Language and cultural interact. Cultural teaching is important to language teaching. Vocabulary, the most active element in language, always mirrorsthe culture modes and cultural orientations, so it is important and necessary to instruct culture in vocabulary teaching. There are some elements causing culturaldifferences between English and Chinese words, they are modes of thinking, geographical environment, religious belief and value conflicts. Language and cultural interact. Cultural teaching is important to language teaching. Vocabulary, the most active element in language, always mirrorsthe culture modes and cultural orientations, so it is important and necessary to instruct culture in vocabulary teaching. There are some elements causing culturaldifferences between English and Chinese words, they are modes of thinking, geographical environment, religious belief and value conflicts.