很多人都喜欢看电影。现在电影院的设备越来越先进，比如环绕立体声、3D、iMax等等。买票以后如果能选到最好的座位，就能得到最佳的视听享受。
The best seat in a movie theater
by Eric Alt
There is no question that seats in the front row are the worst in any movie theater. The existence of a worst, then, must suggest its opposite: The ideal seat. The perfect focal point that maximizes your visual and aural experience. Does it exist?
existence /ɪɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/ n. 存在（由exist加后缀-ence变成名词）
suggest /səˈdʒest/ v. 暗示
opposite /ˈɒpəzɪt/ n. 对立面
ideal /aɪˈdɪəl/ adj. 理想的
focal point /ˈfəʊk(ə)l/ 焦点、（声光的）交叉点
maximize /ˈmæksɪmaɪz/ v. 最大化、使最大
visual /ˈvɪʒuəl/ adj. 视觉的
aural /ˈɔːrəl/ adj. 听觉的
For a standard movie theater with exit rows on the sides, the best spot is as close to dead center as you can get. "This way your eyes are more centralized and not straining to catch things on the very left or right side of the image on screen," says Joe Muto, head projectionist for Nitehawk Cinemas.
standard /ˈstændəd/ adj. 标准的
spot /spɒt/ n. 地点
dead /ded/ adj. 刚好的
centralize /ˈsentrəlaɪz/ v. 中心化（由central加后缀-ize变成动词）
strain /streɪn/ v. 费劲
catch /kætʃ/ v. 看到、听到
image /ˈɪmɪdʒ/ n. 图像
head /hed/ adj. 主要的、首要的
projectionist /prəˈdʒekʃ(ə)nɪst/ n. 电影放映员
You also don't want to have too wide of a vertical viewing angle so you have to look too far up or down to see the whole screen. That's a large part of what makes sitting in the front row so unpleasant for most people.
vertical /ˈvɜːtɪk(ə)l/ adj. 垂直的、竖直的
view /vjuː/ v. 观看
angle /ˈæŋɡ(ə)l/ n. 角度
far /fɑː(r)/ adv. 大大、很多
The center positioning is also good for sound. "You have the best placement for surround sound, and your ears catch the full effect of all the speakers in the house working together," says Muto. Sitting too close to one side isn't as much of a downside as it once was, at least from a sound perspective. Audio companies like THX now try to tune the speaker performance and arrangement to deliver more consistent sound to everyone in the room.
position /pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/ v. 安放、放置
placement /ˈpleɪsmənt/ n. 位置（由place加后缀-ment变成名词）
surround /səˈraʊnd/ sound 环绕立体声
speaker /ˈspiːkə(r)/ n. 音箱、扬声器（由speak加上表示人或物的后缀-er）
downside /ˈdaʊnsaɪd/ n. 缺点
perspective /pəˈspektɪv/ n. （看问题的）角度
audio /ˈɔːdiəʊ/ adj. 声音的、音频的
tune /tjuːn/ v. 微调
performance /pəˈfɔːməns/ n. 性能
arrangement /əˈreɪndʒmənt/ n. 摆放（由arrange加后缀-ment变成名词）
deliver /dɪˈlɪvə(r)/ v. 实现、做到
consistent /kənˈsɪst(ə)nt/ adj. 一致的
When you factor in IMAX, however, the variables aren't exactly the same. "We have a patented design for our theater geometry," explains Brian Bonnick, chief technical officer for IMAX. "We start off with a screen that goes from wall to wall, floor to ceiling as opposed to having – in most theaters – a frame around it. The second step is that the seating deck is stadium style, and it's much closer to the screen. So your field of view becomes much larger, from any seat in the theater."
factor /ˈfæktə(r)/ in 考虑到、考虑进来
variable /ˈveəriəb(ə)l/ n. 变量
patent /ˈpeɪt(ə)nt/ v. 获得专利
geometry /dʒɪˈɒmətri/ n. 几何学、几何结构
chief /tʃiːf/ adj. 首席的
ceiling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ n. 天花板
as opposed /əˈpəʊzd/ to 而不是
step /step/ n. 步骤
deck /dek/ n. 甲板、地面
stadium /ˈsteɪdiəm/ n. 体育馆
field /fiːld/ n. 场、领域
They also extend this level of detail to the sound as well. "The loudspeakers are then designed where they're going to sit in the venue. This is done independently for every single theater in CAD," says Bonnick.
extend /ɪkˈstend/ v. 扩大、扩展
level /ˈlev(ə)l/ n. 程度、层次
as well = too
loudspeaker /laʊdˈspiːkə(r)/ n. 扬声器、喇叭
venue /ˈvenjuː/ n. 活动场地
independently /ˌɪndɪˈpend(ə)ntli/ adv. 独立地、不相关地（由independent加后缀-ly变成副词）
single /ˈsɪŋɡ(ə)l/ adj. 单个的（表示强调）
CAD = Computer-Aided Design 计算机辅助设计
"So when the guys arrive on site, they get an X-Y-Z coordinate for each loudspeaker, for where it is to be hung. Once it's mounted there, we have a target little bigger than a hockey puck and it is stuck somewhere else in the theater and we use a laser to aim each loudspeaker to its individual target. And those targets are all calculated so that each loudspeaker's sound dispersion is hitting every seat in the theater evenly."
coordinate /kəʊˈɔːdɪnət/ n. 坐标
mount /maʊnt/ v. 固定、安装
target /ˈtɑːɡɪt/ n. 靶子
hockey puck 冰球（其形状类似于圆形的月饼）
stick /stɪk/ v. 放（stuck是过去分词）
laser /ˈleɪzə(r)/ n. 激光
individual /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl/ adj. 单独的
calculate /ˈkælkjuleɪt/ v. 计算
dispersion /dɪˈspɜːʃ(ə)n/ n. 分散、散开
evenly /ˈiːv(ə)nli/ adv. 均匀地
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