| Abstract in English | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-9页 |
| In trod uction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter I Terms Concerning the Intercultural Communication | 第13-22页 |
| ·Culture | 第14-15页 |
| ·Communication | 第15-16页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication | 第16-19页 |
| ·Thought Patterns | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter II Different Thought Patterns Between Chinese and Americans | 第22-48页 |
| ·Synthetic Vs Analytic | 第23-34页 |
| ·Holistic Vs Reductive | 第24-32页 |
| ·Intuitive Vs Logical | 第32-34页 |
| ·Associative Vs Abstractive | 第34-40页 |
| ·Unitary Vs Opposite | 第40-43页 |
| ·Past Orientation Vs Future Orientation | 第43-48页 |
| Chapter III Causes of the Differences in Thought Patterns Between Chinese and Americans | 第48-67页 |
| ·History | 第48-50页 |
| ·Physical Environment | 第50-52页 |
| ·Geography | 第50-52页 |
| ·Climate | 第52页 |
| ·Modes of Living and Type of Production | 第52-55页 |
| ·Philosophy | 第55-58页 |
| ·Political System | 第58-59页 |
| ·Language | 第59-67页 |
| ·Hypotactic Vs Paratactic | 第61-62页 |
| ·Loose Sentence Structure Vs Tight Sentence Structure | 第62-64页 |
| ·Cumulative Vs Reconstructive | 第64页 |
| ·Pictographic Vs Alphabetic | 第64-67页 |
| Chapter IV Influences upon Intercultural Communication | 第67-89页 |
| ·Ambiguity, Perplexity, Anxiety and Conflicts Caused in Intercultural Communication | 第68-70页 |
| ·Influences upon Messages Arranging | 第70-76页 |
| ·Influences upon Diction in Speaking and Writing | 第70-72页 |
| ·Influences upon the Ways of Organizing Speaking and Writing | 第72-76页 |
| ·Influences upon Expository Writings by Thought Patterns | 第76-78页 |
| ·Influences upon Narrative Writings by Thought Patterns | 第78-81页 |
| ·Influences upon Argumentative Writings by Thought Patterns | 第81-89页 |
| Conclusion | 第89-91页 |
| Bibliography | 第91-95页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第95页 |
