English 10_Unit 13-Reading

It was not until TIME that CLAUSEe.g.: It was not until last year that we began this English class.. = We began this English class last year.. series of related events or actions 3.. s

Student: Pham Thu Huong

Wednesday, March 24th 2010

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

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

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 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?

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

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

1910s The audience were

able to enjoy the first long films.

1915 The cinema became an

industry.

Write a summary of the

passage using your notes taken for the After you read task.