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(1)Matching the pictures with the correct types of movie.
Detective film
Action film Science fiction film
Romantic film Comedy Cartoon
(2)UNIT 13: FILMS &
CINEMA
(3)Vocabulary.
Cinema /ˈsɪnəmə/(n):
Scene /siːn/ (n): a sequence of continuous action in a play, movie, or a book.
Decade /de’keid/ (n):
a period of ten years.
Rapidly /ˈræpɪdli/ (adv) = quickly
(4)Film maker/ˈfilmˌmākər/(n): a person who directs or produces movies for the theater or
television.
Character/ˈkerəktər/(n):
Sequence /ˈsiːkwəns/(n) a set of related events, movements, or things that follow each other in particular order.
Still /stil/(adj): not moving or making a sound.
(5)Read the passage and the tasks that follow.
The history of what we call cinema today began in the early 19th century.
(6)Task Find the word in the passage.
1 Film-making industry
2. Series of related events of 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
(7)Task The words in the box below appear in the
reading passage Use them to compete the sentences.
decade sequence rapidly scene character
1. Candida is the most interesting _ in the play. 2. The past _ has seen a huge rise in the number of computer users.
3. The film contains some violent .
(8)Task Decide whether the following statements are True or False
T F
1. The history of cinema began in late 19th century.
(9)Task 4: Choosing the best title for the passage.
A.The Story of a Film Maker B. Brief History of Cinema
(10)Task Fill in the blank with a suitable word/phrase.
In the early
19th century
- (1) _ began.
(11)see you later