在现代高中英语课堂教学中,很多教师往往忽视相关文化背景知识的教育,由此严重影响学生的理解能力和课堂教学效益。笔者结合平时教学实际,从文化背景知识教育有利于提高英语阅读能力、增强学生的社会文化领悟力、激发学生的学习兴趣等方面,阐述了重视文化背景知识的教育,能更好地推动英语课堂有效教学。 In modern high school English classroom teaching, many teachers often neglect the education of relevant cultural background knowledge, thus seriously affecting students’ ability of comprehension and classroom teaching. The author combines usual teaching practice, from the cultural background knowledge education is conducive to improving English reading ability, enhance students ’social and cultural perception, to stimulate students’ interest in learning and so on, elaborates the emphasis on cultural background knowledge education, can better promote English class Effective teaching.