Unit 13 . Theater and movies

Unit 13:
Theater and movies


Guess Names of Films


Guess Names of Films


Guess Names of Films


Guess Names of Films


Guess Names of Films


Guess Names of Films


Before listening
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2.

Work in pairs to discuss the following
questions:
Do the theater and the motion
picture have a more promising

future?
Does the theater have a longer
history than the motion picture or
vice versa? How long do you think
the history of the motion picture is?


Before listening
The history of the theater is far longer
than that of the motion picture. The
history of the motion picture is just over a
century. It began in the early 19th century.


Before listening
 Kinematoscope

(n): the machine that
sent images
rapidly onto a screen
 Technicolor (n): process of color
cinematography: phim màu
 Release (v): to issue a film for general
exhibition
 D. W. Griffith (proper name)
 Steven Spielberg (proper name)


Listening
Task A: Listen to the passage about

American motion picture and check the
time expressions mentioned


Listening
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7.
8.

1861
1903
1915
1927
1933
1935
1960s
1970s

Listening


Listening
Task B: Listen again to complete these
gapped sentences with the correct
movies titles

Listening
1.
2.
3.
4.

A
B
C
A

The Great Train Robbery
The Birth of a Nation
The Jazz Singer
Becky Sharp


Listening
Task C: Listen again and decide
whether the statements are
true (T) or false (F). Then
correct the false ones.


Listening
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4.
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7.
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T
F In 1903, he produced the first
major
American movie.
T
F It had been made by 1935.
T
F It developed advanced movies
techniques during two decades 1960s
and 1970s.
T
T


Listening
Task D: Listen for the last time and fill in
the gaps with the correct words


Listening
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2.
3.

4.
5.

images
1915
spoken
gifted
studios


After listening
Listen to the passage once more time.
Then speak again the events of time
expressions