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1. Unit 4: Leisure
Time
4.1: Silver
Screen

2. 1. How often do you watch
films?
2. Do you usually watch films at
home or at the cinema? Which
do you prefer? Why?
3. How often do you go to the
cinema? Who do you go with?

3. VOCABULARY: types of
film
an action/
adventure film
an animation
a horror film
a western
a romantic comedy
a love story
a musical
a historical film
a comedy
a war film
a science fiction
a thriller

4. Examples
for Each
Type of
Film

5. an action / adventure film

6. an animation film

7. a horror film

8. a western film

9. a romantic comedy

10. a love story (romance) film

11. a historical film

12. a musical film

13. a comedy

14. a war film

15. a science fiction (sci-fi) film

16. a thriller

17. Can you think of an example of each
type of film?
Which types of film do you like? Why?
What types of film are on at the cinema
in your town/ city now?

18. Country profile: Iran
by Mahsa Nami
These days, Iranian films are quite popular, thanks
to the work of three or four famous film directors,
for example Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen
Makhmalbaf and his daughter, Samira. Iranian
directors don't usually make thrillers or romantic
comedies, but they make films about the lives of
ordinary people, and life in the city or the country.

19. The week's film: Machuca
Director: Andres Wood
This film is about two 11- year old boys in Chile, in
1973. The two boys, Pedro Machuca and Gonzalo
Infante (the excellent young actors Ariel Mateluna
and Matias Quer), come from different families.
Gonzalo lives in a rich part of the capital city,
Santiago, but he's unhappy at home and at school a private school for rich children. The head teacher
of the school opens it to children from the poor
area . . .

20. 1. a film from Ireland
2. films in Iran
3. the number of cinemas in
Iran
4. a film from Chile
5. Hollywood films

21. d 1. actor
e 2. director
b 3. ordinary
c 4. private
school
a 5. head
teacher
a.) This person controls a school.
b.) It's normal, not different or unusual.
c.) Students (or their parents) pay to go
here.
d.) You see this person in films or plays.
e.) This person gives instructions to
actors in a film.

22. Country profile: Iran
by Mahsa Nami
These days, Iranian films are quite popular,
thanks to the work of three or four famous
film directors, for example Abbas Kiarostami,
Mohsen Makhmalbaf and his daughter,
Samira. Iranian directors don't usually make
thrillers or romantic comedies, but they make
films about the lives of ordinary people, and life
in the city or the country.
?
1. People outside Iran don't like Iranian films.

23. Country profile: Iran
by Mahsa Nami
These days, Iranian films are quite popular,
thanks to the work of three or four famous
film directors, for example Abbas Kiarostami,
Mohsen Makhmalbaf and his daughter,
Samira. Iranian directors don't usually make
thrillers or romantic comedies, but they make
films about the lives of ordinary people, and life
in the city or the country.
T 2. Mohsen Makhmalbaf is Samira's father.

24. Country profile: Iran
by Mahsa Nami
These days, Iranian films are quite popular,
thanks to the work of three or four famous
film directors, for example Abbas Kiarostami,
Mohsen Makhmalbaf and his daughter,
Samira. Iranian directors don't usually make
thrillers or romantic comedies, but they make
films about the lives of ordinary people, and life
in the city or the country.
F 3. Iranian directors make a lot of action films.

25. The week's film: Machuca
Director: Andres Wood
This film is about two 11- year old boys in
Chile, in 1973. The two boys, Pedro Machuca
and Gonzalo Infante (the excellent young actors
Ariel Mateluna and Matias Quer), come from
different families. Gonzalo lives in a rich part of
the capital city, Santiago, but he's unhappy at
home and at school - a private school for rich
children. The head teacher of the school opens it
to children from the poor area . . .
F
4. Gonzalo in Machuca lives in Chile, but we don't know
where.

26. The week's film: Machuca
Director: Andres Wood
This film is about two 11- year old boys in
Chile, in 1973. The two boys, Pedro Machuca
and Gonzalo Infante (the excellent young actors
Ariel Mateluna and Matias Quer), come from
different families. Gonzalo lives in a rich part of
the capital city, Santiago, but he's unhappy at
home and at school - a private school for rich
children. The head teacher of the school opens it
to children from the poor area . . .
? 5. The rich area is near the poor area.

27. The week's film: Machuca
Director: Andres Wood
very good
This film is about two 11- year old boys in
Chile, in 1973. The two boys, Pedro Machuca
and Gonzalo Infante (the excellent young actors
Ariel Mateluna and Matias Quer), come from
different families. Gonzalo lives in a rich part of
the capital city, Santiago, but he's unhappy at
home and at school - a private school for rich
children. The head teacher of the school opens it
to children from the poor area . . .
T 6. The main actors are very good.