插图,作为重要的教学资源是教材内容的有机组成部分。它不仅传递着与教材内容相关的丰富信息,提供着有关的背景,还能增强教材的趣味性,并且以直观的视觉信息弥补文本中文字的描述不足之处。《义务教育英语课程标准》在语言技能目标中指出:能听懂简单的配图小故事,能借助图片读懂简单的故事或小短文。现行的《牛津小学英语》教材图文并茂,每一个语篇都配有精美传神的插图,对学生非常有吸引力。教师如果能够合理的利用,努力探究插图的内 Illustration, as an important teaching resource is an integral part of the textbook content. It not only delivers rich information related to the content of the textbooks, provides the relevant background, but also enhances the interestingness of the textbooks and makes up for the lack of description of the text in the text with intuitive visual information. Compulsory Education English Curriculum Criteria states in the language skills goal that simple graphic stories can be understood and pictures can be used to read simple stories or short essays. The current “Oxford Elementary English” textbooks illustrated, each discourse is equipped with exquisite illustrations, very attractive to students. If teachers can reasonably use, try hard to explore the illustration