《美剧与美国社会文化(大学英语立体化网络化系列教材拓展课程教材)》不仅旨在全面提高学生基本语言技能，还引导学生从社会学的角度剖析、比较并了解中美两国社会问题及文化背景等，拓宽知识面，更深入地了解目的语国家社会及文化，并进一步加深对祖国文化的理解，为成为国际型人才打好基础。就语言技能而言，听、说、读、写、译五项技能全部覆盖；就社会文化而言，以英国社会学家Anthony Giddens的Sociology目录为基础，覆盖了美国社会的12个主要方面。
本书从学生的兴趣和需要出发编写，编者选择的视频材料功能、风格丰富，有正式场合如总统的就职演说，有日常生活的家长里短，有紧张的恐怖袭击，有搞笑的人际交往片段等等，本书可作为大专院校的教学用书，也可供读者学习使用。

Unit 1 Immigration
Part I StoryExploration
Part II Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Unit 2 Depression
Part I Story Exploration
Part II Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Unit 3 Aging
Part I Story Exploration
Part II LanguageAppreciation
Part IIII Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Unit 4 Gender and Love
Part I Story Exploration
Part II Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Unit 5 Nonmarital Pregnancy
Part I Story Exploration
Part II Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Unit 6 Voting and Elections
Part I Story Exploration
Part II Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Uuit 7 Terrorism and Prejudices
Part I Story Exploration
Part III Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Unit 8 Gender and Work
Part I Story Exploration
Part II Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Unit 9 Gun Violence
Part I Story Exploration
Part II Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Unit 10 Crime Correction
Part I Story Exploration
Part II Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Unit 11 Poverty
Part I Story Exploration
Part II Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Unit 12 Education and Inequality
Part I Story Exploration
Part II Language Appreciation
Part III Culture and Society Focus
Part IV Writing
Additional Information
Appendix I Useful Express in a Discussion/Debate
Appendix II Emmy Award