Learning to imitate in English translation is an important means in translation teaching,it is also a key to learn language for the students.There exists a certain degree of difficulty in its teaching.The level of imitation is also a reflection of the translating skills of students.So this paper expatiates how to improve the students abilities of imitating translation in the teaching respectively from the position and action of imitating translation teaching in New Practical English Comprehensive Course,the methods of improving the capacity of imitating translation for the specialist students, and how to cultivate the habits of imitating translation teaching.