本文通过对中西文化主要差异的对比分析,指出包括价值观念、思维方式和社会关系三个方面的不同表现,以及相应地带来ESL课堂的种种令人费解的现象,旨在发现ESL课堂里中国学生表现不佳的根本原因所在。 Through the comparative analysis of the main differences between Chinese and Western cultures, this paper points out the different manifestations including three aspects of values, ways of thinking and social relations, as well as the corresponding puzzling phenomena in ESL classrooms, The root cause of poor performance lies.