中文摘要:英语作为全球通用语言，在中国教育体制中占有重要地位。人们对英语学习，尤其是对英语阅读理解越来越重视。初中生在英语阅读方面面临的最大障碍是文化背景知识的缺乏。本文研究文化背景知识对初中生英语阅读理解的影响，即对词语的错误理解、对句式结构的错误理解、对语篇的错误理解，并针对这些影响提出相应的解决策略。希望通过增加文化背景知识储备来有效克服初中生的阅读障碍，通过提升文化背景知识来培养学生的阅读兴趣，为学生英语学习打下良好的基础。

关键词：文化背景知识；英语阅读理解；影响

Contents

中文摘要

Abstract

1. Introduction-1

2. An Overview of Cultural Background Knowledge-2

2.1 The definition of cultural background knowledge-2

2.2 The classification of cultural background knowledge-2

2.2 The importance of cultural background knowledge-2

3.The Influence of Cultural Background Knowledge on Junior High School Students’ English Reading comprehension-3

3.1 Misunderstanding of word-3

3.1.1 Confuse the cultural meaning of words-3

3.1.2 Cause vocabulary asymmetry-4

3.2 Misunderstanding of sentence structure-5

3.2.1 Ignore the message conveyed by the components in sentences-5

3.2.2 Increase the difficulty in understanding the paragraphs-5

3.3 Misunderstanding of text-6

3.3.1 Understand the text within a narrow scope-6

3.3.2 Misinterpret the meaning of the text-7

4. The Counter Measures for English Reading Comprehension of Junior high School Students-7

4.1 Revealing the cultural connotation of vocabulary-8

4.1 Comparing the difference between Chinese and Western sentence structure-8

4.3 Imparting and exploring cultural background knowledge in the text-8

5. Conclusion-9

References-10

Acknowledgements-11