Unit 13:
Theater and movies
Guess Names of Films
1
2
4
3
5
Guess Names of Films
1
Guess Names of Films
2
Guess Names of Films
3
Guess Names of Films
4
Guess Names of Films
5
Before listening
Work in pairs to discuss the following questions:
Do the theater and the motion picture have a more promising future?
Does the theater have a longer history than the motion picture or vice versa? How long do you think the history of the motion picture is?
Before listening
The history of the theater is far longer than that of the motion picture. The history of the motion picture is just over a century. It began in the early 19th century.

Before listening
Kinematoscope (n): the machine that sent images rapidly onto a screen
Technicolor (n): process of color cinematography: phim màu
Release (v): to issue a film for general exhibition
D. W. Griffith (proper name)
Steven Spielberg (proper name)
Listening
Task A: Listen to the passage about American motion picture and check the time expressions mentioned
Listening
1861
1903
1915
1927
1933
1935
1960s
1970s
Listening
Listening
Task B: Listen again to complete these gapped sentences with the correct movies titles




Listening
A The Great Train Robbery
B The Birth of a Nation
C The Jazz Singer
A Becky Sharp
Listening
Task C: Listen again and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). Then correct the false ones.
Listening

T
F In 1903, he produced the first major American movie.
T
F It had been made by 1935.
T
F It developed advanced movies techniques during two decades 1960s and 1970s.
T
T
Listening
Task D: Listen for the last time and fill in the gaps with the correct words


Listening
1. images
2. 1915
3. spoken
4. gifted
5. studios

After listening
Listen to the passage once more time. Then speak again the events of time expressions