day 57at the cinema

unit 8 · home & free time

at the cinema

Buy cinema tickets, say what happened to something, and describe how things are done.

today’s words

電影院 diànyǐngyuàn · cinema
部 bù · (measure word for films)
場 chǎng · (measure word for shows, games)
票 piào · ticket
被 bèi · (passive: by)
有的 yǒude · some
地 de · (adverb ending: -ly)
過 guò · pass, cross; spend (time)
聲音 shēngyīn · sound, voice
哪 na · (softens a sentence: ah, then)
有空 yǒukòng · be free, have time
點心 diǎnxīn · snack, light bite; dim sum
小心 xiǎoxīn · careful; be careful

sentences

我的電影票被小黑拿走了！ · Xiaohei has run off with my cinema ticket!
你今天晚上有空嗎？我們去看電影吧！ · Are you free tonight? Let’s go and see a film!
下一場幾點開始？ · What time does the next showing start?
有的人喜歡看電影，有的人喜歡看書。 · Some people like watching films, others like reading.
他慢慢地走進電影院。 · He walked slowly into the cinema.