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Moviefone

Moviefone

Date: Aug 02 2006

Themes: Hobbies, How To, Tech

Intro

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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

When you’re out and about and decide you want to see a movie, how do you find out movie times? You could always go to the theater, but you may have to wait a long time until the movie starts. Or, you can call Moviefone.

Moviefone is a service that lists movie showtimes at theaters all over the U.S.

Listen as Dave and Emily call Moviefone to see what’s playing in Portland.

Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Dave

Dave

Emily

Emily

Announcer

Dave:  Ah, let’s see a movie tonight.

Emily:  Which movie to do you want to see?

Dave:  You know, I don’t know. I don’t know what’s playing. Um, you know what? I think I’ll call Moviefone and see what’s playing, ah, tonight.

Emily:  That’s a good idea.

Announcer:  Hello, and welcome to Moviefone! Go to Moviefone.com for the dish on hot trailers and movies, and for thousands of celebrity photos. If you know the name of the movie you’d like to see, press 1 now. To browse through current movie titles and previews, press 2 now.

Dave:  [1].

Announcer:  Please enter the first three letters of the movie title now.

Dave:  [F A S].

Announcer:  If your selection is The World’s Fastest Indian, press 1. Or, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, press 2.

Dave:  [2].

Announcer:  You have selected The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, rated PG-13. I’m sorry, I do not have any showtimes for that movie in your area.

 

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Discussion

Moviefone is one of the most popular movie guides on the internet. On the web site, you can watch movie trailers, download pictures of your favorite celebrities, and catch up on all the latest Hollywood gossip.

Unfortunately, Moviefone only provides showtime information for movies in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada. The rest of ya’ll will just have to wait until the company expands.

 

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areand

areand

Philippines

Moviefone is unsual, we usualy go directly to cinema and chose movie.



Tongue out

02:37 AM Apr 19 2012 |

dgk7777

Greece

no comment

11:36 AM Dec 19 2009 |

samiyuk

South Korea

short advertisement that introduces on upcomimg movie… what?   wow!   this is a first lesson for my learning english…

09:43 AM Jun 11 2009 |

magic1015

magic1015

China

oh wow

let's learn english in english baby , high five ~~

02:51 PM Aug 20 2008 |

Jakub

Jakub

Ireland

Hmmm… the voice sounds like… The Flinstones, directly from Hollywood. By the way, I would choose “The World’s Fastest Indian”. A.Hopkins says, that ‘YOU CAN, IF YOU WANT’...

09:51 PM Aug 02 2006 |

yorzi

yorzi

China

It’s doing good function to people,Although it is unavailable in my area.

05:38 AM Aug 02 2006 |

KOMOO

KOMOO

Taiwan

It’s really convenient.

03:55 AM Aug 02 2006 |

oh_sexygirl

Thailand

You know?? theatres are every where in thailand!! There are so many services that help you take your seat so easily!!

01:12 AM Aug 02 2006 |

wang214

wang214

China

What is the number of moviefone?

12:29 AM Jun 15 2006 |

zeus2006

zeus2006Super Member!

Turkey

I liked.

07:06 PM Jun 14 2006 |

episod

episod

United States

Fantastic.

12:06 AM Jun 14 2006 |

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