由于中西方文化的不同,中国学生在学习和运用语言时容易产生语用失误,而具备相应的文化知识是克服语用失误的关键。本文从语言—语用失误和社交—语用失误两方面入手,通过举例的分析来探讨其中的原因,并试图对英语教学有所启迪和帮助,重视培养学生的语用能力。 Due to the differences between Chinese and Western cultures, Chinese students are prone to make pragmatic mistakes when learning and using languages. Having appropriate cultural knowledge is the key to overcoming pragmatic failures. This article starts from the linguistic-pragmatic failure and the social-pragmatic failure. It explores the reasons through examples and tries to give some enlightenment and help to English teaching. The emphasis is placed on cultivating students’ pragmatic competence.