本文分析了语言的作用和语言和文化的关系。文中指出文化包括了很多东西,既包括物质的,也包括非物质的东西。语言和文化紧密相连,二者密不可分。语言和文化的紧密关系给了笔者外语教学的启示:外语教学不仅仅是语言教学,而是语言和文化的混合。外语教师应在课堂上同时传授语言和文化知识。 This article analyzes the role of language and the relationship between language and culture. The article pointed out that culture includes a lot of things, both material and non-material things. Language and culture are closely linked, the two are inseparable. The close relationship between language and culture gives the author inspiration for foreign language teaching: foreign language teaching is not just a language teaching, but a mixture of language and culture. Foreign language teachers should teach both language and cultural knowledge in the classroom.