Lesson 1: READING
UNIT 13:
FILMS AND CINEMA
• Warm-up
What film is this?
What film is this?
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•Time: 10 seconds to discuss & answer.
•10 points for one correct answer.
•Both English and Vietnamese names are
acceptable.
•Only the leader’s answer is accepted.
•If the leader can’t give the right answer,
the chance will be given to the other group.
•Group with the highest points will be the
winner.
THE RULE
9 extracts of films.
9 extracts of films.
B
B
A
A
C
C
K
K
T
T
O
O
S
S
C
C
H
H
O
O
O
O
L
L
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Task 1: Find the word in the passage that can match
with the definition.
1. __________ film-making industry.
2. _________ series of related events or actions.
3. ____________a period of ten years.
4. ____________ quickly and in a short time.
5. ____________ part of a film.
6. ____________ a person in a film.
Cinema
Sequence
Decade
Rapidly
Scene
Character
While-reading
• Task 2: Read the passage again and answer
the following question.
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When did the history of cinema
begin?
In the early 19th century
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What did scientists discover
at that time?
They discovered that when a sequence of still
pictures were set in motion, they could give the
feeling of movement.
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Did films in the early days have
sound?
No, they didn’t.
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When were audiences able to see
long films?
In the early 1910s.
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When was sound introduced?
It was not until at the end of the 1920s.
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6.What form of films appeared as the old
silent films were being replaced by spoken
ones?
The musical cinema
Task 3.
Decide which of the options below is the best
title for the passage.
A. The Story of a Film Maker.
B. A Brief History of Cinema.
C. The History of the Film Industry.
WHILE READING
Talk about the passage, using the
cues below.
19
th
century 1910s 1920s
1905 1915
In 19th century the history of cinema began.
By 1905 films were about five or ten minutes long.
In the early 1910s audiences were able to enjoy
the first long films.
It was not until 1915 that the cinema really
became an industry.
At the end of the 1920s the cinema changed
completely.
Learn vocabulary by heart & do the
exercises again.
Prepare for the next period – speaking.
Have a nice day!