| Abstract (in English) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第6-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Cultural Value Orientations | 第13-19页 |
| ·The concept of Cultural Value | 第13-14页 |
| ·Values and Communication | 第14-15页 |
| ·Cultural Value Orientations | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Differences in Sino-American Cultural Value Orientations | 第19-43页 |
| ·Synchronic Differences in Sino-American Cultural Value Orientations | 第20-40页 |
| ·Differences between Dominant Cultures | 第20-35页 |
| ·Human Nature: Basically Good VS Mixture of Good and Evil | 第22-24页 |
| ·People-Nature Value Orientation: Harmony with Nature VS Mastery over Nature | 第24-27页 |
| ·Temporal Orientation: Past Orientation VS Future Orientation | 第27-30页 |
| ·Activity Orientation: Being VS Doing | 第30-32页 |
| ·Relational Orientation: Group Orientation VS Individualism | 第32-35页 |
| ·Differences among Co-cultures | 第35-40页 |
| ·The Concept of Co-culture | 第36-38页 |
| ·Differences among Co-cultures | 第38-40页 |
| ·Diachronic Differences in Sino-American Cultural Value Orientations | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter 3 Similarities in Sino-American Cultural Value Orientations | 第43-57页 |
| ·Synchronic Similarities in Sino-American Cultural Value Orientations | 第45-52页 |
| ·Similarities between Dominant Cultures | 第45-51页 |
| ·The Changes of Individualism in China | 第45-49页 |
| ·The Change of Americans' Attitude to Nature | 第49-50页 |
| ·Chinese's and Americans' Conception of Time | 第50-51页 |
| ·Similarities among Co-cultures | 第51-52页 |
| ·Diachronic Similarities in Sino-American Cultural Value Orientations | 第52-55页 |
| ·The Tendency of Globalization | 第55-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| Works Cited | 第60-62页 |
