Номер 2, страница 153, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Демченко, Севрюкова

2. a. Read the encyclopaedia article about the history of film-making. Find all the information about the pictures in ex. 1 in the text. What was the main function of film during the time described in the article?

It’s difficult to say when the history of film began but people are sure that 28 December 1895 is a historic date. On that day the Lumière brothers showed 10 short films in front of paying customers in a Paris hotel for the first time. Soon after that film production companies and studios appeared all over the world.

The earliest films were in black and white, less than a minute long, without recorded sound. They were mini-documentaries, not feature films. This time is called the silent era of film. Silent films were usually accompanied by live musicians in an orchestra, and sometimes sound effects and even comments made by the showman.

The first feature film with synchronised ['sɪŋkrənaɪzd] dialogue, “The Jazz Singer”, was made in 1927 in the USA. By the early 1930s, nearly all feature films were shown with synchronised sound and, by the mid-1930s, some were in full colour, too. During the 1930s and 1940s, cinema was the main form of popular entertainment: people often went to the cinema twice weekly. In Britain, in 1946 over 31 million people attended the cinema each week. It was cinema’s golden age.

With the appearance of television, the popularity of cinema started to go down and the number of cinema-goers fell. Cinema never regained (вновь обрело / зной здабыла) the position and influence it once had.

Today, most people see films on television or on the Internet. Streaming services are becoming more and more accessible and popular. Take, for example, Netflix, whose main business is its subscription (подписка / падпіска)-based streaming service. This service offers online streaming of a library of films and television programmes. The rise of video streaming services has led to binge-watching, which is the practice of watching television for a long period of time, usually several episodes of the same TV series in one sitting.

a TV series – many TV series

b. Read again. Are the statements true or false?

1. It’s possible to name the exact date when the first film was made.

2. The first films were full-length films with professional actors.

3. “The Jazz Singer” was the first silent movie.

4. People didn’t watch a lot of films in the 1930s–1940s.

5. The invention of television made cinema less popular.

6. Cinema is still not as popular as TV.

7. The streaming service Netflix produces its own films.

8. Binge-watching means watching one episode a day.

б. Прочитайте еще раз. Утверждения верны или ложны?

Ответ:

1. False

2. False

3. False

4. False

5. True

6. True

7. False

8. False

Перевод:

1. Ложь

2. Ложь

3. Ложь

4. Ложь

5. Правда

6. Правда

7. Ложь

8. Ложь