当今世界是知识爆炸的时代,以信息技术为主要目标的科技进步日新月异,社会生活的信息化和经济活动的全球化,使外语特别是英语日益成为我国对外开放和与各国交往的工具,学习和掌握一门外语是对21世纪公民的基本要求。这一要求对我国青少年来说就更加迫切了,这也就对我们的英语教学提出了新的要求。 Today’s world is an era of knowledge explosion. The advancement of science and technology with the main goal of information technology is changing with each passing day. The informatization of social life and the globalization of economic activities make foreign languages, especially English, increasingly becoming the tools of our country’s opening to the world and its contacts with other countries. Mastering a foreign language is a basic requirement for citizens in the 21st century. This requirement is even more urgent for young people in our country. This also puts forward new requirements for our English teaching.