今年是全国正式使用中英合编九年义务教育英语教材（以下简称JEFC）的第四年，从各地教与学反映出的情况来看，出现了较为严重的发展不平衡。其主要表现在：城市好于农村；沿海好于内地；经济发达地区好于经济欠发达地区等。我国是一个人口大国，12亿人口中有9亿在农村，农村经 This year is the fourth year of the official use of the English-Chinese Compulsory Education (JEFC) textbook for the nine-year compulsory education in China. Looking at the situation reflected in the teaching and learning of the country, there has been a serious imbalance in development. Its main performance is: the city is better than the rural areas; the coast is better than the mainland; the economically developed areas are better than the economically less-developed areas. China is a country with a large population. Of the 1.2 billion people, 900 million are in rural areas.