Unit 13-Reading

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Unit 13: Films and Cinema Period 78: Reading

National Cinema Centre

Kinds of films

horror film

cartoon action film

romantic film

science

fiction

film

thriller

detective film

2 sequence (n)

still (adj) set in motion (v) decade (n)

character (n) audience (n) rapidly (adv) scene (n)

spread (v) replace (v)

II Tasks

1 Task 1: Match the word with its suitable definition

1 cinema

2 sequence

3 decade

4 rapidly

5 scene

6 character

2 Task 2: Answer the questions

6 As the old silent films were replaced by spoken ones, the musical cinema appeared

1 The history of cinema began in the early 19th 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

3 Task 3: Choose the best title.

A The Story of a Film Maker

B A Brief History of Cinema

C The History of the Film Industry

4 Task 4: Match the time and the events, then retell the text

19th century The first long fims were made

1905 Films became even longer and

better Cinemas were first built

1910s Films were about 5-10 minute

long

1915 Sound was introduced and old

silent films were replaced by the spoken ones

II Homework.

Learn Vocabulary.

Write the answers to Task 2.