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ENGLISH 10Unit 13: FILMS AND CINEMA READING... people who see films film-making industry the act of moving, or changing place or position a person in a film to extend over a place/an are

ENGLISH 10

Unit 13: FILMS AND CINEMA

READING

Who is he/she? Which film is it?

MR BEAN

Where is it?

Have you ever been here?

While reading

- Listen to the CD.

- Read the passage again in silent.

Task 1: Find the words in the passage that can match with the definitions on the right

column

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2

3

4

5

people who see films film-making industry the act of moving, or changing place or position

a person in a film

to extend over a place/an area

audience

cinema motion character

7

8

9

10

part of a film series of related events or actions

aperiod of ten years quickly and in a short time silent

scene sequence

decade

rapidly

still

Task 2: Answers these questions.

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 were introduced at the end

of the 1920s.

6 As the old silent films were being

replaced by spoken ones, the musical

cinema appeared.

Task 3:Decide which of the options below is the best title for the passage.

A The Story of a Film Maker

B A Brife History of Cinema.

C The History of the Film Industry

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Post reading

Task 4: Talk about the passage, using the cues

in textbook

films were little more than moving

photographs, usually about 1 minute in

length.

- By 1905, films were about 5 or 10 minutes long.

- In the early 1910s, audiences were able to enjoy the first long films.

- In 1915, cinema really became an

industry Film makers were prepared

to make longer and better films and

built special places where only films

were shown.

- At the end of the 1920s, sound were

introduced, old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones on the screen,

a new cinema form appeared, the

musical cinema.

Do all the exercises of reading part in

your workbooks