本文是作者对我刊去年第 4期上发表的杨健先生之文的回应。对这一方面讨论感兴趣的读者 ,可回过头看本刊去年第 1期杨君的“美国语言学印象”和第 2期樊长荣的“外语教学中的折中主义”二文。让我们高兴的是 ,两位杨先生同在美国 ,本不相识 ,却得以在万里之外母国的刊物上切磋交流。我们期望更多的海外学者来信来稿 ,谈谈外面世界的精彩学术。 This article is the author’s response to the article published by Mr. Yang Jian in my 4th issue last year. Readers interested in this aspect of the discussion may look back at Yang Jun’s “American Linguistics Impression” and No. 2 Fan Changrong’s “eclecticism in foreign language teaching” in the first issue of the journal. Let us be pleased that both Mr. Yang and the United States, who did not know each other, have been able to exchange views on publications in their home countries thousands of miles away. We expect more overseas scholars to write letters and talk about the wonderful academic of the outside world.