Task 2. Work in pairs. Answer these questions . (Làm việc từng đôi. Trả lời câu hỏi.)

1. When did the history of cinema begin?

2. What did scientists discover at the 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?

Trả lời:

1. The history of cinema began in the early 19th century.

2. At that time, scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in motion, they could give the feeling of movement.

3. No, they didn't.

4. Audiences were able to see long films in the easrly 1920s.

5. The sound was introduced at the end of the 1920s.

6. As the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones, the musical cinema appeared.