With the arrival of the innovation era, general education in universities has been attached great importance recently because it focuses on people oriented, teaching people how to learn, and educating the students to be real persons of comprehensive knowledge, wholesome personality, right values and positive attitudes. How to conduct college English teaching under the background of general education is worth discussing. College English not only serves as a tool, but also has humanistic values. In order to train the citizen of wholesome personality, the spirit of general education should be embodied and the meaning of it should be excavated in college English teaching.