Name: Let's Learn English at a Movie Theatre! ??️?️
Uploaded: 2024-09-29T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 9 min 24 s
Description: Thousands of YouTube videos with English-Chinese subtitles! Now you can learn to understand native speakers, expand your vocabulary, and improve your pronunciation...

The imperative

Adverbs of frequency

So I've always been a big fan of the X-Men movies, and in particular Wolverine is my favourite character.

Past simple

So when I heard there was a new movie coming out with him in it and some other guy named Deadpool, I thought I should make an English lesson for you.

I can't show you the actual movie, but along the way I can help you learn some English words and phrases that you can use as you talk about the movies.

So let's talk about the difference between to see a movie and to watch a movie.

If I say that I'm going to go see a movie, it means I'm probably going to come to a theatre like this to see that movie.

If I say I'm going to watch a movie, it usually means I'm going to stay home and maybe watch the movie on Netflix.

So there are a few ways to buy a ticket to see a movie.

A ticket machine is a machine that you can use to buy a ticket to see the movie.

You put your card in and you choose the movie you want, and then you get a ticket to see that movie.

Not many people use the box office anymore to buy tickets.

I don't even think there's a person there, but that is where you could go to buy a movie ticket from a person.

Or you can actually go to the concession stand.

But the most popular way to buy a ticket right now is to buy your ticket online.

It's on my phone and I will use that ticket.

I guess it's an e-ticket to get in to the theatre.

So behind me you can see what's called the concession stand.

Sometimes we call it a snack bar, but I usually call it a concession stand or just the concessions.

It's the place where you can go to buy a snack.

Now the most common snack to buy when going to see a movie here in Canada is usually popcorn and maybe some kind of soda or what I call pop.

I actually don't really like popcorn and I really don't drink soda or pop, but this is where you would go to get a snack.

Yeah, just the peanut M&M's and the water.

This is what I wanted and this is what I got.

So there are a few different types of movies and genres.

This movie that I'm going to see could be considered an action movie, maybe a little bit of science fiction.

An action movie is a movie where there's lots of guns and car chases.

A science fiction movie takes place in the future and there will be spaceships and people might visit other planets.

There's also fantasy movies where you'll see swords and dragons and things like that.

You might watch a horror movie, not my favourite, a movie that is designed to scare you.

Or you might see a movie that is a comedy, or if it has romance involved, it might be a romantic comedy.

And then lastly, there is a type of movie called a drama, a more serious movie, sometimes based on a historical event.

There are many other movie genres, but those are just the main ones that I can think of right now.

So I actually printed my ticket today instead of having it on my phone.

Like I said, I'm using my phone to record, but as I approach, they'll need my ticket here.

Screen 6 just down this hall to your right.

So I am going to go to screen 6 or theatre 6, so that's where I'm headed right now.

By the way, a long time ago, you used to actually give them a paper ticket and they would rip your ticket or tear your ticket.

I still remember that time long ago, but now everything's digital.

On my ticket there was a QR code, and that's what they scanned in order to allow me into the theatre.

So there are a couple of ways that they advertise movies.

A movie poster is simply a poster, a big colourful piece of paper that goes on the wall, and that poster advertises upcoming movies.

So before a movie starts they'll show what are called previews or trailers.

They haven't quite started in this theatre yet, but pretty soon they will show previews or trailers.

This is when they show you little clips of a movie that's coming out in the future in hopes that you will decide to go see it.

Right now they're just running some advertisements, but pretty soon they'll start showing the previews and the trailers.

So if you're wondering what to call people at a theatre, the people who work there, the person who took my ticket I would call a ticket taker.

The people who come in and out of the theatre to make sure everyone's sitting in the right spot I would call those ushers or attendants.

So someone who takes your ticket is a ticket taker.

Someone who can help you in the theatre find your seat or make sure you're in the right seat is called an attendant or an usher.

So I'm walking into theatre 6 or screen 6 and as you can see no one is here.

A showing by the way is the time the movie is actually playing.

It's 10:45 in the morning and no one's here.

What's nice though is this theatre has reserved seating.

That means I actually paid for an actual seat in the back row, seat number 8.

A long time ago if you went to a movie theatre, you just tried to get there early to get a good seat.

But now you can actually choose the seat that you want.

And when you look at the seats, you might notice that these are recliners.

You can lean back as you watch the movie.

So you can relax, enjoy the show in comfort in a reclining seat.

Up there where you see those two windows, that is the projection booth.

That's where you would find the projector.

Subtitles ListPlay Video

Let's Learn English at a Movie Theatre! ??️?️

character

common

consider

scene