英语语言学家威尔金斯曾经指出:“没有语法不能很好地表达,而没有词汇则什么也不能表达。”词汇能力是语言交际能力的组成部分,词汇量的大小则是衡量一个学习者外语水平高低的标志。随着新一轮英语教学改革的深入,《英语课程标准》对学生的词汇量提出了更高的要求,学生在词汇方面面临着巨大的压力。面对浩如烟海的英语词汇,教师花了大量的时间在词汇教学上,学生常常学到身心疲惫,但效果却并不理想。笔者在 Wilkins, an English linguist, once pointed out: “No grammar can not be expressed well, and nothing can be expressed without a vocabulary.” Vocabulary ability is an integral part of language communicative competence. The size of vocabulary is a measure of one Learner’s level of foreign language sign. With the deepening of a new round of English teaching reform, “English Curriculum Standards” put forward higher requirements on the vocabulary of students, and students are under tremendous pressure in terms of vocabulary. Faced with vast vocabulary of English, teachers spend a lot of time in vocabulary teaching, students often feel tired physically and mentally, but the effect is not ideal. The author is here