精读教学固然能够提高学生的阅读能力,但要使学生的综合运用英语能力得到提升,泛读也是必不可少的。泛读可以增加学生的知识面、增强语感、学会知识的实际运用、提高阅读速度等。因此教师在高中英语教学中应把握好精读与泛读的比例,追求质和量的平衡,整体提高学生的英语素质。 Although intensive reading can improve students ’reading ability, it is essential to make students’ ability to use English well. Extensive reading can increase students’ knowledge, enhance the sense of language, learn the practical application of knowledge, improve reading speed and so on. Therefore, teachers in high school English teaching should grasp the proportion of intensive reading and extensive reading, the pursuit of the balance of quality and overall improvement of students’ English qualities.