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Good morning. Our guest today is Karen Brook.
早上好。我们今天的嘉宾是凯伦·布鲁克。
Karen is the managing director of Cube Movie Theater located on Underhill Road.
凯伦是位于昂德希尔路的立方体电影院的总经理。
Thank you for coming, Karen.
谢谢你能来，凯伦。
Thank you for having me.
谢谢你们邀请我。
So tell us about your cinema, Cube Movie Theater.
跟我们说说你的电影院吧，立方体电影院。
Sure. Cube Movie Theater has been around now for 11 years.
当然。立方体电影院已经有11年的历史了。
It's located in what used to be a hat factory.
它所在的地方曾经是一家帽子厂。
Oh, really?
哦，真的吗?
Yeah. There used to be many hat factories in Britain until around the 1950s.
是的。在20世纪50年代以前，英国有很多帽子工厂。
But fashion changed and most people stopped wearing hats.
但流行装扮变了，大多数人不再戴帽子。
So practically all of those factories had to close down.
因此，几乎所有的工厂都得关门大吉。
This one in particular was closed for 47 years before we transformed it into a movie theater.
在我们把它改造成电影院之前，它已经倒闭了47年。
I see. I hear there's something else that makes your theater special.
我明白了。我听说你的剧院还有别的特色。
What is it that sets you apart from other theaters?
是什么让你们与众不同?
We are the only movie theater in the whole country that only shows foreign movies.
我们是全国唯一一家只放映外国电影的电影院。
Is there enough demand for that?
需求量足够吗?
I would have thought that in London, most people don't speak foreign languages.
我原以为在伦敦，大多数人不会说外语。
Sure. There's enough demand.
当然。需求量是够的。
The fact that we have been open and in business for all these years proves it.
我们这么多年来一直开放经营的事实证明了这一点。
London is a very large and international city.
伦敦是一个非常大的国际化城市。
There are lots of people interested in watching such movies.
有很多人对这样的电影感兴趣。
Furthermore, I might add, all movies come with English text at the bottom of the screen.
此外，我想补充一点，在屏幕底部所有的电影都有英文文本。
So even if you don't understand what the actors say, you can still read it.
所以即使你不明白演员在说什么，你仍然可以看懂字幕。
Of course. What movie are you showing right now?
当然。你们现在有什么电影在上映?
This week we're showing a musical from Pakistan.
本周我们将播放一部来自巴基斯坦的音乐剧。
It's very popular.
它很受欢迎。
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
请根据你刚刚听到的对话回答12 - 15题。
Question 12: What do we learn about hat factories in Britain?
问题12:关于英国的帽子工厂，我们了解到了什么?
Question 13: What is special about Cube Movie Theater?
问题13:立方体电影院有什么特别之处?
Question 14: What does the man say about most people in London?
问题14:关于伦敦的大多数人，男士说了什么?
Question 15: What does the woman say about foreign movies shown in London?
问题15:关于伦敦上映的外国电影，女士说了什么?
