1、牛津高中英語（模塊八）高二下學期,Unit4 Films and film eventsTask （II）,No. 29 Middle School Zhou Xinwen 2. Find out different aspects of the subject and write the draft; 3. Do research on the aspects that you do not know.,Tips,Skills building 3: using information from more than one source,1. Review what you have lea

2、rnt about the film industry in Steps 1 and 2. 2. List the information you have already obtained. 3. Think about what else you will need in making the speech or writing the essay for the competition.,For example: List the information The information I have already got: the first film-maker/ fathers o

3、f modern film; where the first film was made; the first studio in Hollywood; the title of the first talking film; the title of the first film made in China; the differences between old and modern films,The information I need to do research on: the titles of the best films in some famous film festiva

4、ls this year; some famous actors/ actresses in Hollywood/ China,Step 3: writing a speech about the film industry,write a speech using information gathered in the previous steps. work in groups to discuss what you should write and how to write the speech,A possible example:,Ladies and gentlemen, What

5、 I want to talk about here is the history of the film industry. There are many firsts in the history of the film industry. Do you know when and where the first film was made? It was in the 1880s, more than 120 years ago, that William Friese-Green recorded and then played back what we now think of as

6、 a film. He made his film in Hyde Park, London, and later watched it in his home.,The fathers of modern film are thought to be the Lumire brothers from France. The first films ever made were silent. The audiences could hear different kinds of music played by a piano player or an orchestra in the the

7、atre. It was not until in 1927 that the first talking film or film with sound was shown in New York. The title of it was The Jazz Singer. Just imagine how audiences reacted when they watched the first film with sound! It is said that the audience was so excited that everyone in the theatre stood up

8、and applauded.,In 1896, film was introduced to China. The first Chinese film ever made, Conquering Jun Mountain, was made in 1905. the first film made only by Chinese was The Difficult Couple, which was made in 1913. Then, about 18 years later, the first talking film was made in China in 1931. The t

9、itle of the film is The Songstress, Red Peony.,Although the first cinema that opened in the USA was in Pennsylvania, Hollywood is well known for film-making. Three quarters of the films seen around the world are made in the USA, and about ninety-nine per cent of them are made in Hollywood. The companies there make films in their studios. Do you know the name of the first studio that opened in Hollywood? It