Unit 1 Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking(学案)-【成才之路】2023-2024学年高中新教材英语选择性必修第四册同步学习指导(人教版2019)

　 　 　 UNIT 1　 SCIENCE FICTION 单元核心素养 单元话题导读 　 　 背景介绍 在 2019 年上映的电影《流浪地球》的票房 和口碑俱佳,大受欢迎。 这是首都国产硬科幻 电影,堪称中国硬科幻电影的里程碑。 《流浪地 球》汇聚了时代热点话题,是中国梦的隐喻性、 转喻性表达,特别是电影体现的那种把地球推 离太阳系、带着地球流浪、堪比“女娲补天” “精 卫填海”的民族精神,以及某种隐约可见的家庭 伦理叙事构架,都是具有中国特色的。 该部电 影深刻影响了中国电影生产的格局,引发了“中 国硬科幻电影元年”的说法,在中国电影类型建 设上具有里程碑式的意义。 The sun is going to expand into the orbit of Mercury(水星) according to scientific calculations, which will result in the entire Earth catching fire, killing all life on the planet. In order to survive, the United Earth Government installs about 10, 000 giant engines on the Earth to power it away from its initial orbit and flee to Alpha Centauri. The whole trip is expected to last 2,500 years, during which time humankind will go through about 100 generations. Yet, as the Earth approaches Jupiter, the gas giant􀆳s huge gravitational force captures the planet and threatens to tear the Earth apart within days. Who will save the world? This imaginative tale is at the heart of the science-fiction movie The Wandering Earth. The original novel was written by Liu Cixin, one of China􀆳s most remarkable science-fiction writers and a winner of the 2015 Hugo Award for his novel The Three-Body Problem. Unlike many American space-themed films where the solution to a disaster the Earth faces is always fleeing the planet, people in the film are taking the Earth with them. The film, which is the country􀆳s most successful science-fiction film of all time, has offered a different and more ambitious idea. The “ambition” doesn􀆳t come from nowhere. For thousands of years, the “ homeland” has taken roots in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. One old 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 􀪋 001 idiom that shows a strong feeling that Chinese people have had for their homeland is “ luoyeguigen”, which means returning to one􀆳s homeland at an old age, like fallen leaves returning to the roots of their tree. More