VOA常速英语:Drive-in Theaters Make a Comeback During Coronavirus Pandemic

For months Americans have been without the joy of seeing their favorite actors on the big screen,because of the pandemic.
几个月来，由于疫情影响，美国人一直没有在大银幕上看到他们最喜欢的演员。
But while there arent many new movies coming out right now,there is still a place people can go to catch a movie safely.
但是，虽然现在没有很多新电影上映，但仍然有一个地方可以让人们安全地去看电影。
Its that relic of an older America, the drive-in theater.
这是一个古老的美国留下的的遗迹，汽车电影院。
The Stephen city drive-in theater in western Virginia is about an hour and a half away from Washington DC,but thats not stopping a lot of viewers.
弗吉尼亚州西部的斯蒂芬市汽车电影院距离华盛顿特区大约一个半小时的路程，但这并没有阻止很多观众的到来。
I used to come here a lot when I was little and I love the experience.
我小时候经常来这里，我喜欢这种经历。
I havent been in a few years since then,but I just wanted to come back and see what its all about.
从那以后我有好几年没来了，但我只想回来看看现在是什么样子的。
Its really nice because youre outdoors,you can see the picture much much larger than youre in a regular theater.
这真的很棒，因为你在户外，你可以看到比在普通剧院大得多的画面。
There used to be thousands of drive-in theaters in the united states.
美国过去有数以千计的汽车电影院。
But today there are merely a few hundred left.
但今天只剩下了几百家。
But some that remain have become local institutions.
但一些留下来的汽车电影院已经成为当地的机构。
Theater is a local icon so to speak for us,and we enjoy the movies they play and just the atmosphere that they present.
剧院是当地的标志，我们喜欢他们播放的电影和他们所呈现的氛围。
Theater management says drive-in theaters are naturally following social distancing,since everyone either stays in or camp outside their cars.
影院管理层表示，汽车影院自然会遵循社交距离，因为每个人要么呆在车里，要么在车外露营。
One thing that has changed patreon style in their movie via FM radio,because the speakers at each parking spot could possibly transmit covid.
有一件事改变了他们电影中patreon式的风格，即通过调频广播，因为每个停车点的扬声器都可能传递新冠病毒。
Some of our classic speakers are covered up those usually,you can connect them and put them in the car.
我们的一些经典扬声器通常都会被盖起来，你可以把它们连接起来放进车里。
But theyre made of the same material as playground equipment and according to all CDC.
但根据所有疾控中心的说法，它们是由与操场设备相同的材料制成的。
Its a potential virus transmission spot.
这是一个潜在的病毒传播点。
Yet with cinemas slowly coming back online,it remains to be seen if this nostalgia for drive-ins will last.
然而，随着电影院慢慢恢复在线，这种对汽车电影院的怀旧情绪是否会持续下去还有待观察。
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