英语教学旨在培养学生听、说、读、写、译的能力。翻译技能在英语教学中占有重要的地位。本文结合译例阐述了两种常用的翻译方法——直译和意译在英语习语及修辞翻译中的应用。 English teaching aims to cultivate students’ ability of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating. Translation skills play an important role in English teaching. This article explains two commonly used methods of translation - the applications of literal translation and free translation in English idioms and rhetorical translations.