语言与文化密不可分。学习一门外语的过程,就是掌握一种新文化的过程。大学生英语技能的提高既体现在他们对语言的口头表达上,也体现在他们对英语国家文化背景的了解上。因此,在大学英语的日常教学中,应该渗透英语国家的文化教育。本文从文化教育的必要性、文化教育的内容和文化教育的方法三个方面阐述文化教育的重要性。 Language and culture are inseparable. The process of learning a foreign language is the process of grasping a new culture. The improvement of college students’ English skills is reflected in their verbal expression of language as well as their understanding of the cultural background of English-speaking countries. Therefore, in the daily teaching of college English, we should infiltrate the cultural education in English-speaking countries. This article expounds the importance of culture and education from three aspects: the necessity of culture education, the content of culture education and the method of culture education.