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d Culture, which was published in 2002, Gu Jiazu states the definitions of culture that are put forward by some antecedent scholars in western countries. He mentions that the Germanic scholar, Logero Pagich first proposed the culture science and researched it in 1883. Then American anthropologist, Kroebe put forward the basic concept and principles of cultural science and made the cultural science appear as an independent system gradually, but culture teaching in English class had not been paid enough attention.Certainly, Chinese scholars also put forward some own ideas about culture teaching about our native culture. When we think highly of the western culture, we ought not to neglect our native culture. Seelye, in his book Communication Strategies for Intercultural Communication, which was published in 1983, states that the successful transcultural munication is based on the abundant learning and understanding of our native culture. If you ignore your own native culture, it is inevitable to cause unsuccessful effects in the crosscultural munication. He indicates in his paper that some junior students are short of the acquaintances of their own culture, thus leading to the difficulty in expressing them appropriately in English. Although the western culture is one of the essential aspects of the domestic teaching of culture, the native culture is also a necessary part of munication. He indicates that people should balance the proportion between the western culture and native culture in the teaching of culture in middle school, revise the contents of teaching, and set up the course that teaching Chinese culture in English. Therefore, when we value the western culture, the Chinese culture should be paid close attention. In the late nineteenth century, people turned to lay stress on the significance of language teaching in English culture teaching. Since then the language has a close relationship with culture. Language is a necessary carrier of culture and helps present culture. As to the relationship between language and culture, many linguists have given plete and vivid explanations: in the book—Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Education, which was published in 1989, Byram refers to the relationship between language and culture as follows: “as learners learn about language they learn about culture and as they learn to use a new language, they learn to use a new culture. They learn to municate with other individuals from a new culture—the meanings of a particular language point to the culture of a particular social grouping, and analysis of those meanings—their prehension by learners and other spea