As nouns the difference between cinema and theater is that cinema is (countable) a film while theater is a place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
作為名詞，cinema和theater的區(qū)別在于cinema(可數(shù)名詞)可以指電影，而theater則指一個(gè)地方或建筑，它由舞臺(tái)和座位組成，觀眾可以聚集在那里觀看戲劇、音樂(lè)表演、公共儀式等。
They can mean exactly the same thing: Americans go to the theater to watch a movie. The British go to the cinema to watch a film.
他們也可以指一回事：美國(guó)人去theater看電影，而英國(guó)人則到cinema看電影。
But no AmE speaker uses "going to the cinema" to mean "going to the movies" unless that person is joking (possibly while assuming a fake British accent) or horribly pretentious.
但是美國(guó)人沒(méi)有人用“going to the cinema”來(lái)指“去電影院”的，除非你在開(kāi)玩笑(可能是想模仿英式口音)或者裝腔作勢(shì)。
In both countries, "theater" (US spelling) (and "theatre", UK spelling) means a place where you go to watch stage plays.
在這兩個(gè)國(guó)家，當(dāng)指可以看舞臺(tái)劇的“劇院”時(shí)，都是說(shuō)“theater”。
如何去電影院看電影?
首先，你要有一部你喜歡的電影正在上映
你可用先問(wèn)一下電影的上映時(shí)間：
When is the release date or premiere of ‘Movie Name’?
《電影名》的上映時(shí)間或者首映日期是什么時(shí)候?
或者直接簡(jiǎn)單粗暴地問(wèn)現(xiàn)在什么電影正在上映：
What’s on?
然后你就可以選擇去哪個(gè)影院：
Which cinema is it showing at?
這部電影在哪個(gè)影院上映呢?
當(dāng)你到達(dá)影院，去往前臺(tái)購(gòu)票，服務(wù)人員可能會(huì)問(wèn)你：
Which film would you like to see? Which show time?
你想看哪部電影?哪個(gè)時(shí)間場(chǎng)的?
How many seats would you like?
要幾個(gè)座位?
Where would you like to sit?
想坐哪里?
在選擇外語(yǔ)影片時(shí)
You may choose a film where the dialogues are dubbed, which means that you can hear the dialogues in your own language, while you can’t really lip-read them. Or, you may choose to follow the film in its original language, in O. V. (in the "original version" ), listening to "the original soundtrack" .
你可以選擇配音的，也就是說(shuō)電影的對(duì)白聲音都改成了你能聽(tīng)懂的語(yǔ)言，但是畫(huà)面還是原來(lái)的。或者，你可以選擇原聲，也就是電影本來(lái)的聲音。
在所有的選擇都決定好后，你就可以對(duì)服務(wù)人員說(shuō)：
May I have 2 tickets for the 8 o’clock show of ‘Movie Name’?
我可以來(lái)兩張8點(diǎn)場(chǎng)的《電影名》的票嗎?
We would like to sit in row G, seats 12 to 14.
我們想坐在G排，12到14座。
然后你就可以帶著你的小伙伴愉快地看電影啦~
