Unit One
Text A The Birth of Film / 001
I. Reading Comprehension. / 006
II. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. / 006
III. Translation. / 007
Text B The Battleship Potemkin / 009
I. Context Clues. / 011
II. Questions for Consideration. / 011
Unit Two
Text A MGM and Its Stars / 012
I. Reading Comprehension. / 018
II. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. / 018
III. Translation. / 019
Text B Casablanca / 022
I. Context Clues. / 024
II. Questions for Consideration. / 024
Unit Three
Text A The Story of Westerns / 025
I. Reading Comprehension. / 031
II. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. / 031
III. Translation. / 032
Text B The Searchers / 034
I. Context Clues. / 036
II. Questions for Consideration. / 036
Unit Four
Text A The Modernity of Cinema / 037
I. Reading Comprehension. / 042
II. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. / 042
III. Translation. / 043
Text B The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari / 045
I. Context Clues. / 047
II. Questions for Consideration. / 047
Unit Five
Text A What We Discover in the Close-Up / 048
I. Reading Comprehension. / 053
II. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. / 053
III. Translation. / 054
Text B The Bicycle Thief / 056
I. Context Clues. / 058
II. Questions for Consideration. / 058
Unit Six
Text A The Long Take / 059
I. Reading Comprehension. / 064
II. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. / 064
III. Translation. / 065
Text B Citizen Kane / 068
I. Context Clues. / 070
II. Questions for Consideration. / 070
Unit Seven
Text A Carl Theodor Dreyer / 071
I. Reading Comprehension. / 077
II. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. / 077
III. Translation. / 078
Text B The Passion of Joan of Arc / 080
I. Context Clues. / 082
II. Questions for Consideration. / 082
Unit Eight
Text A Faith Trilogy / 083
I. Reading Comprehension. / 088
II. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. / 089
III. Translation. / 089
Text B The Seventh Seal / 092
I. Context Clues. / 094
II. Questions for Consideration. / 094
Unit Nine
Text A Storyline and Image in Trilogies of Kaurismäki / 095
I. Reading Comprehension. / 102
II. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. / 103
III. Translation. / 103
Text B Bonnie and Clyde / 106
I. Context Clues. / 108
II. Questions for Consideration. / 108
Unit Ten
Text A Lars von Trier / 109
I. Reading Comprehension. / 116
II. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. / 116
III. Translation. / 117
Text B Jules and Jim / 119
I. Context Clues. / 120
II. Questions for Consideration. / 121
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