为了满足社会主义现代化建设对高等专业技术人才的要求,高等技术专科学校开设专业英语,已成为人们的共识,设课的学校越来越多。但是,当前的专业英语教学不仅在具体实施环节上有待改进,就是最起码的理论认识也还存在着急需澄清之处。本文根据笔者从事《汽车实用英语教程》教学的实 In order to meet the demands of higher professional and technical personnel in the socialist modernization drive, the establishment of professional English in higher technical schools has become a consensus among the people. There are more and more schools offering classes. However, the current professional English teaching needs to be improved not only in the specific implementation, but also in the most basic theoretical understanding. There is also an urgent need for clarification. This article is based on the author’s “car practical English course” teaching