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1、1.IntroductionWiththedevelopmentofpolitics,economicsandscientifictechnology,theworldisquitedifferentfrombefore.Theearth,wherethehumanbeingsarelivingin,seemstakeshrinking.Today,tripsoncetakingyears,months,weeks,andthendaysarenowmeasuredinamatterofhours.Ineffect,theplanetearthisnotshrinking,butt
2、imeandspaceis.Intheglobalvillage,nationsarelikefamiliesandcountriesarelikeneighborhoods.Timeandspacenolongerisolateorprotectnationsandgroupsfromeachother.Itnaturallyfollowsthatinterculturalcontacthasbecomemorefrequent,directand,therefore,moresignificantthaneverbefore.Whenpeopleofdifferentcultu
3、ralbackgroundscommunicatewitheachother,misunderstandingsaswellasconflictscomeup.Chinahasbecomeanactivememberoftheworldcommunity,andherentryintotheWTO,isboundtobringusintomorecontactwiththeoutsideworld?Atthesametime,theEnglishlanguagehasbecomethemostwidespreadmediumofinternationalcommunication.
4、MoreandmoreChinesepeopleuseEnglishastheirsecondlanguage,evensomeChinesestudentsgoabroadtofurthertheireducation.ThefollowingisareportfromaBritishmagazine-TheEconomist(2003:31&51):ChinesestudentsarefloodingintoBritishuniversities.Seenfromcloseto,Britain^universitiesareinasorrystate:overcrowded,c
5、ash-strapped,anddemoralized?Butfromfarawaytheycanlookveryattractive?Theirmarketingtoforeignstudentsisexcellent,especiallyinChina,whereeducatingchildrenabroadisincreasinglyfashionable.Thelatestfirmfingers,from2001,showaround18,000ChinesestudentsinBritishhighereducation.Thatmakesthenthelargestgr
6、oupoutofatotalof143,000foreigners.Anditisa71%increaseon2000preliminaryfigurefor2002showsafurtherincreaseof67%,takingthelikelytotalover25,000.Somequestionswillariseinone'sbrains:Aretheycompatiblewiththewesternculture?DoestheEnglishlanguagetheyhavelearnedinChinaenablethemtocommunicatewithBritish
7、people?CantheirculturalawarenessaboutBritishculturehelpthemtoovercomecultureshockattheearlystage?Tosolvethesequestions,thepresentthesisprobesintotheEnglishlanguageteachinginChina.Theaimistoincreasesignificanceinpromotingtheculturalaware
