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1、金陵科技学院 课程论文 题目：TheDayAfterTomorrow 学生姓名 指导教师 二级学院 外国语学院专业英语班 级 学 号课程名称 英文影视赏析得分 2010年11月14日5金陵科技学院TheDayafterTomorrow1.IntroductionTheDayAfterTomorrowisa2004Americanscience-fictiondisasterfilmthatdepictsthecatastrophiceffectsofglobalwarminginaseriesofextremew
2、eathereventsthatusherinanewiceage.Itdidwellattheboxoffice,grossing$542,771,772internationally.Domestically,itisthesixthhighestgrossingmovienottobenumber1intheUSboxoffice(behindMyBigFatGreekWedding,AlvinandtheChipmunksanditssequel,SherlockHolmes,andIceAge:DawnoftheDinosaurs),butworldwide,itisthir
3、dbehindonlyIceAge3andCasinoRoyale.ThemoviewasfilmedinMontreal,andisthehighestgrossingHollywoodfilminhistorytobefilmedinCanada(ifadjustedforinflation).2.PlotJackHallisapaleoclimatologistwhoisonanexpeditioninAntarcticawithtwocolleagues,FrankandJason,drillingforicecoresamplesontheLarsenIceShelffort
4、heNOAAwhentheiceshelfbreaksofffromtherestofthecontinent,andJackalmostfallstohisdeath.JackpresentshisfindingsonglobalwarmingataUnitedNationsconferenceinNewDelhiwherediplomats,includingtheVicePresidentoftheUnitedStatesareunconvincedbyJack'stheory.However,Jack'sconcernsresonatewithProfessorTerryRaw
5、sonoftheHedlandClimateResearchCentreinScotland.TwobuoysintheNorthAtlanticsimultaneouslyshowamassivedropintheoceantemperature,andRawsonconcludesthatmeltingofthepolaricehasbegundisruptingtheNorthAtlanticcurrent.HecontactsJack,whosepaleoclimatologicalweathermodelholdsreconstructiondataoftheclimatec
6、hangethatcausedthefirstIceAge,topredictwhatwillhappen.Jackbelievedthattheeventswouldnothappenforahundredorathousandyears,buthe,Frank,Jason,andNASA'smeteorologistJanetTonkawa(TamlynTomita)buildaforecastmodelwithhis,Rawson's,andTonkawa'sdata.Acrosstheworld,violentweathercausesmassdestruction,inclu
7、dingasnowstormgreatlyimpactingNewDelhi,ahailstormultimatelydestroyingTokyo,Japan,andalargeoutbreakoftornadoeswreckingLosAngeles.TheU.S.PresidentauthorizestheFAAtosuspendairtrafficovertheUnitedStatesduetosevereturbulence.Thes
