- the place at a theatre, cinema, etc. where the tickets are sold售票处；票房
- The movie has been a huge box-office success (= many people have been to see it).那部电影十分卖座。🔊🔊
- Box-office receipts have exceeded expectations.票房收入超出预期。
- The musical has done very well at the box office.这部音乐剧票房收入非常好。
- Tickets are available at the box office.售票处可以买到票。
Collocations Cinema/the moviesCinema/the movies电影Watching观看- go to/take somebody to (see) a film
- go to/sit in (British English) the cinema/(North American English) the (movie) theater去／在看电影
- rent a film/DVD
- download/stream a film
- burn/copy/rip a DVD刻录／复制／转压一张 DVD 碟片
- see/watch a film/DVD/preview/trailer
Showing放映；播放- show/screen a film
- promote/distribute/review a film
- (British English) be on at the cinema在电影院上映
- be released on/come out on/be out on DVD发行 DVD
- captivate/delight/grip/thrill the audience使观众着迷／高兴／感兴趣／激动
- do well/badly at the box office票房好／不好
- get a lot of/live up to the hype受到大肆炒作；与天花乱坠的广告宣传相符
Film-making电影制作- write/co-write a film/script/screenplay
- direct/produce/make/shoot/edit a film/sequel
- make a romantic comedy/a thriller/an action movie拍摄一部浪漫喜剧／惊悚片／动作片
- do/work on a sequel/remake拍摄续集；重拍
- film/shoot the opening scene/an action sequence/footage (of something)拍摄（…的）开场戏／一套动作／连续镜头
- compose/create/do/write the soundtrack制作电影声带
- cut/edit (out) a scene/sequence剪辑掉一个镜头／一组镜头
Acting表演- have/get/do an audition试演
- get/have/play a leading/starring/supporting role得以饰演／饰演主角／配角
- play a character/James Bond/the bad guy饰演一个人物／詹姆斯 · 邦德／反面角色
- act in/appear in/star in a film/remake
- do/perform/attempt a stunt做／尝试特技表演
- work in/make it big in Hollywood在好莱坞工作／取得成功
- forge/carve/make/pursue a career in Hollywood在好莱坞闯出／追求一番事业
Describing films描述电影- the camera pulls back/pans over something/zooms in (on something)
- the camera focuses on something/lingers on something
- shoot somebody/show somebody in extreme close-up用特写镜头拍摄／表现某人
- use odd/unusual camera angles采用奇特的／不同寻常的摄影机角度
- be filmed/shot on location/in a studio在外景地／摄影棚拍摄
- be set/take place in London/in the ’60s以伦敦／60 年代为背景
- have a happy ending/plot twist有美满的结局／出人意料的情节转折
Topics Film and theatreb2Oxford Collocations Dictionarybox-office + nounprepositionphrases- do badly, well, etc. at the box office
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