| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 2. Language and Culture | 第14-30页 |
| ·The Concept of Language | 第14-17页 |
| ·Word and its Connotation | 第17-22页 |
| ·The Notion of Culture | 第22-26页 |
| ·Relationship between Language and Culture | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Interactive Relationship of Language and Culture | 第26-28页 |
| ·Divergences of Language and Culture | 第28-30页 |
| 3. The Comparisons of the English and Chinese Animal Words | 第30-42页 |
| ·Same Animal Words and Same Cultural Connotations | 第30-32页 |
| ·Same Animal Words and Different Cultural Connotations | 第32-37页 |
| ·Some Animal Words with Commendatory Meaning in English, but with Derogatory Meaning in Chinese | 第32-34页 |
| ·Some Animal Words with Commendatory Meaning in Chinese, but with Derogatory Meaning in English | 第34-37页 |
| ·Same Animal Words without Corresponding Words in English and in Chinese | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Same Animal Words with Rich and Varied Cultural Connotations in English, but with no Cultural Connotations in Chinese | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Same Animal Words with Rich and Varied Cultural Connotations in Chinese, but with no Cultural Connotations in English | 第39-40页 |
| ·Different Animal Words with Similar Cultural Connotations | 第40-42页 |
| 4. Reasons Causing Cultural Connotation Differences | 第42-46页 |
| ·Regional Influence | 第42-43页 |
| ·Conventional Influence | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Influence of Religion | 第44页 |
| ·The Influence of History | 第44-46页 |
| 5. An Investigation and Some Suggestions for College English Teaching | 第46-57页 |
| ·Investigation | 第46-53页 |
| ·Purpose | 第46页 |
| ·Subjects | 第46-47页 |
| ·Questionnaire Designing | 第47-48页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第48-49页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第49-53页 |
| ·Some Suggestions for College English Teaching | 第53-57页 |
| ·Improving Students' Cross-Cultural Communication Awareness | 第53-55页 |
| ·Applying Contrastive Analysis to Teaching Cultural Connotations of Animal Words | 第55-57页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Appendix 1: A Test on Cultural Connotations of Animal Words | 第63-66页 |
| Appendix 2: Questionnaire in Chinese | 第66页 |
