新的英语教学大纲对培养学生的阅读能力提出了较高要求,这是符合我国国情的正确决策。从培养目的来讲,我们大学英语课的目的主要是使我国大学生具有阅读英语科技文献的能力。从学习手段来讲,在我国目前大学环境中学习外语,阅读是最主要手段。因此在我国大学公共英语教学中把阅读能力的培养放在首位是顺理成章的。评价阅读能力的标准是阅读理解的准确性和阅读速度。本文拟对二者之间的关系进行初步探讨。根据阅读的目的,我们可以把阅读分为语言应用性阅读和语言学习性阅读。语言应用性阅读以掌握所读材料的内容,从中获取知识和信息为主要目的。人们阅读本族语或 The new English syllabus sets a higher requirement for students’ reading ability, which is the right decision in line with China’s national conditions. From the purpose of training, our college English class aims to make our college students have the ability to read English scientific literature. From the means of learning, in our current university environment to learn a foreign language, reading is the most important means. Therefore, in our public English teaching of university reading ability training in the first place is a matter of course. The standard for evaluating reading ability is the accuracy of reading comprehension and reading speed. This article intends to discuss the relationship between the two. According to the purpose of reading, we can divide the reading into the language applied reading and the language learning reading. Language Applied Reading To grasp the content of the materials read, the main purpose of obtaining knowledge and information. People read their native language or