词汇是英语教学中的基本组成部分,一个人的英语词汇量也是衡量其英语水平的主要依据。纵观我国的词汇教学,笔者发现教师基本是从共时的角度讲解词汇的拼写、发音、含义、搭配等内容,很少从历史的角度提供词汇的词源信息。然而,词汇的意义都经历了长期的演变过程,有些词语具有清晰的词源理据,在词汇教学中如果能适当地加入词源 Vocabulary is an essential part of English teaching, a person’s English vocabulary is also the main basis for measuring their English level. Throughout our country’s vocabulary teaching, the author found that teachers basically explain lexical spelling, pronunciation, meaning, collocation and other contents from a synchronic perspective. Few sources of lexical information are provided from the perspective of history. However, the meaning of the vocabulary has undergone a long-term evolution, some of the words have a clear etymological justification, in the vocabulary teaching if you can properly add etymology