根据国家教委颁布的教学大纲规定,大学非英语专业公共英语课的教学目的是:“培养学生具有较强的阅读能力,一定的听和译的能力及初步的写和说的能力。”也就是说大学英语旨在培养学生听、说、读、写、译五个方面的能力。为此,国家教委规定从一九九六年一份起,全国大学英语四级考试(CET—4)中增加英译 According to the regulations promulgated by the State Education Commission, the purpose of teaching non-English major public English courses in universities is to “develop students’ ability to read, to listen to and to translate and to write and speak in the first place.” College English is designed to cultivate students’ abilities to listen, speak, read, write and translate. To this end, the State Education Commission stipulates that from 1996 onwards, an increase of English translation of the CET-4 (CET-4)