UNIT 13UNIT 13FILMS and CINEMAFILMS and CINEMA

• I want sth funny? Scary? or romantic? or sth that has a deep lesson? impressive action?

1. The Danish Girl2. Diep Van 33. Insidious 24. Shutter5. The Big Hero 66. Fast and Furious 77. Transformers 58. Dear John9. Spider Man 310. Ho Chi Minh Road’s Legend

VocabularyVocabularyFILMS & CINEMAFILMS & CINEMA

Go to the cinema = go to the movies = go to watch a film

The cinema (n.): He was a famous director in the cinema.

Cinema (n.): My town doesn’t have a cinema.

• still picture (n.)

motion picture (n.)

• Sequence (n.): a series of related pictures

set st in motion: to put st into a sequence and move the sequence.

• set a sequence of still pictures in motion

something (st)

• Spider man

• scene (n.): a part of a filme.g: My favourite scene is when they get married on the beach.• character (n.): a person in a filme.g: The Spider Man character is played by Tobey Maguire.

• audience (n.)• silent film (n.) >< Spoken film

• replace (v.) A replaces B => B is replaced by/with A.B takes the place of A• introduce (v.)e.g: Let me introduce myself.

1. cinema (n.) => go to the cinema2. still picture (n.)3. sequence (n.)4. set sth in motion5. scene (n.)6. character (n.) => play character parts7. audience (n.)8. silent film (n.)9. replace (v.)10.introduce (v.)

Listen and readListen and read

Task 1:1. film-making industry2. series of related events or acti

ons3. a period of 10 years4. quickly and in a short time5. part of a film6. a person in a film

(the) cinema

sequence

decade

rapidly

scene

character

Task 2:

1. When did the history of cinema begin?2. What did the scientists discover at that time? 3. Did 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?

Task 3:

Choose the best title for the passage:A. The Story of a Film MakerB. A Brief History of CinemaC. The History of the Film Industry

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