But with the availability of streaming films at home and cheap DVDs, cinemas are struggling to keep their customers. Some places now offer comfortable seats with complimentary snacks and drinks so maybe trying to attract a younger audience by allowing the use of mobile phones is the way forward? A survey in 2017 found that a majority of 18-to-34-year-olds believed using social media while watching a movie would add to their experience.

Sociologist, Julie Albright, says "Millennials have become very good at multi-tasking so they think nothing of looking at their phone while doing other sorts of things including consuming films and television and other media."

However, not every young person wants to multi-task at the movies. Many of us still get annoyed by the theatre staff who appear not to do anything about it. Of course, we could ask the offenders to turn their phones off but as Adam Aron, head of AMC Entertainment, said in Variety magazine, "when you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, don't ruin the movie, they hear 'please cut off your left arm above the elbow'." Clearly this is not what I would like to see but if you are tempted to use your mobile phone in the cinema that I'm at, please don't sit next to me! What do you think is the right thing to do?

词汇表 relaxation  放松

escapism  （通过幻想、阅读等方式）逃避现实

kick back  休息，放松

irritated  恼火的，被惹怒的

【Mobiles at the movies 在电影院里玩手机】相关文章：

★ A cashless society 无现金社会

★ Until I'm blue in the face 任凭你磨破嘴皮

★ A nest egg 储备金

★ Different types of hats 各种帽子的英文说法

★ Fan the flames 煽风点火

★ Reinvent the wheel 浪费时间做无用功

★ To fall at the first hurdle 跌倒在第一关

★ US-Cuba flights and male cosmetic surgery 美国-古巴复航和男性整容手术

★ Primates at risk and noodle art 灵长类动物灭绝危险，由方便面制成的艺术品

★ At sixes and sevens 乱七八糟