I'll buy one at the box office.
Angus: Where are you off to in such a hurry?
Martin: I'm just off to the movie theater to see the latest Nicole Kidman movie.
Angus: I've seen it, it's really good. Have you got a ticket?
Martin: No, I'll buy one at the box office.
Angus: You could have saved yourself a lot of time by buying it on the internet.
Martin: I didn't know you could do that. You must show me how to do it.
安格斯：你這樣匆忙，要去哪里？
馬?。何乙想?看科爾．基曼最新的電影。
安格斯：我看過(guò)了，的確是部好電影。你買(mǎi)了入場(chǎng)券沒(méi)有？
馬?。簺](méi)有，我會(huì)去售票處買(mǎi)。
安格斯：假如你早點(diǎn)在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上購(gòu)買(mǎi)，會(huì)節(jié)省不少時(shí)間。
馬丁：我不知道可以這樣買(mǎi)票。你得教我網(wǎng)上買(mǎi)票的辦法。
'電*'美式英文叫movie theater、movie house或theater，英式則叫cinema.'劇院'美式英文也叫theater，這和英式無(wú)別，但英式拼法是theatre.'電影'的美式叫法是movie，英式是film，所以，同是看電影，美國(guó)人go to the theater/the movies，英國(guó)人則go to the cinema/the films；'愛(ài)看電影者'也分為美國(guó)的moviegoers和英國(guó)的filmgoers.'售票處'美英無(wú)別是box office或ticket office.I called the box office to find out if there were any seats left即 '我打電話(huà)到售票處，看還有沒(méi)有剩余座位'.要去售票處買(mǎi)票，則可像馬丁那樣說(shuō)：I'll buy a ticket at the box office.留意介系詞（preposition）用at，不用in.At和in的一個(gè)分別，今天不妨談?wù)?。一些有特定用途的建筑物，用at帶出，是說(shuō)其用途；用in帶出，是說(shuō)'在其內(nèi)'.所以，'我在售票處買(mǎi)票'是I bought a ticket AT the box office，而'我看見(jiàn)售票處里有兩個(gè)售票員'則是I saw two clerks IN the box office.假如Tom was at the library/supermarket/bank/theater，那么，湯姆是在看書(shū)/買(mǎi)東西/辦理財(cái)務(wù)/看電影；假如Tom was in the library/supermarket/bank/theater，則他是在圖書(shū)館/超級(jí)市場(chǎng)/銀行/電*之內(nèi)。當(dāng)然，I enjoy eating at/in that restaurant這一句，無(wú)論用at還是in，意思其實(shí)沒(méi)有分別：我喜歡在那家餐廳吃飯。此外，在英國(guó)，'上學(xué)'和'到教堂禮拜'叫做at school/college和at church，但美國(guó)人現(xiàn)在多說(shuō)in school/college，也有說(shuō)in church.My daughter is in college即'我女兒是大學(xué)生'.
Angus: Where are you off to in such a hurry?
Martin: I'm just off to the movie theater to see the latest Nicole Kidman movie.
Angus: I've seen it, it's really good. Have you got a ticket?
Martin: No, I'll buy one at the box office.
Angus: You could have saved yourself a lot of time by buying it on the internet.
Martin: I didn't know you could do that. You must show me how to do it.
安格斯：你這樣匆忙，要去哪里？
馬?。何乙想?看科爾．基曼最新的電影。
安格斯：我看過(guò)了，的確是部好電影。你買(mǎi)了入場(chǎng)券沒(méi)有？
馬?。簺](méi)有，我會(huì)去售票處買(mǎi)。
安格斯：假如你早點(diǎn)在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上購(gòu)買(mǎi)，會(huì)節(jié)省不少時(shí)間。
馬丁：我不知道可以這樣買(mǎi)票。你得教我網(wǎng)上買(mǎi)票的辦法。
'電*'美式英文叫movie theater、movie house或theater，英式則叫cinema.'劇院'美式英文也叫theater，這和英式無(wú)別，但英式拼法是theatre.'電影'的美式叫法是movie，英式是film，所以，同是看電影，美國(guó)人go to the theater/the movies，英國(guó)人則go to the cinema/the films；'愛(ài)看電影者'也分為美國(guó)的moviegoers和英國(guó)的filmgoers.'售票處'美英無(wú)別是box office或ticket office.I called the box office to find out if there were any seats left即 '我打電話(huà)到售票處，看還有沒(méi)有剩余座位'.要去售票處買(mǎi)票，則可像馬丁那樣說(shuō)：I'll buy a ticket at the box office.留意介系詞（preposition）用at，不用in.At和in的一個(gè)分別，今天不妨談?wù)?。一些有特定用途的建筑物，用at帶出，是說(shuō)其用途；用in帶出，是說(shuō)'在其內(nèi)'.所以，'我在售票處買(mǎi)票'是I bought a ticket AT the box office，而'我看見(jiàn)售票處里有兩個(gè)售票員'則是I saw two clerks IN the box office.假如Tom was at the library/supermarket/bank/theater，那么，湯姆是在看書(shū)/買(mǎi)東西/辦理財(cái)務(wù)/看電影；假如Tom was in the library/supermarket/bank/theater，則他是在圖書(shū)館/超級(jí)市場(chǎng)/銀行/電*之內(nèi)。當(dāng)然，I enjoy eating at/in that restaurant這一句，無(wú)論用at還是in，意思其實(shí)沒(méi)有分別：我喜歡在那家餐廳吃飯。此外，在英國(guó)，'上學(xué)'和'到教堂禮拜'叫做at school/college和at church，但美國(guó)人現(xiàn)在多說(shuō)in school/college，也有說(shuō)in church.My daughter is in college即'我女兒是大學(xué)生'.