CINEMAS PREPARE FOR BUSY SPRING FESTIVALPERIOD

春节档预售两日票房破亿！“Detective Chinatown 3”你抢到了吗？

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Welcome to thisweekend edition of Shanghai Live, I'm Wang Yin.

欢迎收听周末版《直播上海》，我是王吟/ICS新闻主播。

Tickets for sevenfilms for the 2021 Spring Festival holiday went on sale at 8am today. By 5pm,sales had topped【超过】57 millionyuan with "Detective Chinatown 3"【唐人街探案3】 leadingthe way【一路领先】with 43 millionyuan. Zhang Hong takes a look at how cinemas are preparing.

今天早上8点，2021春节档预售开启。截至下午五点，七部影片已产生超过5700万票房，《唐人街探案3》以4300多万的成绩一骑绝尘。记者张泓带我们看看电影院的准备情况。

（更新到2月1日上午十点最新数据：春节档预售票房已达1.55亿元，《唐探3》为1.18亿元位列第一）

At Grand Theater onWest Nanjing Road, janitors【保洁人员】were busy disinfecting【消毒】the cinema. Moviegoers【影迷】will needto show their health QR code before entering the cinema, according to a newpandemic control regulation.

在大光明电影院，保洁人员在对影院各个部位消毒、大扫除。根据上海的影院防疫新规，观众需扫影院码后方可入场。

Hu Chen, Assistant toGeneral Manager, Grand Theater

Each person'sinformation will be sent directly to the CDC (Centers forDisease Control)【疾控中心】. Ourcinema does not have the right to the information, so people don't need toworry about privacy【隐私】.

胡谌大光明电影院总经理助理

每个观众的信息会直接到后台防控办，这个我们影院是没有权力去调取的，所以不用担心隐私问题。

Some cinemas may setup separate movie hall codes in case the CDC needs to track people down【追踪】. Industry insiders【业内人士】are stillconfident about the holiday boxoffice【票房】despite a 75percent cap【封顶】on seating capacity【上座率】.

有的影院还会在每个影厅门口再设一个影厅码，方便疾控中心发现问题后追溯，尽管每场上座率不能超过75%，业内人士仍然对春节档的票房充满信心。

Jin Hui,General-Secretary, Grand Theater

We are expectinglarge audiences【观众】just likewe did during the National Day holiday. But we need to take pandemic controlsseriously while providing a comfortable atmosphere【氛围】for viewers to enjoythe films.

金辉上海市电影发行放映行业协会秘书长

从"十一"（国庆档）观影的情况来看，观众还是会比较多的。但我们需要认真进行疫情防控工作，同时为观众提供一个舒适的观影氛围。

Other Spring Festivalreleases include "Endgame"【人潮汹涌】 and "Assassin in Red"【刺杀小说家】, both wereshot in Shanghai.

春节档上映的影片还包括《人潮汹涌》和《刺杀小说家》，都是在上海拍摄的。

#热词加油站

janitor /ˈdʒænɪtər/ n. 门卫，清洁工

disinfect /ˌdɪsɪnˈfekt/ v. 给...消毒

moviegoer /ˈmuːviɡoʊər/ 影迷，电影观众

box office 票房

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