人教版高中英语选择性必修第四册UNIT 1　Section Ⅰ.pptxVIP

UNIT1SCIENCEFICTION;话题导读;话题导读;【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了中国首部国产科幻电影《流浪地球》。

ThesunisgoingtoexpandintotheorbitofMercury(水星)accordingtoscientificcalculations,whichwillresultintheentireEarthcatchingfire,killingalllifeontheplanet.Inordertosurvive,theUnitedEarthGovernmentinstallsabout10,000giantenginesontheEarthtopoweritawayfromitsinitialorbitandfleetoAlphaCentauri.Thewholetripisexpectedtolast2,500years,duringwhichtimehumankindwillgothroughabout100generations.Yet,astheEarthapproachesJupiter,thegasgiantshugegravitationalforcecapturestheplanetandthreatenstoteartheEarthapartwithindays.Whowillsavetheworld?;Thisimaginativetaleisattheheartofthescience-fictionmovieTheWanderingEarth.TheoriginalnovelwaswrittenbyLiuCixin,oneofChinasmostremarkablescience-fictionwritersandawinnerofthe2015HugoAwardforhisnovelTheThree-BodyProblem.UnlikemanyAmericanspace-themedfilmswherethesolutiontoadisastertheEarthfacesisalwaysfleeingtheplanet,peopleinthefilmaretakingtheEarthwiththem.Thefilm,whichisthecountrysmostsuccessfulscience-fictionfilmofalltime,hasofferedadifferentandmoreambitiousidea.The“ambition”doesntcomefromnowhere.Forthousandsofyears,the“homeland”hastakenrootsintheheartsandmindsofChinesepeople.OneoldidiomthatshowsastrongfeelingthatChinesepeoplehavehadfortheirhomelandis“luoyeguigen”，whichmeansreturningtooneshomelandatanoldage,likefallenleavesreturningtotherootsoftheirtree.;Moreimportantly,TheWanderingEarthisthefirst“made-in-China”science-fictionmovieonthebigscreen,astheoriginalnovelwaswrittenbyaChineseauthorandthedirector,GuoFan,isalsoChinese.Thatsjustthepoint.Itmeansdomesticmovieproductionteamshavematuredenoughtodevelopnewideasonthecreativebasisofscience-fictionwriters,whilethewritersarewil