中國網站品牌欄目（頻道）
英語學習論壇的“聽力練習區”正式與大家見面啦。歡迎大家來這里練習聽力，交流經驗，共同進步。
本練習區的音頻文件選自英語點津的“聽中國日報”、“VOA常速”、“流行金曲”及“名人演講”等欄目，題材豐富，難度各異，適合不同階段的英語學習者。
英語點津會定期發布音頻材料，大家可以在跟帖中貼出自己聽寫出的音頻文字稿。每個音頻材料的標準文字稿會在帖子發布兩天后公布。
As Avatar continues to smash box-office records in China, the government has reminded domestic cinemas that the screening time of imported movies be no more than a third of the total.
The requirement was included along with newly-released guidelines by the State Council, or the cabinet, to boost the country's film industry and build up its soft power.
The document, posted yesterday on the central government website www.gov.cn, put forward 10 measures. The measures ranged from increasing financial support for the domestic film industry to raising technological innovation.
It told domestic cinemas to "strictly abide by the rule that the screening time of domestic movies should be no less than two-thirds of the annual total".
Industry insiders said the requirement was highlighted because the rule, which came into force in 2002, has never been strictly followed.
Gao Jun, vice-president of New Film Association, one of the top five cinema chains in the country, said the popularity of imported movies is obvious with hits like 2012 and Avatar raking in nearly 1 billion yuan ($147 million) across the country.
"We should further open the film market and let the box office speak. Improving the quality of domestic films to attract more people to cinemas is the key, not increasing screen time for small audiences," Gao said.
Last year, imported films accounted for about 45 percent of total box office takings and the top four made more than 1.3 billion yuan, he said.
With China becoming a growing market, many fans are looking for more imported movies, failing which they said they may be forced to turn to pirated films.
"The limits on foreign films only boost the piracy market, because we do not have other choices," Liu Yi, a worker at China Science and Technology Museum, said yesterday.
She has just seen the pirated version of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which was released last November across most of the world except China.
（中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯）
Todd Balazovic is a reporter for the Metro Section of China Daily. Born in Mineapolis Minnesota in the US, he graduated from Central Michigan University and has worked for China Daily for one year.
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