文秋芳(中国外语教育研究中心,北京外国语大学)中国的ESP教学与研究特别需要有刊物把大家凝聚起来,为大家提供一个平台。上世纪80年代,科技英语曾经风靡一时,但后来却不了了之了,这是因为当时大学生的英语水平没有达到一定程度。学生必须先学习通用英语,打下一定的基础后才能进行ESP课程学习。现在的大学生英语水平有了显著提高,所以ESP又开始受到大家的关注。ESP对我国的国民经 Wen Qiufang (China Foreign Language Education Research Center, Beijing Foreign Studies University) ESP teaching and research in China particularly needs publications to unite everyone and provide a platform for everyone. In the 1980s, English for science and technology was all the rage, but then it was gone. This was because undergraduate English did not reach a certain level. Students must first learn General English, lay a certain foundation before they can learn ESP courses. Now college students have significantly improved the standard of English, so ESP began to be everyone’s attention. ESP on China’s national economy