初中英语新编教材自1993年在全国推广使用以来,以其崭新的教学思想,丰富有趣的内容和合理的编排体系受到了广大英语教师的欢迎。学生的听课能力明显强于以前的学生,语言交际能力普遍得到加强。但是大部分学校教学效果却远不如初中。究其原因,多数人都认为是教师教学放不开手脚,过于保守,教师的观念需要改变。但我从这两年使用新教材的体验中却深深体会到其真正原因在于:①高中英语教学面临着巨大的高考压力和挑战,而这又是我们不能回避的;②我们身处不发达的西北地区,缺 Since junior high school English new textbook was popularized and used in the whole country in 1993, it has been welcomed by the majority of English teachers with its brand-new teaching thought, rich and interesting content and reasonable arrangement system. Students’ ability to attend lectures was significantly stronger than that of previous students, and their language communication skills were generally strengthened. But most of the school teaching effect is far less than junior high school. The reason, most people think that teachers can not let go of teaching, too conservative, teachers need to change the concept. However, my experience in using the new textbooks in the past two years has come to realize that the real reasons lie in: (1) high school English teaching faces enormous pressure and challenges of college entrance examination, and this is something we can not avoid; (2) we are underdeveloped Northwest, missing