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PASSAGE EIGHTY-TWO

The Last Picture Show

1.Minutes after the last movie ended yesterday at the Plaza Theater, employees were busy sweeping up popcorns and gathering coke cups.  

2.It was a scene that had been repeated many times in the theater’s 75-year history.This time, however, the cleanup was a little different.  

3.As one group of workers carried out the rubbish, another group began removing seats and other theater equipment in preparation for the building’s end.

4.The film classic The Last Picture Show was the last movie shown in the old theater.

5.Though the movie is 30 years old, most of the 250 seats were filled with teary-eyed audience wanting to say good-bye to the old building.  

6.Theater owner Ed Bradford said he chose the movie because it seemed appropriate.

7.The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.

8.Bradford said that large modern theaters in the city made it impossible for the Plaza to compete.  

9.He added that the theater’s location was also a reason.“This used to be the center of town,” he said. “Now the area is mostly office buildings and warehouses.”

10.Last week some city officials suggested the city might be interested in turning the old theater into a museum and public meeting place.  

11.However, these plans were abandoned because of financial problems.  

12.Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which plans to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located.

13.The theater audience said good-bye as Bradford locked the doors for the last time.  

14.After 75 years the Plaza Theater had shown its last movie. The theater will be missed.

第八十二篇

最后一场放映

1.昨天，广场剧院的最后一部电影结束几分钟后，员工们就忙着清理爆米花和收集可乐杯。

2.这一幕在剧院75年的历史中被多次重演。然而，这一次的清理工作略有不同。

3.当一组工人搬运垃圾时，另一组工人开始移走座位和其他剧院设备，为这座建筑的结束做准备。

4.经典电影《最后一场放映》是这家老电影院放映的最后一部电影。

5.虽然这部电影已经上映30年了，但250个座位中的大部分都是想要告别旧建筑的观众。

6.电影院老板埃德·布拉德福德说，他选择这部电影是因为它看起来很合适。

7.这部电影发生在一个小镇上，那里唯一的电影院正准备倒闭。

8.布拉德福德说，这座城市的大型现代化剧院使广场剧院无法与之竞争。

9.他补充说，影院的地理位置也是一个原因。“这里曾经是镇中心，”他说。“现在这个地区大多是写字楼和仓库。”

10.上周，一些城市官员表示，该市可能有兴趣将旧剧院改造成博物馆和公共集会场所。

11.然而，由于财政问题，这些计划被放弃了。

12.布拉德福德将建筑和土地卖给了当地一家开发公司，该公司计划在剧院所在的土地上建造一个购物中心。

13.当布拉德福德最后一次锁上门时，剧院的观众向他道别。

14.75年后，广场剧院放映了它的最后一部电影。我们会想念这个剧院的