本教材以欧美电影为素材,通过新颖的架构和启发性的练习,侧重培养学生对文化信息的理解,增强其跨文化的敏感度。全书共11个单元,其中9个常规单元,2个欣赏单元。每单元框架如下:海报(Attention),新片预告(Trailer),看片会(The Films),文化知识测验(Quiz on the Culture),文化冲击(culture Shock)。各单元没有按照难易度呈阶梯式分布,教师可根据学生的具体情况安排教学内容和进度。该教材适合英语专业一、二年级学生使用,配有多媒体光盘。该教材也可供广大英语爱好者和自学者选用。
Unit 1School Life and University Education
IAttention
IITrailer
The Wall
IIIThe Films
Save the Last Dance
Dead Poets Society
Scent of A Woman
IVQuiz on the Culture
VCulture Shock—China in Ben’s Eyes
Super Girls
Unit 2Methods of Inquiry
IAttention
IITrailer
Is the Sun Farther Away in the Morning?
IIIThe Films
Outsourced
The Name of the Rose
Good Will Hunting
IVQuiz on the Culture
VCulture Shock—China in Ben’s Eyes
Bargaining
Unit 3New York! New York!
IAttention
IITrailer
America
IIIThe Films
Short Film 1 The Neighborhood
Short Film 2 New York:A Documentary Film
Short Film 3 Why I Love New York
IVQuiz on the Culture
VCulture Shock—China in Ben’s Eyes
Accents
Unit 4When East Meets West
IAttention
IITrailer
Understanding of Western Culture vs. Asian Culture
IIIThe Films
Saving Face
Crash
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
IVQuiz on the Culture
VCulture Shock—China in Ben’s Eyes
Chinese Landlord
Unit 5Love and Romance
IAttention
IITrailer
When You Are Old
IIIThe Films
Before Sunrise
Love Actually
Roman Holiday
IVQuiz on the Culture
VCulture Shock—China in Ben’s Eyes
Laowai Hunters
Unit 6Mass Media
IAttention
IITrailer
The Medium is the Message
IIIThe Films
The Truman Show
Hero
Thank You for Smoking
IVQuiz on the Culture
VCulture Shock—China in Ben’s Eyes
Chinese TV
Unit 7Men and Nature
IAttention
IITrailer
Will You Be There
IIIThe Films
Aftermath: Population Zero
Birds
An Inconvenient Truth
IVQuiz on the Culture
VCulture Shock—China in Ben’s Eyes
Chinese Bicycle
Unit 8Amuse Yourself to Death
IAttention
IITrailer
Quotations from Woody Allen
IIIThe Films
Tuileries from Paris, Je T’aime
A Fish Called Wanda
Friends:The One Where Ross Got High
IVQuiz on the Culture
VCulture Shock—China in Ben’s Eyes
Chinese Toilet
Unit 9Health
IAttention
IITrailer
Super Size Me
IIIThe Films
Philadelphia
Reign over Me
Sicko
IVQuiz on the Culture
VCulture Shock—China in Ben’s Eyes
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Unit 10Let Music Flow
IAttention
IIThe Films
The Sound of Music
Chicago
Copying Beethoven
Sister Act
A Hard Day’s Night
8 Mile
Unit 11Shall We Dance
IAttention
IIThe Films
Singing in the Rain
White Nights
Step Up
Take the Lead
Grease
Pulp Fiction