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Something I enjoy doing most in my leisure time is going to the cinema—the movies—to watch a great film. It's two hours of relaxation and escapism［逃避现实］from real life. But when I kick back［休息，放松］in my seat to enjoy the flm and tuck into my box of popcorn， I'm often irritated［恼火的，被惹怒的］by seeing someone next to me texting on their mobile phone or worse still，talking to someone.

It's no surprise that a proposal by a U.S. cinema chain to let people use their phones during some film screenings was met with such outrage［义愤，愤慨］， that the company had to withdraw the idea. People said it was “the worst idea ever！” Surely， going to watch the latest blockbuster［大片］is just that—watching not dual-screening［双屏同享］. And if you're out with a friend， it seems very antisocial［不合群的］or just rude. I certainly get distracted by the clickclick on someone's mobile keyboard as they text and the glow［光晕］of the bright small phone screen—why aren't they concentrating on the big screen？！

But with the availability［实用性］of streaming films at home and cheap DVDs， cinemas are struggling to keep their customers. Some places now offer comfortable seats with complimentary［赠送的］snacks and drinks， so maybe trying to attract a younger audience by allowing the use of mobile phones is the way forward？ A survey in 2012 found that a majority of 18-to-34-year-olds believed that using social media while watching a movie would add to their experience.

Sociologist［社会学家］， Julie Albright， says“Millennials［千禧一代］have become very good at multi-tasking［同时处理多任务］， so they think nothing of looking at their phone while doing other sorts of things including consuming films and other media.”

However， not every young person wants to multi-task at the movies. Many of us still get annoyed［气恼的］by the theatre staff who appear not to do anything about it. Of course， we could ask the ofenders［冒犯者］to turn their phones of，but Adam Aron， head of AMC Entertainment，said in Variety magazine， “When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone， don't ruin the movie， they hear ‘please cut off your left arm above the elbow.'” Clearly this is not what I would like to see， but if you are tempted to［受诱惑做……］use your mobile phone in the cinema that I'm at， please don't sit next to me！What do you think is the right thing to do？

小练习

❶ 阅读课文并回答问题。

1） How popular was an idea by a U.S. cinema chain to allow people to use their mobile phones during some flms？

2） What are cinemas trying to compete with for business？

3） True or false？ 18-to-34-year-olds think watching a film through social media platforms is the best way to experience it.

4） What phrase is used in the article to describe the screen where flms are shown in the cinema？

5） Who is supposed to be good at multi-tasking at the movies？

❷ 选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。

1） I got so _ by the loud music my neighbor played that I went round to see him and complain.

relaxed irritated tempted irritating

2） Teenagers in town are being targeted by police after the complaints from residents about the _ behavior.

social-anti antisocially anti-good antisocial

3） I'm _ to buy one of those new smart phones as my mobile is so out-of-date.

tempting temptation tempted tempts

答案

❶ 阅读课文并回答问题。

1） Not very popular. The company had to withdraw the idea.

2） Streaming flms at home and cheap DVDs.

3） False. The article actually says “a survey in 2012 found that a majority of 18-to-34-year-olds believed that using social media while watching a movie would add to their experience.”

4） The big screen.

5） Millennials have become very good at multi-tasking.

❷ 选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。

1） irritated 2） antisocial 3） tempted

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