文学作品欣赏进入课堂的必要性英语教学是语言教学,当然,离不开文化教育。学习英语知识,掌握英语技能,提高英语运用能力与熟悉英美文化背景知识密不可分。高中教学大纲也要求在教学中渗透文化知识,注重培养学生的文化意识。而文化背景知识的习得很大一方面就来源于英语文学作品。近年来,英语教学大纲进行了多次修订,英语由最初的“基础工具”发展到“交际工具”。新颁布的《高中英语课程标准》就明确指出:“语言的工具性与人文性 Literary appreciation of the need to enter the classroom English teaching is a language teaching, of course, can not do without cultural and educational. Learning English knowledge, mastering English skills, improving English ability to use and familiarity with Anglo-American cultural background are inseparable. High school syllabus also requires infiltration of cultural knowledge in teaching, focusing on cultivating students’ cultural awareness. The acquisition of cultural background knowledge is very large on the one hand, comes from English literature. In recent years, English syllabus has been revised several times, English from the initial ”basic tools“ to ”communicative tools.“ The newly promulgated ”High School English Curriculum Standards“ clearly states: ”The instrumental and humanistic nature of language