人们在阅读的时候,总是根据自己的目的对阅读材料进行分析判断,从而作出必要的取舍。这样,读者在读前常常会表现出急欲了斛文章的范围及内容的愿望。这种心理活动就是阅读预测(reading prediction)。在当前英语教学改革中,强调对学生的培养应从“应试教育”向“能力数育”方向发展,笔者认为在英语教学中有意识地加强和应用预测阅读技巧,是培养学生英语阅读能力的 When reading, people always analyze and judge reading materials according to their own purposes, so as to make the necessary choices. In this way, the reader often shows the desire and urgency of the scope and content of the article before reading. This kind of mental activity is reading prediction. In the current reform of English teaching, it is emphasized that the cultivation of students should develop from “examination-oriented education ” to “ability to educate ”. The author believes that consciously strengthening and applying the predictive reading skills in English teaching is to train students’ English reading capable