说到过年的时候大家做什么，很多人会去电影院看电影。Speaking of what everyone does during the Spring Festival, many people go to the cinema to watch movies.
看电影是一件很高兴的事。Watching movies is a very happy thing.
今天是过年。Today is the Spring Festival.
大家都不工作。Everyone is not working.
大家都在家里。Everyone is at home.
我们要找点事情做。We need to find something to do.
我们去看电影吧。Let's go watch a movie.
我有几个朋友。I have a few friends.
他们也想去看电影。They also want to go watch a movie.
我们都很喜欢看电影。We all like watching movies very much.
在电影院里，有大电视。In the cinema, there is a big screen.
有很多人。There are many people.
大家坐在一起。Everyone sits together.
这很有意思。This is very interesting.
我们先说说去年的事情。Let's talk about last year first.
去年过年的时候，看电影的人非常多。During the Spring Festival last year, there were very many people watching movies.
你想去买票吗？Did you want to buy a ticket?
很难买。It was very hard to buy.
因为大家都想去。Because everyone wanted to go.
去年的电影很好看。Last year's movies were very good.
有一个电影叫《哪吒》。There was a movie called "Nezha".
大家都喜欢看。Everyone liked watching it.
孩子也喜欢。Children also liked it.
所以去年的票卖得很好。So last year's tickets sold very well.
那里都是人。There were people everywhere.
买票的钱也很多。The money from ticket sales was also a lot.
做电影的人很高兴。The filmmakers were very happy.
因为他们赚了很多钱。Because they earned a lot of money.
现在我们说说今年。Now let's talk about this year.
今年怎么样呢？How is it this year?
今年和去年不一样。This year is different from last year.
今年，我想去买票。This year, I wanted to go buy a ticket.
我打开电脑。I turned on the computer.
因为买票的人很少。Because there were very few people buying tickets.
比去年少了很多。Much fewer than last year.
我们可以看看数字。We can look at the numbers.
如果去年有十个人买票。If ten people bought tickets last year,
今年只有三个人或者四个人。this year there are only three or four people.
大家都去哪儿了？Where did everyone go?
大家不爱看电影了吗？Does everyone not love watching movies anymore?
这是一个大问题。This is a big question.
我们来看看今年的电影。Let's look at this year's movies.
今年有很多新电影。There are many new movies this year.
电影有很多种。There are many kinds of movies.
有的电影是打架的。Some movies are about fighting.
那是功夫电影。Those are Kung Fu movies.
里面的人会打功夫。The people in them do Kung Fu.
爸爸喜欢看这样的电影。Dad likes to watch this kind of movie.
有的电影是好笑的。Some movies are funny.
大家看了都会笑。Everyone laughs when watching them.
妈妈喜欢看这样的电影。Mom likes to watch this kind of movie.
因为过年要高兴。Because one should be happy during the Spring Festival.
高兴就要笑。To be happy, one must laugh.
还有的电影是给孩子看的。There are also movies for children.
里面有动物。There are animals in them.
孩子很喜欢看。Children like watching them very much.
既然有这么多电影，为什么人少了？Since there are so many movies, why are there fewer people?
我们看看电影里的人。Let's look at the people in the movies.
演电影的人是谁？Who are the actors in the movies?
他们是很有名的人。They are very famous people.
他们也是老朋友了。They are also old friends.
我们认识他们几十年了。We have known them for decades.
妈妈也认识他们。Mom also knows them.
可是，我的儿子不认识。But, my son doesn't know them.
现在的年轻人不认识。Young people nowadays don't know them.
年轻人觉得他们太老了。Young people think they are too old.
年轻人想看新的东西。Young people want to see new things.
年轻人想看年轻的人。Young people want to see young people.
去年的电影很新。Last year's movies were very new.
所以年轻人喜欢。So young people liked them.
今年的电影，年轻人觉得没意思。This year's movies, young people think are uninteresting.
所以他们不买票。So they don't buy tickets.
这是一个原因。This is one reason.
还有一个原因。There is another reason.
今年过年，我们休息很多天。This Spring Festival, we rest for many days.
我们要休息九天。We are resting for nine days.
这是很长的时间。This is a very long time.
我们可以做很多事。We can do many things.
不一定要看电影。We don't necessarily have to watch movies.
我们可以去旅游。We can go traveling.
我们可以坐飞机。We can take a plane.
去别的地方看看。Go to other places to take a look.
因为时间很长，大家都在外面玩。Because the time is long, everyone is playing outside.
大家不回家。Everyone doesn't go home.
不在家，就不去看电影了。If not at home, one won't go watch movies.
所以电影院里人很少。So there are very few people in the cinema.
做电影的人很着急。The filmmakers are very anxious.
他们想让人来。They want people to come.
他们想卖票。They want to sell tickets.
他们想了一个办法。They thought of a method.
就是让票便宜一点。Which is to make tickets a bit cheaper.
他们给你一点钱。They give you a little money.
这叫“优惠券”。This is called a "coupon".
如果你有这个券，买票就少花钱。If you have this coupon, you spend less money buying a ticket.
比如，一张票是五十块。For example, one ticket is fifty yuan.
现在只要三十块。Now it only costs thirty yuan.
这是很好的事情。This is a very good thing.
在湖北，有很多这样的券。In Hubei, there are many such coupons.
政府给钱。The government gives money.
让人去看电影。To let people go watch movies.
他们希望大家都能去。They hope everyone can go.
希望大家都高兴。They hope everyone is happy.
你看，这就是今年的事情。You see, this is the situation this year.
今年过年，看电影的人少了。This Spring Festival, fewer people are watching movies.
买票的人少了。Fewer people are buying tickets.
钱也少了。The money is also less.
这就是我要说的事情。This is what I wanted to say.
这个故事说的是什么？What is this story talking about?
说的是中国的电影。It's talking about Chinese movies.
说的是“票房”。It's talking about "box office".
票房就是买票的钱。Box office is the money from ticket sales.
新闻说，今年过年前，买票的钱很少。The news says, before the Spring Festival this year, ticket sales were very low.
比去年少了一大半。More than half less than last year.
这是一个很大的新闻。This is big news.
大家都知道去年很好。Everyone knows last year was very good.
今年没有去年好。This year is not as good as last year.
这就是现在的情况。This is the current situation.