动机是指激励人去行动的内部力量与动因。它具有目的性、选择性和启发性。激发学生的学习动机对高中英语教学有着十分重要的作用。教材内容增加了许多具有生活气息的时代因素,有利于培养学生的创造性思维。因此,教师要充分利用这些有利条件去调动学生的学习动机,唤起学生对学习的热情。 Motivation refers to the internal forces and motivation that motivate people to act. It is purposeful, selective and enlightening. Inspiring students’ learning motivation has a very important role in high school English teaching. The content of the teaching materials has added many elements of the era of life, which is conducive to the cultivation of students’ creative thinking. Therefore, teachers should make full use of these favorable conditions to mobilize students’ learning motivation and evoke their enthusiasm for learning.