语音、语法、词汇是构成语言的三大要素,其中词汇是语言最主要和最基本的单位,它维系着语音和语法,是语言的建筑基石。英国著名语言学家D,A.Wilkins说:“没有语言,人们不能表达许多东西;而没有词汇,人们则无法表达任何东西”。词汇是语言表达意义的主要承担者,听、说、读、写、译没有哪一项能脱离对词汇的依赖。因此如何有效地进行词汇教学,在词汇教学中培养学生的思维能力,使学生主动、自觉地记单词,是每个教师应该认真思考的一个问题。 Phonetics, grammar, and vocabulary are the three major elements that make up a language. Vocabulary is the most important and basic unit of language. It maintains phonetics and grammar, and is the cornerstone of language construction. D, A. Wilkins, a famous English linguist, said: “Without words, people can not express many things. Without words, people can not express anything.” Vocabulary is the main carrier of the meaning of language, listening, speaking, reading, writing, translation, no one can be out of vocabulary dependence. Therefore, how to effectively carry out vocabulary teaching, develop students’ thinking ability in vocabulary teaching and enable students to remember words voluntarily and consciously is a question that every teacher should seriously consider.