中学英语教学的目的是培养学生初步运用英语的能力,为学生进一步学习打好基础。所以我们教学应与时俱进,以培养创新能力、自主学习能力的人才为目的。古人云:“授人以鱼,不如授人以渔”。这是很有道理的。为什么要强调自主学习呢?这要从 The purpose of high school English teaching is to cultivate students’ initial ability to use English so as to lay a good foundation for students to further their studies. Therefore, our teaching should keep pace with the times and aim at cultivating talents with innovative ability and self-learning ability. Ancients said: “Give people a fish, it is better to teach people to fish.” This is very reasonable. Why should we emphasize self-learning?