“发展智力,提高思维、观察、注意、记忆、想象、联想等能力”是《大纲》规定的一个教学目的。这一重要的教学目的过去被忽视,现在正式写入《大纲》,必然会对英语教学和学生的素质教育产生积极的影响。 (一)思维思维是人类认识世界、改造世界的最重要的主观来源。高中学生对客观事物的认识已有了一定的基础,已获得一些英语的知识和能力。在语言实践过 “Developing intelligence, improving thinking, observing, paying attention, remembering, imagining, associating and other abilities” is a teaching objective prescribed by the Outline. This important teaching purpose was neglected in the past. Now that the “Outline” is formally written, it is bound to have a positive impact on English teaching and students’ quality education. (1) Thinking and thinking are the most important subjective sources for human understanding of the world and transformation of the world. High school students’ understanding of objective things has got a certain foundation and has acquired some English knowledge and abilities. In language practice before