Drive-Ins

Eighty years ago the drive-in theater was born
汽車電影院 - 八十年前，出現了汽車電影院.

Was your last trip to the movies a memorable experience? Maybe not. But years ago, people could have as much fun at the movies as they did watching the film.

The days of the drive-in theater
In 1933, Richard Hollingshead created a unique moviegoing experience when he opened the first outdoor theater. At this New Jersey "drive in" theater, people watched a movie from their cars for the first time. The popular idea spread, and by the mid-60s there were around 5,000 drive-ins across America.

At a drive-in, the entertainment began before the movie started. Playgrounds, pony rides and more provided lots of fun for the kids. Halfway through the movie, dancing drinks and singing hot dogs appeared on the screen. Hungry people would then flock to the concession stand for a small snack or a full meal. The drive-in provided a whole evening of inexpensive entertainment.

In the 1980s, however, VCRs, cable TV and rising property prices almost caused the death of drive-ins. People didn't go to them as before. But some drive-ins survive, and new generations of moviegoers are now enjoying the experience.

Grammar Gym:
"Was your last trip to the movies a memorable experience?"
写文章要让人有兴趣往下看，不要一开始就触及主体，可以用提问题的方法，引人进入思考，而好奇心使然，愿意继续往下读它。

Vocabulary Tips:
memorable - have very good time in past, let you remember it always.可值得回味的。
memo -记忆。
*The trip to Africa was a memorable time for Alison.
*The actress' memorable performance won her several movie awards.
the mid-60s -60 年代中期。
*a painter in the mid-60s
late -迟，晚，末。
late 70s -70 年代晚期。
early -早。
early 50s - 50 年代早期。50 年代初期。
concession -许可，经营权。
stand -摊贩。
a concession stand -只有具有许可，经营权的摊贩。
*The concession stand at the fair sells popcorn and soda.
*The parents of the football team took turns running a concession stand.
generation -代，指一代或同代的人。 "gen" -出生。
*The family ring was passed down from generation to generation.
generation -机械设计的新的版本，新的设计。
*The company's newest generation of computers are a great success.
entertainment - not work, entertaining people, make fun.
the death of something - something come to the end, die down, gone, not any more, disappear.

Language Tips:
movie theater - 传统式的单独一间电影院。
multiplex -新式的，多间多厅的电影院。同时在不同的厅播放不同的电影。旧式电影院改装的，有的厅很小，不及在家看舒服。
multi -多的。


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