Reading & Real Talk: A History of Special Effects · القراءة والمحادثة: تاريخ المؤثرات الخاصة
الإنجليزية للصف الثالث المتوسط (Super Goal 3) · Unit 5: Since When? · منذ متى؟ · Lesson 5-3 · الفصل الدراسي الأول
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Lesson idea · فكرة الدرس
Read about how special effects in movies developed from simple camera tricks to computer-generated images, and use expressions for greeting old friends and talking about recent news.
Key points · أهم النقاط
- Early filmmakers used simple camera tricks and models; today, computers create realistic images and creatures.
- take over = replace or gain control: Digital cameras have taken over from film cameras.
- Real Talk: Long time no see! / What have you been up to? / Congratulations!
Vocabulary · المفردات
special effects: المؤثرات الخاصة
computer-generated: مُنشأ بالحاسوب
capture: يلتقط
image: صورة
take over: يحل محل/يسيطر
Long time no see!: لم أرك منذ زمن!
What have you been up to?: ماذا كنت تفعل مؤخرًا؟
settle down: يستقر
I can't wait: لا أستطيع الانتظار
أسئلة الدرس (12 سؤالًا) · Questions
- Movies about dinosaurs use ____ to make the animals look real.
Answer: special effects - Today, most monsters in films are ____ images, not real models.
Answer: computer-generated - The photographer was able to ____ the moment the bird caught the fish.
Answer: capture - Digital cameras have ____ from film cameras; very few people use film now.
Answer: taken over - Meeting a friend after five years: "____! How are you?"
Answer: Long time no see - "What have you been ____ to?" – "I've just finished university."
Answer: up - "I've just moved to Riyadh and started a new job." – "Great! Have you ____ down yet?"
Answer: settled - "Our trip to AlUla is next week." – "I can't ____!"
Answer: wait - In early films, filmmakers used small ____ of cities and ships to create big scenes.
Answer: models - The writer says special effects have become more ____ over the years.
Answer: realistic - Write about your important possessions: "I've had my watch ____ my 12th birthday."
Answer: since - "Er... let me think. Oh yes, I remember!" The word "er" is used when you ____.
Answer: hesitate