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。
目錄:
Unit 1 School Life and University Education
I Attention
II Trailer
The Wall
III The Films
Save the Last Dance
Dead Poets Society
Scent of A Woman
IV Quiz on the Culture
V Culture Shoc-China in Ben''s Eyes
Super Girls
Unit 2 Methods of Inquiry
I Attention
I I Trailer
Is the Sun Farther Away in the Morning?
III The Films
Outsourced
The Name of the Rose
Good Will Hunting
IV Quiz on the Culture
V Culture Shoc-China in Ben''s Eyes
Bargaining
Unit 3 New York! New York!
I Attention
II Trailer
America
III The Films
Short Film 1 The Neighborhood
Short Film 2 New York. A Documentary Film
Short Film 3 Why I Love New York
IV Quiz on the Culture
V Culture Shock-China in Ben''s Eyes
Accents
Unit 4 When East Meets West
I Attention
II Trailer
Understanding of Western Culture vs. Asian Culture
III The Films
Saving Face
Crash
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
IV Quiz on the Culture
V Culture Shock-China in Ben''s Eyes
Chinese Landlord
Unit 5 Love and Romance
I Attention
II Trailer
When You Are Old
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