| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Ⅰ． The Relationship of Culture，Language and Communication | 第12-19页 |
| 1．1 Culture | 第12-13页 |
| 1．2 Communication and Cross-cultural Communication | 第13-15页 |
| 1．3 Language | 第15-16页 |
| 1．4 The Relationship of Culture，Language and Communication | 第16-19页 |
| Ⅱ． Cultural Interference in Cross-cultural Communication | 第19-39页 |
| 2．1 Cultural Interference | 第19-20页 |
| 2．2 Cultural Interference in Cross-cultural Communication | 第20-39页 |
| 2．2．1 Word Meanings in Social and Cultural perspective | 第20-28页 |
| 2．2．1．1 Color Terms | 第23-25页 |
| 2．2．1．2 Animals and Plants | 第25-26页 |
| 2．2．1．3 Euphemisms | 第26-28页 |
| 2．2．2 Language Use in Social Interaction | 第28-33页 |
| 2．2．2．1 Greetings and Farewells | 第28-30页 |
| 2．2．2．2 Thanks and Responses | 第30-31页 |
| 2．2．2．3 Compliments and Responses | 第31-32页 |
| 2．2．2．4 Conversation Topics | 第32-33页 |
| 2．2．3 The Limit of Translatability in Cultural Perspective | 第33-39页 |
| 2．2．3．1 Cultural Terms | 第34-35页 |
| 2．2．3．2 Figures of Speech | 第35-37页 |
| 2．2．3．3 Idioms | 第37-39页 |
| Ⅲ． Manifestation and Sources of Cultural Interference | 第39-48页 |
| 3．1 Manifestaion of Cultural Interference | 第39-43页 |
| 3．1．1 Equating English Words with Chinese Words in Meaning | 第39-41页 |
| 3．1．2 Being at a Loss to Understand | 第41-42页 |
| 3．1．3 Communicating with Chinese Customs in Cross-cultural Communication | 第42-43页 |
| 3．2 Sources of Cultural Interference | 第43-48页 |
| 3．2．1 Different World Views and Values | 第43-45页 |
| 3．2．2 Different Religions and Ethics | 第45-46页 |
| 3．2．3 Different Historical and Geographical Environments | 第46-48页 |
| Ⅳ． Implication of Cultural Interference for EFL Teaching | 第48-60页 |
| 4．1 Cultural Interference and EFL Teaching | 第48-49页 |
| 4．2 EFL Teaching in China | 第49-52页 |
| 4．2．1 Overemphasis on Language Structure | 第49-50页 |
| 4．2．2 Examination-oriented Teaching | 第50-51页 |
| 4．2．3 Insufficient Exposure to the Target Culture | 第51-52页 |
| 4．3 Means of Minimizing Cultural Interference | 第52-60页 |
| 4．3．1 Developing Cross-cultural Awareness | 第52-53页 |
| 4．3．2 Analyzing and Comparing Source culture and Target culture | 第53-55页 |
| 4．3．3 Using Culture-loaded Textbooks and Teaching Materials | 第55-56页 |
| 4．3．4 Using the Teaching Media | 第56-58页 |
| 4．3．5 Increasing the EFL Teachers' Awareness of Cultural Variances | 第58-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
