社会生活和经济活动日益全球化的一个直接结果,是文化全球化对中国的知识生活以及外语教学产生了深刻的影响。正如格罗斯利所指出的,“如果不考虑全球化过程,要想理解教育,那将越来越困难”。当前我国正在进行新一轮的教学改革,毫无疑问,这次教学改革也必然要面对和顺应文化全球化这一不可逆转的大趋势,是教育适应并促进文化全球化进程的重要途径。《高中英语新课程标准》指出:“高中英语课程关注学生的情感,使学生在英语学习的过程中,提高独立思考和判断的能力,发展与人沟通和合作的能力, As a direct result of the increasingly globalized social and economic activities, cultural globalization has had a profound impact on China’s knowledge life and foreign language teaching. As Grossman points out, ”It would be more and more difficult to understand education without regard to the process of globalization.“ At present, our country is carrying on a new round of teaching reform. There is no doubt that this teaching reform will inevitably face and comply with the irreversible trend of cultural globalization. It is an important way for education to adapt and promote the process of cultural globalization. ”New Curriculum Standards for Senior Secondary English“ states: ”The high school English curriculum focuses on students’ emotions and enables students to improve their abilities to think and judge independently, to develop their ability to communicate and cooperate with others in the process of learning English,