在生活节奏逐步加快的现今,大学生的英语学习表现出了更多的功利心理。为了应付各类考试,他们在学习中寻求着捷径,把更多的精力放在了与考试相关的内容,不能取得实质性的进步,对大学英语的学习有较大危害。在充分分析造成学生功利心理的原因和其危害后,英语教师应采取合理有效地措施积极应对。 Nowadays, as the pace of life accelerates, college students’ English learning shows more utility psychology. In order to cope with all kinds of examinations, they seek shortcuts in their studies, put more energy on examination-related content, can not make substantive progress, and have a great harm to the study of college English. After fully analyzing the reasons and the harms caused by students’ utility psychology, English teachers should take reasonable and effective measures to deal with them actively.