Lesson 1

Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase.

1. The speakers on most phones are very good now. Music sounds loud and clear on them.
2. The shops are surrounded by big buildings. It is the only small building in the road.
3. Noha had a spectacularly big birthday cake in the shape of the pyramids!
4. The play was so good that I was totally immersed in the story. I forgot I was in a theatre!
5. There are plans to build new cycle lanes through the city, but they have not yet been implemented, so I still take the bus.
6. The wood goes through a/an a process which turns it into paper.
7. All the trains were cancelled this morning, which was very inconvenient, as I couldn't get to college.
8. Plastic toys are very cheap because thousands of them are mass-produced in factories every day.

2. Read. Which three things made IMAX films different to traditional films?

The size of the screen, the fact that the speakers were behind the screen, and the process used to make the film.

3. Read again and complete the sentences.

1. IMAX films took a different approach to traditional films.
2. Cinemas that showed this type of film were square so that the seats all faced the screen.
3. In the film about Mount Everest, people felt that they were surrounded by snowy mountains.
4. Since 2000, mass-produced films that use the same technology can be shown in traditional cinemas.
5. Some cinemas have seats that move to immerse you even more into the experience.
6. The technology to ‘feel’ films using smell, rain and wind probably won’t be implemented in most cinemas because it is too expensive.