《中学英语教学大纲》指出:“在学生已经具有一定的听说能力和习惯,掌握了一定数量的词汇,并学完了大部分的基本语法之后,可以侧重培养阅读理解能力……。”但是,什么是英语阅读能力?为什么要进行英语阅读能力的培养,及怎样进行英语阅读能力的培养?这些问题一直是我们外语教师十分关心的问题,本文试就这一问题作初步探 The Syllabus for Middle School Syllabus states: “After students have acquired a certain amount of listening and speaking abilities and habits, mastered a certain number of vocabulary and learned most of the basic grammar, they can focus on developing reading comprehension skills.” However, what is English reading ability? Why English reading ability training, and how to cultivate English reading ability? These questions have always been our foreign language teachers are very concerned about the issue, this paper try to make a preliminary exploration of this issue