学生的成长离不开教师的辛勤培育,因而人们往往将二者比喻为园丁和花朵,它形象地比喻了师生之间的亲密关系。外语教学中的师生关系自然也不例外。但是笔者认为,外语教学活动中师生之间却不是这种园丁与花朵的关系。我们的外语教学曾经一度地把培养学习者的语言能力做为教学的主要目的,教师及其教学方法和教材被视为决定教学效果的关键因素,教师也就自然成了一切教学活动的中心,学生是被动的学习者,教师怎样教,教什么,学生就如何学,学什么。然而,现 Students can not grow without the hard work of teachers, so people often compare the two as gardeners and flowers, which vividly describes the intimacy between teachers and students. The relationship between teachers and students in foreign language teaching is no exception. However, in my opinion, the relationship between teachers and students in foreign language teaching activities is not such a gardener and flower. Our foreign language teaching once once made the language ability of learners as the main purpose of teaching. Teachers and their teaching methods and teaching materials are regarded as the key factors that determine the teaching effect. Teachers naturally become the center of all teaching activities. Students are passive learners, teachers how to teach, what to teach, how students learn, what to learn. However, now