As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones on the screen, a new cinema form appeared, the musical cinema..?. When did the history of cinema begin5[r]
(1)(2)• Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV?
• Why?
• Can you name some
films you like?
• What kind of films
(3)(4)(5)(6)Columbus found out America
(7)(8)How you call a person who makes films?
a A film maker b A film makor c A film makist
(9)(10)Read the passage, and then the tasks that follow
The history of what we call cinema today began in the early 19th 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 day, films were little more than moving photographs, usually about one
(11)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 change completely at
(12)Task1: Find the world in the passage that can match with the definition on the right column
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Film – making industry
Series of related events or actions A period of ten years
Quickly and in a short time Part of a film
A person in a film
(13)1 When did the history of cinema begin?
2 What did scientists discover at that time?
3 Did films in the early days have sound? The history of cinema began in the early 19th
century
At that time, scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement
(14)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?
In the early 1910s, audiences were able to enjoy the first long film
Sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s
As the old silent films were being replaced by
(15)(16)Task3: 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
(17)Task3: 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
(18)After you read
Work in group Task about the passage,
using the cues below
19th century 1910s 1920s
(19)(20)Cartoon
Full House Love Story film
Detective film Kungfu film
Adventure film
Comic
Tom and Jerry
Sherlock Holmes Charlo
Hoàng Phi Hồng The Adventures of
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F R I G H T E N E D
D R A C U L A V I C T I M
B L O O D
M U R D E R E R
M O N S T E R
G H O S T
(22)1 When you see this
(23)2 A film about a
(24)3 A person who has
(25)4 The red liquid that
(26)5 A person who has
(27)6 An animal or a thing
(28)7 The spirit of a dead
(29)8 Frightening in a way
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