VOA标准英语2008年-Hanging In, Hanging Out, and Hanging On at the
时间：2019-01-09 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（六月）
By Ted 1 Landphair
Washington, DC
02 June 2008
Friday will mark a nostalgic anniversary. It was 75 years ago, on June 6, 1933, that the world's first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey 2. By 1950, there were 4,000 of these movies under the stars across the country. Only a couple hundred survive.
Early drive-in movie theaters were a cultural curiosity. They were usually cheaper than enclosed theaters, and much more comfortable
At the drive-in, instead of wedging into a theater next to talkative strangers, crying babies, and large people blocking your view, you watched a movie in the comfort of your car, side by side with hundreds of other cars in a sprawling 3 parking lot. You could bring your cranky baby along without disrupting anyone. Teenagers adored the romantic privacy of a dark automobile 4, to the point that some media referred to drive-ins as passion pits.
Just like other cinemas, drive-ins sell snacks like popcorn 5
The movies themselves mostly ranged from family fare to second-rate monster, space, and action thrillers 6. The sound that squawked out of the little speaker that you attached to your car window was tinny at best. But the drive-in's concession 7 stand did offer a full and fattening 8 menu of fried food, sodas 9 and candy -- and of course, popcorn.
Some drive-ins that are still in business have kept the old speakers, but most people listen to the movie through their car radios these days
The spread of daylight saving time, under which the sun sets well past 9 p.m. in summertime, cut into drive-in attendance. The advent 10 of color television and video rentals 11 kept people home as well. When some drive-in owners sought to boost revenue by showing risqué movies, neighbors and parents and police drove them out of business. Other owners sold out to housing and shopping-center developers.
First-run shows were a rarity at the drive-in. Instead, family flicks 12, monster movies, and, later, soft-porn movies were often featured
Many U.S. cities have tried to recapture the romance of outdoor movies by showing films in parks and pedestrian malls. But patrons sit on blankets, not in their '54 Chevys.
And no one's writing tunes 13 like the Beach Boys' Drive-In song, which goes, in part . . .
Every time I have a date there's only one place to go.
That's to the drive in.
It's such a groovy place to talk and maybe watch a show.
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
- a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇
- He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
- The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
- I like to eat popcorn when I am watching TV play at home.当我在家观看电视剧时，喜欢吃爆米花。
- He still stood behind his cash register stuffing his mouth with popcorn.他仍站在收银机后，嘴里塞满了爆米花。
- He has written seven thrillers, and clearly enjoys intellectual pursuits. 他已经写了7本惊悚小说，显然很喜欢这样的智力活动。 来自辞典例句
- Most Americans prefer to read fast-moving adventure stories that we call "thrillers". 大部分美国人喜欢看我们称之为"惊险小说"的情节多变的冒险故事。 来自辞典例句
- We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
- That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。
- The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There are plenty of sodas in the refrigerator. 冰箱里有很多碳酸饮料。 来自辞典例句
- Two whisky and sodas, please. 请来两杯威士忌苏打。 来自辞典例句
- Swallows come by groups at the advent of spring. 春天来临时燕子成群飞来。
- The advent of the Euro will redefine Europe.欧元的出现将重新定义欧洲。
- In some large hotels, the income derived from this source actually exceeds income from room rentals. 有些大旅馆中，这方面的盈利实际上要超过出租客房的盈利。 来自辞典例句
- Clerk: Well, Canadian Gifts is on the lower level. It's across from Prime Time Video Rentals. 噢，礼品店在楼下，在黄金时刻录像出租屋的对面。 来自口语例句
- 'I shall see it on the flicks, I suppose.' “电影上总归看得见。” 来自英汉文学
- Last night to the flicks. 昨晚看了场电影。 来自英汉文学