二十一世纪,信息传播日新月异,中西文化交流日趋广泛,拥有不同文化背景的人们之间的交流日益增多。文化差异给不同文化背景的人们相互理解与和睦相处带来的困难也显得格外令人关注。因此,学习国际语言,了解外国文化,培养人文素质,增强世界意识是顺应历史的潮流。在《英语课程标准》中,课程内容与目的除语言技能、语言 In the 21st century, with the ever-changing information dissemination, there are more and more cultural exchanges between China and the West and more and more exchanges among people of different cultural backgrounds. Cultural differences are also of particular concern to the difficulties of mutual understanding and harmony among people of different cultural backgrounds. Therefore, learning international languages, understanding foreign cultures, cultivating humanistic qualities, and enhancing world awareness are the trend that follows history. In “English Curriculum Standards”, the course content and purpose except language skills, language