本书取材于20世纪70年代至21世纪初的10部具有代表性的美国科幻电影。通过对影片进行历时梳理,引导学生深入了解美国电影文化中所体现的价值观、发展观和未来观,启发学生思考现代文明社会发展历程中一些贯穿始终的重要问题。全书共分5个单元,每个单元包含美国国情背景学习及影片赏析两个部分。美国国情背景学习部分旨在引导学生将科幻电影主题与美国的政治、经济、科技及文化发展相关联,并能对其进行完整深入的解读;影片赏析部分兼顾语言学习,设计了听、说、读、写等多种练习形式。
         
         
             
             Unit One  Sci-fi movies in the 1970s
Part A  America in the 1970s
Ⅰ  Politics
Ⅱ  Economy
Ⅲ  Science and Technology
Ⅳ  Culture
Part B  Case Study Ⅰ
Ⅰ  Introduction
Ⅱ  Listening Drills
Ⅲ  Discussion
Ⅳ  Reading Reviews
Ⅴ  Do you know?
Ⅵ  Homework
Part C Case Study Ⅱ
Ⅰ  Introduction
Ⅱ  Listening Drills
Ⅲ  Discussion
Ⅳ  Reading Reviews
Ⅴ  Do you know?
Ⅵ  Homework
Unit Two  Sci-fi movies in the 1980s
Part A  America in the 1980s
Ⅰ  Politics
Ⅱ  Economy
Ⅲ  Science and Technology
Ⅳ  Culture
Part B  Case Study Ⅰ
Ⅰ  Introduction
Ⅱ  Listening Drills
Ⅲ  Discussion
Ⅳ  Reading Reviews
Ⅴ  Do you know?
Ⅵ  Homework
Part C  Case Study Ⅱ
Ⅰ  Introduction
Ⅱ  Listening Drills
Ⅲ  Discussion
Ⅳ  Reading Reviews
Ⅴ  Do you know?
Ⅵ  Homework
Unit Three  Sci-fi movies in the 1990s
Part A  America in the 1990s
Ⅰ  Politics
Ⅱ  Economy
Ⅲ  Technology
Ⅳ  Culture
Part B  Case Study Ⅰ
Ⅰ  Introduction
Ⅱ  Listening Drills
Ⅲ  Discussion
Ⅳ  Reading Reviews
Ⅴ  Do you know?
Ⅵ  Homework
Part C  Case Study Ⅱ
Unit Four  Sci-fi movies in the 2000s
Part A America in the 2000s
Ⅰ  Politics
Ⅱ  Economy
Ⅲ  Technology
Ⅳ  Culture
Part B  Case Study Ⅰ
Ⅰ  Introduction
Ⅱ  Listening Drills
Ⅲ  Discussion
Ⅳ  Reading Reviews
Ⅴ  Do you know?
Ⅵ  Homework
Part C  Case Study Ⅱ
Ⅰ  Introduction
Ⅱ  Listening Drills
Ⅲ  Discussion
Ⅳ  Reading Reviews
Ⅴ  Do you know?
Ⅵ  Homework
Unit Five  Sci-fi movies in the 2010s
Part A  America in the 2010s
Ⅰ  Politics
Ⅱ  Economy
Ⅲ  Technology
Ⅳ  Culture
Part B  Case Study Ⅰ
Ⅰ  Introduction
Ⅱ  Listening Drills
Ⅲ  Discussion
Ⅳ  Reading Reviews
V  Do you know?
Ⅵ  Homework
Part C  Case Study Ⅱ
Ⅰ  Introduction
Ⅱ  Listening Drills
Ⅲ  Discussion
Ⅳ  Reading Reviews
Ⅴ  Do you know?
Ⅵ  Homework