要把上海建成第一流的国际化城市,必须培养大批各类外语人才,并且全面提高市民的外语水平,特别是英语水平。做到这一点,必须从基础教育着手。办好基础教育涉及面很广,关系到政策、管理、资金、教材、教学法、师资、测试等诸多方面的问题。本文只就中学英语教学的教材、师资和语者测试等三个方面发表一些看法:一、教材问题。 To build Shanghai into a top-notch international city, we must train a large number of foreign language talents and comprehensively improve the foreign language level of the citizens, especially English. To do this, we must begin with basic education. The implementation of basic education involves a wide range of issues concerning policies, management, funding, teaching materials, teaching methods, faculty, and testing. This article only makes some observations on the three aspects of teaching materials, teachers and testers of English teaching in middle schools. First, teaching materials.