unit 13 Films and cinemas - reading

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Unit 13

(P1- reading)

Kinds of films

Before you read

Horror Thriller

Science fiction

Romantic Martial art

Cartoon War film

Action

film

Detective

film

Answer the questions.

1 Where do you watch films?

2 Can you name some of the films you

have seen?

3 What kind of films do you like to see? Why?

Before you read

 I watch films on TV at home every night There are the series of Harry Potter and

some of Korean films that I have seen

Fantasy movies and cartoons are my

favorites because they are usually exciting.

While you read

Task 1: Complete the sentences with the

words / phrases from the passage:

1 The history of _ started in the

early 19th century

2 The cinema developed _ in the

first two _of its existence

3 A _ of pictures could give the feeling of movement when they were

set in motion

4 Films used changes of _ to tell

a story

5 Actors play _ parts in a

film

cinema

rapidly decades

sequence

scenes

character

Group work Task 3 : Match the words in column

A with their definitions in B

A

• 1 decade

• 2 rapidly

• 3 cinema

• 4 sequence

• 5 character

• 6 scene

B

• 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

While you read Task 2: Complete the sentences with the words / phrases from

the passage:

scenes sequence decades cinema

rapidly completely actors character

1 has been a big business It is a

billion-dollar industry

2 In the past few _, The World’s cinema industry has developed _

3 Pierce Brosnan has played as the _

of 007

4 Star Wars III has many exciting with

thousands of star fighters

5 All three movies “Lord of the Rings” in the

_ were really wonderful.sequence

scenes

Cinema

decades

character rapidly

Task 4: Answer these questions:

1 When did the history of cinema begin?

2 What did scientists discover at that time?

3 How were the films in the early days?

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?

While you read

Choose the colors below to find the questions to answer:

The red: question 2

2 What did scientists discover at

that time?

 At that time scientists

discovered that when a

sequence of still pictures

were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.

1 When did the history of cinema begin?

• The yellow : question 1

The history of cinema began

in the early 19th century

5 When was sound introduced?

• The black: question 5

The sound was introduced

at the end of the 1920s

The pink: question 4

4 When were audiences able to see long films?

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

• The blue: question 3

3 How were the films in the early days?

They were a sequence of

still pictures set in motion without sound.

–The white: question 6

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

As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken

ones, the musical cinema

appeared.

The brown: Lucky

color

Congratulation!

The Answers:

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 They were a sequence of still pictures set

in motion without sound.

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 spoken ones, the musical cinema

appeared.

Talk about the history of cinema, using these dates: 19th century, 1905, 1910s, 1915,

1920s

19th century

1905

1910s

1915

1920s

History of cinema began

Sound was introduced and old silent films was replaced by the spoken ones

Films were about 5-10 minutes long

The first long films were made

Films became even longer and better Special places where films were shown were built

After you read

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

passage:

A The Story of a Film Maker

B The History of the Film

Industry

C A brief History of cinema