在我国正向四化迈进的时代,外语作为一门工具,其重要性日益显著,科技人员对外语的要求也愈加迫切。因此,如何改进理工科院校的外语教学,提高学生的外语水平,使之能更好地适应社会主义建设的需要,已成为当前外语教学中急需解决的课题。目前高等理工科院校的英语教学主要是按照1980年所审订的英语教学大纲(草案)进行的。这个大纲是在1962年制定的英语教学大纲的基 In the era of China’s progress towards the four modernizations, the importance of foreign languages ​​as a tool has become increasingly significant, and the demand for foreign language by scientific and technological personnel has become even more urgent. Therefore, how to improve foreign language teaching in science and engineering colleges and improve the students’ foreign language proficiency so that they can better meet the needs of socialist construction has become an urgent issue in the current foreign language teaching. At present, English teaching in higher polytechnic colleges is mainly based on the English syllabus (draft) reviewed in 1980. This outline is based on the English syllabus established in 1962