Unit 13 reading

Silent film n: Example: Tom and Jerry are two famous cartoon characters Sự chuyển động Cảnh Nhân vật Diễn viên nam Diễn viên nữ Khán giả Example: Tom and Jerry are two famous cartoon c

Journey to the West

The Butterfly Lovers

Period 77:

Unit 13: FILM AND

CINEMA

Lesson A:

Reading

1 Motion ['mou∫n] (n):

2 Scene [si:n] (n):

3 Character ['kæriktə] (n):

5 Audience [' :djəns ɔ ] (n):

4 Actor ['æktə] (n):

Actress ['æktris] (n):

6 Silent film (n):

Example: Tom and Jerry are two famous cartoon characters

Sự chuyển động Cảnh

Nhân vật

Diễn viên nam Diễn viên nữ

Khán giả

Example: Tom and Jerry are

two famous cartoon

characters.

Example: Charlie

Chaplin was a well-known actor in

silent films.

Task 1 Find

the words in the passage that can match with the definitions on the right column.

Task 1 Find the words in the

passage that can match with the

definitions on the right column.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

film-making industry series of related events or actions

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

a person in a film

cinema

decade

rapidly

1

2

3

4

5

6

sequence

scene

character

QUESTION S

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?

1.The history of cinema began in the early 19 th

century

2.At that time scientists discovered that when a

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

3.No, they didn’t

4.Audiences were able to see long films in the early 1910s

5.The sound was introduced at the end of the

1920s

6.As the old silent films were being replaced by

Decide which of the option below is the best title for the

passage.

Task 3: Decide which of the option below is the best title for the

passage.

B A Brief History of Cinema

Free-practice