【正文】 ant. However, many people view English only as a tool and only train language skill, so they lack English cultural education, and they ignore the deepseated cultural enrichment of the nurture. Language as the keystone of culture, is closely connected with it(Stern,1989:102103). Learning a language cannot be separated from learning its culture. When learning a foreign language, we should not only learn the pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar, but also learn to see and think about the world as native speakers do. In other words, learning culture is very important in foreign language learning2. The definition and relationship of language and cultureLanguage is an indispensable carrier of culture. Culture finds a better representation through language use (Halliday, 1970:405406). A joint study of these two subjects will definitely broaden the horizon of human knowledge in general and enrich the research of these sciences in particular. This correlation highlights the pursuit of the relationship between the two and makes this practice something both fascinating and challenging. …….．The definition of cultureConcerning culture, one of the best early definition was given by Taylor(1960:579), who definition culture as “the plex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, mornal, laws, customers and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.” Science then, hundreds of definitions have emerged with the booming of culture studies.In general, the word “culture” seems to have been used in the following three categories of reference.In the first category, culture is technically used by ethnologists and historians to cover a socially inherited element in the life of human beings, which can be material and spiritual. In this case, culture possesses the same elements as “civilization” of human beings, for example, “human culture”.The second application of the term “culture” is more personal. It refers to “a rather ideal of individual refinement, built up on a certain degree of assimilated knowledge and experience but made up chiefly of a set of typical reaction that have the permit of a class and of a tradition of standing. In such a sense, we have “cultural manner” and “cultural man”.Cultural in the third sense put emphasis on the spiritual possessions of a group rather than individuals, for example, “Chinese culture”. . The definition of languageLanguage in this paper refers to, firstly the linguistic points, which appear in the text materials, exercise books which are the main access to language input. Secondly, the pragmatic knowledge, as explain by Speech Act Theory that was originated by British philosopher John Austin. He thought that a speaker might be performing three acts stimultaneously when speaking : locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlouctilonary act, which indicate that there must be some other intentions beyond the utterance of the speakers in their munication.To give the barest of definition, language is a means of verbal munication. It is instrumental in that munication by speaking or writing is a purposeful act. It is social and conventional in that language is a social semiotic and munication can only take place effectively if all the users share a broad understanding of human interaction including such factors as nonverbal cues, motivation, and socialcultural roles. Language learning and using are determined by intervention of biological, cognitive, psychosocial, and environmental factors. In short, language distinguishes us from animals because it is far more sophisticated than any animal munication syatem.. The relationship of language and cultureAs the carrier of culture, language reflects and originates from it.Generally, the structure of a language should have some cultural features and obey some rules of language usage. Nida, a famous translator, said that the role of language within a culture and influence of the culture on the meanings of words and idioms are so pervasive that scarcely any text can be adequately understood without carefully consideration of its cultural background. Prof. 陳光雷（1992:119） also said when teaching and learning a language, we should take culture into consideration. As we know, some words are called culturally loaded words, which carry deep cultural message. Such as “castle”, a typical culturally loaded word carries the cultural and historical message. Castle is a particular kind of architecture in ancient Europe, especially in Britain, which was invaded by others frequently at that time. Therefore, the meaning of castle has beyond itself, it loaded the history of invasion and can reflect the character of Englishmen as well, for there is a saying that “an Englishman’s house is his castle”. Actually, the military base in the past, or the house now, no matter what the castle refers to, they have something in mon that it is principally the private residence of its owners and no one can enter without permission. Language is a particular ponent of culture（孫勉志，1997:334）. Firstly, language penetrates into every level of culture and the linguistic system interpenetrates all other system within culture. Secondly, language is the most important means by which culture is transmitted, such as music, drawing, yet on other system are so prehensive and powerful as language. Furthermore, language is also the most important medium through which culture can actively transmitted. Last but not least, “l(fā)anguage is a great force of socialization. It is largely through language socialization that an individual will acquire the culture of the people he or she lives with.Culture is the base of languageThe American humanist Spair convey his opinions in On Culture that language owns its base. That is to say, group of people ing from one or several ethnic groups speak the same language. Thus this language can pass down from generation to generation. And meanwhile, it is also the reflection of