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新编大学英语视听说教程 United I leisure Activities Julia: I visited a friend in Yiwu, a small town about an hour from here, and saw the markets there. Oh what a busy and interesting place! You guys have to go there some day. Then I had a DVD party at my place with a whole bunch of friends. Dora: I did some schoolwork I had to catch up on. I also watched some DVDs at home. Julia: Nowadays most families have DVD players, and there are lots of places where you can buy or rent DVDs. Watching them is becoming very popular. Nathan: I think one reason for the popularity of DVDs is that it is very convenient to watch them. You can watch one at any time you like, and also do other things at the same time instead of sitting still in front of the big screen for two hours. If you have to do something else, you can stop it. It’s not like when you are in the movie theater, for instance, if you have to go to the restroom, you can’t say,” Stop, wait a minute, please!” (Everyone laughs.) Dore: Yes, it is really convenient to watch DVDs. You can stop anytime you want, fix a snack, make a phone call, and then come back to the movie. You can play it as many times as you like. Also it’s cheap. If you go to the movie theater, it may cost you 20 Yuan or more, but if you buy a DVD, you just have to pay about 10 Yuan and you can share it with others. Of course, you can rent DVDs. That’s even cheaper. Julia: I agree with you. It costs much less to watch DVDs at home than go to the movies. Dora: I think it’s more relaxing to watch DVDs. You don’t have to worry about bothering others, especially if the movie is sad and makes you fell like crying. Jason: Well, you have to get good DVDs. Once I rented Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Unfortunately the DVD player couldn’t read the end. I was very disappointed Dora: As a matter of fact, the quality of DVDs is often poorer than that of the movies in the theater. That’s one of the reasons why people still go to the movies. Movies in theaters have bette