在如火如荼的新课改浪潮中,农村初中的英语教材也由原来的译林版改成了牛津版。新教材集交流性、实用性为一体,融趣味性、科学性为一炉,在理论上深受广大城乡教师的欢迎。但实践过程中却给广大农村初中学生带来了相对沉重的负担:新教材中的对话明显长了、单词量明显增多了。对他们而言,新 In the wave of new curriculum reforms, the English textbook for rural junior high schools has also been changed from the original Yilin version to the Oxford version. The new textbooks integrate communicability and practicality into a whole, and are interesting and scientific. It is theoretically welcomed by the majority of urban and rural teachers. However, in the process of practice, it has brought a relatively heavy burden on the students in rural junior high schools. The dialogue in the new textbook has grown significantly and the number of words has increased significantly. For them, new