语言是文化的载体,学习语言不仅要学习该文化的语音、语法、词汇等,还要学习使用这种语言的文化背景知识。因为要培养学生的交际英语交际能力,而交际是发生在复杂的背景知识基础上的,如果不了解背景知识就很可能词不达意或表达不得体,达不到交际的效果。因此我们在英语教学中不能只注重语言系统的相关知识,更要和它所承载的文化背景联系起来,否则就无法深层次地学到语言的精髓。 Language is the carrier of culture. Learning a language requires not only learning the phonetics, grammar, and vocabulary of the culture, but also learning the cultural background knowledge of the language. Because students’ communicative competence in English is to be cultivated, and communication is based on complicated background knowledge. If you do not understand background knowledge, it is very likely that words do not express meaning or expression is inappropriate and cannot reach the effect of communication. Therefore, we can not only pay attention to the relevant knowledge of the language system in English teaching, but we must also relate to the cultural background it carries. Otherwise, we cannot learn the essence of language deeply.