393146 English VI
Lab 2/2019
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Lab 1
UNIT 7
THE HISTORY OF CINEMA
BEFORE YOU WATCH
A
PAIR WORK
Look at the pictures. How do they represent different ways to watch movies?
1
B
2
Match the words to the descriptions.
comedy
1
2
3
4
5
6
C
3
documentary
documentary
silentmovie
comedy
streaming
multiplex
megaplex
megaplex
multiplex
silent movie
streaming
a movie that gives facts about a topic or event
a movie with no sound
a movie that makes you laugh
watching a movie directly from the internet
a very large movie theater with many different screens
a very large movie theater with seats that are similar to a sports stadium
Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of watching movies in each of the
ways shown in exercise A.
PAIR WORK
Ways of watching movies
1 Watch
at thetheater
2 Watch
on laptop
3
Watch
on
mobile
phone
Advantages
Disadvantages
It's on bigscreen
Youhavetowatchwithalotofpeople
Lt'sprivateand samequality It's smallscreen
Lt's portable
astheater
It's smallanddifficulttowatch
4
oh
D
PREDICT What percentage of adults do you think prefer to watch movies at home rather than go
to a movie theater?
I think …
Really? I’m not so sure about that. I think …
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UNIT 7
THE HISTORY OF CINEMA
WHILE YOU WATCH
A
Was your prediction from exercise D on page 25 correct? According to the video, what percentage
of adults prefer to watch movies at home rather than go to the movie theater?
B
Put the events in order from 1 (the earliest) to 5 (the latest).
Movies became available online.
5
Megaplexes and multiplexes opened.
More movie theaters opened all over the country.
The first movie theater opened.
1
The first movie with sound came out.
2
C
What do these numbers relate to? Complete the sentences.
5
1
2
3
4
5
6
26
18
20
54
1905
1927
thousands
54
% of adults prefer to watch movies at home than at the movie theater.
1905
.
The first movie theater opened in
cents.
Admission to the first theaters cost
5
the
first
movie
with
sound
came
out.
In
1927
thousands of seats.
screens or more and
A megaplex movie theater has
20
dollars.
A movie theater ticket usually costs
18
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D
Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 Going to the movies is / used to be more of a social event.
2 People called theaters “nickelodeons” because of their location / the price of the ticket.
3 “Scenics” were movies of the countryside from moving planes / trains.
4 “Actualities” are called documentaries / comedies nowadays.
5 Sound in the first movies was made by pianos / violins.
6 Not everybody / Everybody was happy when movies with sound were made.
E
Check (✓) the sentences that are true. Correct the false ones.
1 Movies didn’t use to have any sound or music.
have a sound or music
Movies used
to
2 Movie theaters used to be very popular.
3 People in parts of Asia didn’t use to like movies with sound.
4 In the Philippines, people used to like the live music at silent movies.
5 Comedies and horror movies used to be shown as silent movies.
F
PAIR WORK Read this extract from the video. What might be the man’s opinion about going to
the movies? Check (✓) the correct answer.
Some people like this much better than paying 18 dollars
to sit in a dark room with lots of people.
He thinks the movie theater is better than Netflix.
He thinks the movie theater is expensive.
He thinks it’s better to watch movies online.
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