Read the text One of the wonders of this modern world is the art of making moving pictures. The 19th century was a time of great discoveries and inventions. In 1895 the Lumiere brothers gave the world's first real cinematograph show in Paris to an audience of 33 реople. In 1894, two French brothers, Auguste and Louis Lumiere, heard about the kinetoscope, a machine that Thomas Edison had invented in the USA in 1889. It was a box which contained a strip of filmed photographs. The photos were moved past a light n the box, so when you looked into the box, the image scanned to movе. It took more than fifteen metres of film to make a 'movie" of twenty secоnds. The Lumiere brothers developed this idea аnd built a simitar machine which projected the pictures onto a screen. They called it the Cinетatograph and in 1895 thеy showed ten films. The 'moving pictures' as entertainment was born. The first film the Lumiere brothers showed was "Thе Arrival of a Train at a Statlon". So exciting was the experience that some mеmbers of the audience half expеcted the train to rush out at them from the screen. In 1895 they showed nine films more. The first film theatre was opened in 1905. in Pittsburgh, USA The first fims were silent, but in 1920s, sound was developed. In 1927, cinema-goers were able to hear, for the first time, dialogue and music in The Jazz Singer. Тechnicolor appеared in 1932. Before then, each picture in a film had been painted by hand. In 1950s there were a lot of developments based on new technology, for example, wide- screen processes and stereophonic sound. You sat in the cinemа in front of an enormous screen and you сould hear the sounds of voices or horses or cars moving from oпe side of the screen to the other. You felt as if you werе аctually in the picture. By the end of 20th century, cinermа audiences had got used to even more special effects, using computer graphics and other new techniqиes to produce spectacular films. Task 1 Read the text again and write True or False 1. A few people watched the 1" film. The Lurmiere brothers invented the kinetoscope. 3. Тen films were shown in cinemas in 1895. 4. Еach picture in a film had been рainted by hand before technicolor, 5. Реople couldn't hear the sound of films while showing the first films. Total [5] Writing Task 2. Write а гeview (50-60 words) about television. You should В рresent advantages of television: я describe nедative consequences3 В use basic сonjunctions and linking words; use appropriate topical vocabulary.​

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