11. A few years.
12. Pre-production stage and post-production stage.
2. Read the web page in Part C to find the remaining information and finish the quiz.
Answers to part C:
2. He said, 'Cinema... has no commercial future.'
6. $10,000,000.
13. 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Warner Bros and MGM.
Step 3: Skills building 2-Listening for emphasis
In the grammar and usage section of this unit, we learnt about how to emphasize some parts of sentences by adding some words or using certain sentence structures. Are there other ways that we can emphasize some words or information, especially when we are speaking? Sometimes we stress the words we want to emphasize.
Step 4: Pair work
Pair work to practice asking and answering questions about Chinese films
Please work in pairs to conduct an interview about Chinese films, and you should practice the speaking skills you have learnt in skills building 2.
1. First go over the instructions and know what to do.
2. Work in pairs to practice and remember to switch roles so that every one of you will have a chance to practice emphasizing.
Step 5: Skills building 3-Using information from more than one source
Read the instructions and learn to know what you need to do to prepare the information for a speech or an essay competition
1. What will you do before you attend a speech or an essay competition?
1) know what the subject of the competition is
2) find out different aspects of the subject and write the draft
3) do research on the aspects that you do not know
Step 6: Writing a speech about the film industry
Read the guidelines in step 3 to find out what to do, and write a speech about the film industry.
Step 7: Homework