在有效的指导下，学习英语电影能够培养学生的英语综合应用能力，尤其能够提升学生用英语有效地进行口头信息交流的能力，帮助学生适应我国社会发展和国际交流的需要。本教材自出版以来用于大学英语教学所开设的视听说及影视赏析等课程，在教学实践中获得了师生的广泛好评。为更好地实现电影作为语言学习载体的优势，现对本教材在原有体系结构下进行修订再版。
本次修订包括以下几个主要方面：
1.替换了原第六单元的影片以及单元各板块内容，以便在更宽广的视角下深入挖掘单元话题；
2.修订了各单元Focus-on Activities及Reach-out Activities板块的学习内容，特别对其中的研究性学习内容进行了补充与更新，以便实现教育在培育和践行社会主义核心价值观中的重要作用，体现新时代教育教学方法；
3.增加了各单元重点单词及习语目录，以方便学生记忆、学习、实践；
4.修改了拼写及排版的疏漏之处。

Unit 1 Sydney White (America)
Campus Tradition and Campus Diversity
Section A Start-up Activities
Section B Focus-on Activities
Section C Reach-out Activities
Section D Follow-up Activities
Unit 2 The Martian (America)
Space Exploration and Space Adventure
Section A Start-up Activities
Section B Focus-on Activities
Section C Reach-out Activities
Section D Follow-up Activities
Unit 3 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (America)
Cultural Conflict and Cultural Acceptance
Section A Start-up Activities
Section B Focus-on Activities
Section C Reach-out Activities
Section D Follow-up Activities
Unit 4 Forrest Gump (America)
Life of Wonders
Section A Start-up Activities
Section B Focus-on Activities
Section C Reach-out Activities
Section D Follow-up Activities
Unit 5 The Theory of Everything (Britain)
Life of Infinity
Section A Start-up Activities
Section B Focus-on Activities
Section C Reach-out Activities
Section D Follow-up Activities
Unit 6 The Shawshank Redemption (America)
Dream of Freedom
Section A Start-up Activities
Section B Focus-on Activities
Section C Reach-out Activities
Section D Follow-up Activities
Unit 7 Snowtime! (Canada)
Growing Pains,Growing Gains
Section A Start-up Activities
Section B Focus-on Activities
Section C Reach-out Activities
Section D Follow-up Activities
Unit 8 The Boys Are Back (Australia)
Parenthood and Parenting
Section A Start-up Activities
Section B Focus-on Activities
Section C Reach-out Activities
Section D Follow-up Activities
Unit 9 Brooklyn (Ireland)
Homeland and Dreamland
Section A Start-up Activities
Section B Focus-on Activities
Section C Reach-out Activities
Section D Follow-up Activities
Unit 10 My Sister's Keeper (America)
Love Hurts,Love Heals
Section A Start-up Activities
Section B Focus-on Activities
Section C Reach-out Activities
Section D Follow-up Activities
Keys to Exercises
Useful Words
Idiomatic Expressions