Tiếng Anh 10 - Unit 13: Films and Cinema - Reading

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 e[r]

Matching the pictures with the correct types of movie.

Detective film

Action film Science fiction film

Romantic film Comedy Cartoon

UNIT 13: FILMS &

CINEMA

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 

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.

Read the passage and the tasks that follow.

The history of what we call cinema today began in the early 19th century. 

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

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  .

Task Decide whether the following statements are True or False

T F

1. The history of cinema began in late 19th century.

Task 4: Choosing the best title for the passage.

A.The Story of a Film Maker B.  Brief History of Cinema

Task Fill in the blank with a suitable word/phrase.

In the early 

19th century

- (1)  _ began.

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