习语教学有助于增进学生对英语国家文化、地理、风俗等的了解,有效地提高学生的听力、阅读、口语和写作水平,促进人际交流。教师应当通过多种有效方法见缝插针地把习语介绍给学生,使用“三步上篮”、中英习语比较等有趣的方法加强学生对习语的掌握和应用。 Idiom teaching helps to improve students ’understanding of the cultures, geographies and customs of English-speaking countries. It effectively improves students’ listening, reading, speaking and writing skills and promotes interpersonal communication. Teachers should introduce idioms to students through a variety of effective methods, such as “three-step layup” and comparison of Chinese and English idioms, and other interesting ways to enhance students’ mastery and application of idioms.