in today's video Sonia and Lisa will tell you a story at the cinema you'll learn some useful vocabulary and expressions that are commonly used in everyday conversations listen carefully my friend Lisa and I decided to go to the cinema on a Friday evening we were both excited because we hadn't watched a movie together in a long time the movie we chose was a new com that everyone was talking about when we arrived at the cinema the first thing we did was buy our tickets two tickets for the 700 p. m. show please I said to the cashier after getting our tickets we walked over to the snack counter the smell of popcorn filled the air and it made my mouth water do you want some popcorn Le asked yes definitely let's get a large one to share I replied we also bought two sodas and a box of candy with our snacks in hand we entered the theater and found our seats they were right in the middle the perfect spot to watch the movie as we waited for the movie to start the lights dimmed and the screen lit up the previews began showing trailers for upcoming movies Lisa and I whispered to each other about which ones we wanted to see next finally the main movie started it was so funny that we couldn't stop laughing at one point I even spilled some popcorn because I was laughing so hard Lisa and I exchanged looks and we both burst out laughing again the whole theater was filled with laughter and it felt great to be there with my friend halfway through the movie Lisa leaned over and whispered this is the best movie we've seen in a while I know right I'm so glad we came I whispered back after the movie ended we left the theater with big smiles on our faces that was so much fun Lisa said as we walked to the parking lot it really was we should do this more often I agreed as we drove home we kept talking about our favorite scenes from the movie it was a perfect evening filled with laughter and good company before we begin our speaking practice let's learn some new words and expressions from our story Cinema means a place where movies are shown on a big screen example we we decided to meet at the cinema to watch the latest superhero movie snack counter means a place in the cinema where you can buy food and drinks example I stopped by the snack counter to grab some nachos before the movie started preview means short part of a movie shown before the main movie starts usually to advertise upcoming films example the previews made me excited to see the new action movie coming out next month parking lot means an area where cars can be parked example we found a spot in the parking lot near the entrance of the shopping mall trailer means a short video that advertises a movie by showing some of the most exciting Parts example I watched the trailer for the new sci-fi movie and it looks amazing whisper means to speak very quietly so that only the person close to you can hear example she whispered a secret in her friend's ear during class exchange means to give something and receive something else in return example the students exchanged gifts during the holiday party scene all right time to speaking practice my friend Lisa and I my friend Lisa and I decided to go to the cinema decided to go to the cinema on a Friday evening on a Friday evening we were both excited we were both excited because we hadn't watched a movie together in because we hadn't watched a movie together in a long time a long time the movie we chose the movie we chose was a new comedy this was a new comedy that everyone was talking about that everyone was talking about when we arrived at the cinema when we arrived at the cinema the first thing we did was buy our tickets the first thing we did was buy our tickets two tickets for the 700 p.
m. show please two tickets for the 700 p. m.
show please I said to the cashier I said to the cashier after getting our tickets after getting our tickets we walked over to the snack counter we walked over to the snack counter the smell of popcorn filled the air the smell of popcorn filled the air and it made my mouth water and it made my mouth water do you want some popcorn do you want some popcorn Lisa asked Lisa asked yes definitely yes definitely let's get a large one to share let's get a large one to share I replied I replied we also bought two sodas we also bought two sodas and a box of candy and a box of candy with our snacks in hand with our snacks in hand we entered the theater and found our seats we entered the theater and found our seats they were right in the middle they were right in the middle the perfect spot to watch the movie the perfect spot to watch the movie as we waited for the movie to start as we waited for the movie to start the lights dimmed the lights dimmed and the screen lit up and the screen lit up the previews began the previews began showing trailers for upcoming movies showing trailers for upcoming movies Lisa and I whispered to each other Lisa and I whispered to each other about which ones we wanted to see next about which ones we wanted to see next finally the main movie started finally the main movie started it was so funny that we couldn't stop laughing it was so funny that we couldn't stop laughing at one point I even spilled some popcorn at one point I even spilled some popcorn because I was laughing so hard because I was laughing so hard Lisa and I exchange looks Lisa and I exchange looks and we both burst out laughing again and we both burst out laughing again the whole theater was filled with laughter the whole theater was filled with laughter and it felt great to be there with my friend and it felt great to be there with my friend halfway through the movie halfway through the movie Lisa leaned over and whispered Lisa leaned over and whispered this is the best movie we've seen in a while this is the best movie we've seen in a while I know right I know right I'm so glad we came I'm so glad we came I whispered back I whispered back after the movie ended after the movie ended we left the theater with big smile we left the theater with big smile on our faces on our faces that was so much fun that was so much fun Lisa said as we walked to the parking lot Lisa said as we walked to the parking lot it really was it really was we should do this more often we should do this more often I agreed I agreed as we drove home as we drove home we kept talking about our favorite scene we kept talking about our favorite scen from the movie from the movie it was a perfect evening it was a perfect evening filled with laughter and good company filled with laughter and good company all right let's listen to the story one more time my friend Lisa and I decided to go to the cinema on a Friday evening we were both excited because we hadn't watched a movie together in a long time the movie we chose was a new comedy that everyone was talking about when we arrived at the cinema the first thing we did was buy our tickets two tickets for the 700 p. m.
