A movie theatre is a place where movies are shown on a big screen. A movie theatre is sometimes called a cinemaA movie theatre is a place where movies are shown on a big screen. A movie theatre is sometimes called a cinema. The (1) _____________ watch movies usually on chairs inside a dark room. An electric machine called a projector shines a very bright light through the movie, and people sit and see it on the big screen. A theatre with multiple (2) _____________ is commonly called a “multi-plex” or “mega-plex” if it has more than 10 screens. The first movie theatre was (3) _____________ to the public on April 23,1896, in Koster and Bial’s Music Hall on 34th Street in New York City. The oldest movie theatre in the world, which is still in action today is the Kino Pionier opened 1907 in Szczecin, Poland. Movie theatres make money from not only movie (4) _____________ but also from food and drinks (popcorn, candy, soft drinks, etc). In recent years with the increase of movie rental costs, theatres have become more and more creative about how they make money. 1. A. critics B. audiences C. actors D. actresses 2. A. rooms B. chairs C. movies D. screens 3. A. opened B. shown C. sold D. seen 4. A. plots B. trailers C. tickets D. advertisements |