| play | 戏剧 |
| script | 剧本 |
| character | 角色 |
| role | 角色 |
| hero | 英雄 |
| heroine | 女主角 f. |
| critic | 评论家 |
| theater decor | 剧院装饰 |
| stage directions | 舞台指示 |
| dialogue | 对话 |
| storytelling | 说故事 |
| acting | 演技 |
| interpretation | 诠释 |

| to act | 演戏 |
| to interpret | 诠释 |
Are you one of the good guys or the bad guys?
你是好人还是坏人?He is a complex character.
他是一个复杂的角色。She can't act. Her characters aren't very believable.
她不会演戏。她的角色不太可信。It was a play about love in all its variations.
这是一出关于各种爱情的戏剧。
| performance | 表演 |
| show | 表演 |
| spectator | 观众 |
We will go to the performance of the show tomorrow.
我们明天要去看表演。
| cast | 演员阵容 |
| audition | 试镜 |
| rehearsal | 排练 |
| stage-fright | 怯场 |
| improvisation / improv | 即兴创作 |
I have an audition tomorrow for the part of Hamlet.
我明天要去试镜哈姆雷特的角色。The theater director guided the actors.
剧场导演指导演员。Did you memorize your lines?
你背好台词了吗?He forgot his lines.
他忘了台词。
| comedy | 喜剧 |
| comical | 滑稽的 |
| comedian | 喜剧演员 |
| drama | 戏剧 |
| dramatic | 戏剧性的 |
| tragedy | 悲剧 |
| tragic | 悲惨的 |
| cinema | 电影院 |
| screenplay | 电影剧本 |
| plot | 情节 |
| suspense | 悬念 |
| cliffhanger | 悬念 |
| screening | 放映 |
| to direct | 导演 |
The director cast an unknown actor in the main role.
导演在主角中选了一位不知名的演员。Lights, camera, action!
灯光、摄影机、开拍!Cut!
卡!Take two.
第二次拍摄。That's a wrap!
收工!It's a blockbuster.
这是一部卖座电影。It was a box office bomb.
这是一颗票房炸弹。The movie was a flop.
这部电影失败了。The plot thickens.
情节越来越复杂。The plot of this film is too predictable.
这部电影的情节太容易预测了。
There are screenings of the film at 18:00 and 20:00.
电影在 18:00 和 20:00 有放映场次。
| action | 动作action |
| historical fiction | 历史小说 |
| romantic comedy | 浪漫喜剧 |
| science fiction / sci-fi | 科幻小说 |
| horror | 恐怖 |
| westerns | 西部片 |
| animation | 动画 |
| cartoons | 卡通 |
| soap opera | 肥皂剧 |
| sitcom | 情境喜剧 |
| stand-up | 单口喜剧 |
| reality TV | 真人实境秀 |
| game show | 游戏节目 |
| documentary | 纪录片 |
| crime/mystery | 犯罪/悬疑 |