

OF THE CARIBEAN

THE

LOVE

STORY

IN HAVERD

BỖNG DƯNG MUỐN KHÓC

TOM AND JERRY

Harry

Porter

sequence (n) ['si:kwəns] :

motion (n) ['mou∫n] :

decade (n) ['dekeid] :

rapid (adj) ['ræpid] :

series of related events

or actions the act of moving

a period of ten years

happening in a short period

of time

 rapidly (adv)

scene (n) [si:n]

character (n) ['kærəktə]

: cảnh trong phim

: nhân vật

audience (n) [' :d ɔ iəns] : khán giả

spread (v) [spred] : lan rộng

Example: Water began to spread the floor.

replace (v) [ri'pleis] : thay thế

Example: This table is very old It needs to be replaced by

a new one.

Exercise 1 : Find the words in the passage that can match with the definition on the right column.

a period of ten years quickly and in a short time part of a film

Exercise 2:

Exercise 2:  

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A The Story of a Film Maker

B A Brief History of Cinema

C The History of The Film Industry

B A Brief History of Cinema

Exercise 3:

Exercise 3 : Read the passage and

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 the spoken ones?

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 the spoken ones?

Suggested answers :

1 When did the history of cinema begin?

 In the early 19th century

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.

3 Did films in the early days have sound?

 No, they did not

4 When were audiences able to see long films?

 In the early 1910s

5 When was sound introduced?

 At the end of the 1920s

6 What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?

 The musical cinema

1905

1910s 1910s

1915 1915

1920s 1920s

long film

1910s: Audiences could enjoy the first

about five or ten

minutes long 1915: Cinema became an

industry

1915: Cinema became an industry

19th century

The history of cinema began

This is one of the scenes in the film

“Bong dung muon khoc”.

Nam and Truc are the main character s in

the film “ Bong dung muon khoc”.

The audiences are watching a film.