unit 13 A-Reading (hay)

While you readThe history of what we call cinema today began in the early 19 th century.. By 1905, however, films were about five or ten minutes long.. In the early 1910s, audiences wer

What is the name of this film?

Where do you often go to see films?

CINEMA

Unit 13

Lesson: READING

• Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV?

Why?

Name the following films

SPIDER MAN

FULL HOUSE

TOM AND JERRY

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

While you readThe history of what we call cinema today began in the early 19 th century At that time, scientists discovered that

when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement In the first two

decades of its existence, the cinema developed rapidly In those early days, films were a little more than moving

photographs, usually about one minute in length By 1905, however, films were about five or ten minutes long They used changes of scene and camera positions to tell a story, with actors playing character parts In the early 1910s,

audiences were able to enjoy the first long films, but it was not until 1915 that the cinema really became an industry

From that time, film makers were prepared to make longer and better films and build special places where only films were shown The cinema changed completely at the end of the 1920s This was when sound was introduced The

change began in American and soon spread to the rest of the world As the old silent films were being replaced by

spoken ones on the screen, a new cinema form appeared, the musical cinema.

audience: khán giả

motion(n): sự vận động, chuyển động

Ex: News from Vietnam to England

Spread (v): truyền đi

film maker (adj): nhà làm phim

2 Task 1 : Match the words in column A

with their definitions in B

c a period of ten years

d quickly and in a short

time

e part of a film

f a person in a film

Khán giả

Nhanh chóng

Film maker (n): Nhà làm phim

3 Task 2: Complete the sentences with the words /

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

4 Task 3: Answer these questions :

1 When did the history of cinema begin?

2 What did scientists discover at that time?

3 Did the films in the early days have sound?

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?

Choose the colors below to find the questions to answer:

The red: question 2

2 What did scientists discover at

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 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

have sound?

No, they didn’t

– The white: question 6

6 What form of cinema 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!

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 The films in the early days didn’t have 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.

A The story of a film maker

B A brief history of cinema

C The history of the film industry

5 Task 4: Decide which

of the options below

is the best title for

the passage:

6: Match the time with

2 1905 Cinema became an industry

Films were better and longer

3 1910s History of Cinema began

4 1915 Films were about 5 or 10

minutes long with changes of scenes, cameras and actors

5 1920s The cinema changed completely

with sound and the music

Home work

2 Prepare for the period speaking.