摘要
What happened to the Olympic torch relay abroad reveals how little and superficially the western countries, in particular, know of china. Meanwhile there also exists a lack or vacancy of English teaching in English teaching at home. The failure of expressing Chinese culture and conditions correctly and fluently among the English learners has already resulted in negative impact on our international image, which is related to our teaching policy of strengthening western culture and neglecting the export of our own culture. Therefore, in the English teaching at all levels, great attention should be paid to the cross-cultural communication between home culture and the culture of target language, the promotion of expressing mother culture in foreign languages, and exporting and broadcasting Chinese culture.
北京奥运火炬境外传递遭遇暴露了世界对中国肤浅的认知，以偏见代替理解比比皆是。同时也暴露出中国文化的“缺失”或“失语”现象。外语学习者不能准确流畅地表达中国的文化与国情已成为影响中国的国际形象的大问题，这与长期以来我们过分强调英美国家文化的学习，而忽略了中国文化的对外输出有很大关系。因此，我们在各个层次的英语教育中应注意目的语文化和本族语文化的互动，注重学习者母语文化外语表达能力的培养，进行中国文化的输出，用英语传播中国本土文化，在跨文化交际中逐步实现中西文化平等交流。
