| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Culture and Intercultural Communication | 第12-19页 |
| ·Culture | 第12-16页 |
| ·Definition of Culture | 第12-13页 |
| ·Characteristics of Culture | 第13-15页 |
| ·Importance of Culture | 第15-16页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Language and Culture | 第19-26页 |
| ·Language and Culture | 第19-21页 |
| ·Idioms and Culture | 第21-22页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication and the Study of Idioms | 第22-23页 |
| ·Definition of Idioms | 第23-26页 |
| ·Definition and Delimitation of English Idioms | 第23-24页 |
| ·Definition and Delimitation of Chinese Idioms | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 4 Equivalent Relations and Cultural Comparison between English Idioms and Chinese Idioms | 第26-66页 |
| ·Basically Equivalent English Idioms and Chinese Idioms | 第26-31页 |
| ·Basically Equivalent English Idioms and Chinese Idioms Resulting from the Resemblances between Two Cultures | 第26-29页 |
| ·Basically Equivalent English Idioms and Chinese Idioms with the Same Cultural Origin | 第29-31页 |
| ·Partly Equivalent English Idioms and Chinese Idioms | 第31-61页 |
| ·The Influence of Living Environment on the Expression Manner of English 1dioms and Chinese Idioms | 第33页 |
| ·The Effect of Historical Events or Stories on the Expression Manner of English idioms and Chinese Idioms | 第33-39页 |
| ·The Influence of Fable or Legendary Stories on the Expression Form of English Idioms and Chinese Idioms | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Impact of Ethnic Customs on the Expression Form of English Idioms and Chinese Idioms | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Effect of Distinct Ways of Thinking on the Expression Form of English 1dioms and Chinese Idioms | 第47-51页 |
| ·The Cultural Comparison of Other Partly Equivalent English Idioms and Chinese Idioms | 第51-61页 |
| ·No Equivalent English Idioms and Chinese Idioms | 第61-66页 |
| Chapter 5 The Value of the Cultural Comparison of idioms | 第66-69页 |
| ·The Function in English Learning | 第66-67页 |
| ·The Function in English Teaching | 第67-68页 |
| ·The Function in Intercultural Communication | 第68-69页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第69-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-72页 |
