Pre-reading

Question: How much does it cost to play video games in the cinema?

Intensive Reading

Finnkino is a Finnish company. It runs cinemas or theaters. Cinemas close because of the coronavirus. Finnkino has an interesting idea.

Finnkino是一家芬兰公司。它运营电影院和剧院。由于新冠疫情电影院关闭了。Finnkino有一个有趣的主意。

Finnkino rents screens to people. Groups of people can come. They play video games. They bring their own consoles, games, and controllers. Ten people can be in a group. One session lasts two and a half hours. The price is 280 dollars for one group. It is the price of two cinema tickets.

Finnkino将屏幕租给人们。人们可以组队过来。他们玩电子游戏。他们带来自己的游戏机、游戏和控制器。十个人可以组成一组。一场持续两个半小时。价格是一组280美元。相当于两张电影票的价格。

People can play video games in two cinemas in Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki is the capital city. If people like it, Finnkino will do it in other cities, too.

人们可以在芬兰赫尔辛基的两家电影院打游戏。赫尔辛基是首都。如果人们喜欢这件事，Finnkino会在其他城市推广。

Notes:

1. coronavirus：n. 冠状病毒，由corona（冠状）+virus（病毒）两个词组合而来。

2. rent：v. 出租，租给，“把某物出租给某人”可以说rent sth. to sb.，rent作名词是租金的意思。

3. console：n. （机器、电子设备等的）控制台，这里就指的是游戏机。

4. controller：n. （机器的）控制器

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

How many people can play together in the cinema at the same time?