As nouns the difference between cinema and theater is that cinema is (countable) a film while theater is a place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.

作為名詞，cinema和theater的區別在于cinema(可數名詞)可以指電影，而theater則指一個地方或建筑，它由舞臺和座位組成，觀眾可以聚集在那里觀看戲劇、音樂表演、公共儀式等。

They can mean exactly the same thing: Americans go to the theater to watch a movie. The British go to the cinema to watch a film.

他們也可以指一回事：美國人去theater看電影，而英國人則到cinema看電影。

But no AmE speaker uses "going to the cinema" to mean "going to the movies" unless that person is joking (possibly while assuming a fake British accent) or horribly pretentious.

但是美國人沒有人用“going to the cinema”來指“去電影院”的，除非你在開玩笑(可能是想模仿英式口音)或者裝腔作勢。

In both countries, "theater" (US spelling) (and "theatre", UK spelling) means a place where you go to watch stage plays.

在這兩個國家，當指可以看舞臺劇的“劇院”時，都是說“theater”。

如何去電影院看電影?

首先，你要有一部你喜歡的電影正在上映

你可用先問一下電影的上映時間：

When is the release date or premiere of ‘Movie Name’?

《電影名》的上映時間或者首映日期是什么時候?

或者直接簡單粗暴地問現在什么電影正在上映：

What’s on?

然后你就可以選擇去哪個影院：

Which cinema is it showing at?

這部電影在哪個影院上映呢?

當你到達影院，去往前臺購票，服務人員可能會問你：

Which film would you like to see? Which show time?

你想看哪部電影?哪個時間場的?

How many seats would you like?

要幾個座位?

Where would you like to sit?

想坐哪里?

在選擇外語影片時

You may choose a film where the dialogues are dubbed, which means that you can hear the dialogues in your own language, while you can’t really lip-read them. Or, you may choose to follow the film in its original language, in O. V. (in the "original version" ), listening to "the original soundtrack" .

你可以選擇配音的，也就是說電影的對白聲音都改成了你能聽懂的語言，但是畫面還是原來的。或者，你可以選擇原聲，也就是電影本來的聲音。

在所有的選擇都決定好后，你就可以對服務人員說：

May I have 2 tickets for the 8 o’clock show of ‘Movie Name’?

我可以來兩張8點場的《電影名》的票嗎?

We would like to sit in row G, seats 12 to 14.

我們想坐在G排，12到14座。

然后你就可以帶著你的小伙伴愉快地看電影啦~