21世纪即将来临。这将是中华民族全面振兴的世纪。我国的应用语言学在这样一个时代应该做些什么,能够做些什么,应该怎样做,这是每一位从事或关心应用语言学发展的学人正在思考的问题。我预感到,21世纪前半叶将是中国应用语言学成熟并且腾飞的时代。我国的应用语言学起步较晚,加 The 21st century is coming. This will be a century in which the Chinese nation will fully rejuvenate. What should be done, what can be done and what should be done in this era of Applied Linguistics in our country is what every individual who is engaged in or concerned with the development of applied linguistics is thinking about. I foreseen that the first half of the 21st century will be a time when China applied linguistics matures and takes off. China’s applied linguistics started late, plus