| Acknowledgments | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Part Ⅰ Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Part Ⅱ Theories of relation between language, thought and culture | 第10-23页 |
| ·Culture, thought and language | 第10-12页 |
| ·Language and thought | 第12-20页 |
| ·Cultural thought patterns | 第20-23页 |
| Part Ⅲ English and Chinese cultural thought patterns(CTP) | 第23-42页 |
| ·Synthesis VS analysis | 第24-29页 |
| ·Unity VS dichotomy/dualism | 第29-32页 |
| ·Subjective consciousness VS objective consciousness | 第32-34页 |
| ·Intuition VS logic | 第34-37页 |
| ·Imagination and concreteness VS abstraction | 第37-40页 |
| ·Indirectness VS directness in the process of expressing ideas | 第40-42页 |
| Part Ⅳ The Reflection of CTP in Chinese and English languages | 第42-74页 |
| ·Parataxis VS hypotaxis | 第42-54页 |
| ·Topic-comment structure VS subject-predicate structure | 第54-60页 |
| ·Dynamic VS static preference | 第60-64页 |
| ·Preference in applying animate subjects VS inanimate subjects | 第64-67页 |
| ·Preference of active form VS passive form | 第67-69页 |
| ·Spiral preference VS linear preference | 第69-74页 |
| Part Ⅴ Enlightenment in English learning and teaching | 第74-88页 |
| ·Interference of Chinese CTP with Chinese EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners | 第74-83页 |
| ·Interference with English sentence writing by Chinese learners | 第74-81页 |
| ·Interference with English discourse writing by Chinese learners | 第81-83页 |
| ·Suggested ways of reducing the interference by Chinese CTP and Chinese language | 第83-88页 |
| Part Ⅵ Conclusion | 第88-91页 |
| Bibliography | 第91-95页 |
| Appendix | 第95-111页 |
