Unit 13 Lesson 1 Reading NDT

Look at the pictures and answer the
questions below:
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Can you name the
following films?
•
What kind of films
are they?

Love story film

Cartoon film

Fairy tale film

Science fiction film



I. Before you read
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Work with a partner. Answer the questions:
1. Do you want to see a film at the cinema or
on TV? Why
2. Can you name some of the film you have
seen?
3. What kind of films do you like to see? Why?

. sequence (n)

. decade (n)
. character (n):
. audience (n):
. rapidly (adv):
. scene (n):
. Cinema (n):
. replace (v):
Vocabulary
Trình tự
Di chuyển
Thập kỉ
Nhân vật
Khán giả
Cảnh (trong phim)
Rạp chiếu phim
Thay thế
Một cách nhanh chóng
= 10 years
. Set st in motion = move (v)
, điện ảnh

II. While you read
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Task 1: 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
a. film-making industry
b. series of related events
or actions
c. a period of ten years
d. quickly and in a short time
e. part of a film
f. a person in a film
1-c 2-d 3- a 4- b 5-f 6-e

Task 2: read the text then decide the
statements below are true (T) or false (F)
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The history of cinema begin in the early of 19
th

century
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At that time, the scientists discovered 3D technology
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The films in the early day had sound
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We could only see the first long film in the early 1910
s
.
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The first film having sound was one in 1915.
•

The musical cinema was formed as the old silent film were being
replaced by spoken ones
T
F
F
T
F
T

Task 3: Choose the best title for the passage
A. The story of a Film Marker
B. A Brief History of Cinema
C. The History of the Film Industry
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III. After you read
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Group work: Talk about the passage, using the cues
Time Events
19
th
century The history…
1905 Films were about…
1910
s
The first….
1915 Films became….
1920
s
Sounds…

The history of cinema began
Films were about 5-10 minutes long
The first long films were made
Films became even longer and better
Cinemas were first built
Sound was introduced and old silent
film were replaced by the spoken ones

Homework
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Learn by heart all the new words and practice
reading them.
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Prepare for the new lesson.