| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第12-15页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第15-16页 |
| LIST OF Figures | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第17-22页 |
| ·General Description of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第18-20页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第22-40页 |
| ·Interrelationship among Language,Culture and Thought | 第22-26页 |
| ·Diffrent Cultural Thouht Patterns between the East and the West | 第26-32页 |
| ·Synthesis vs. Analysis | 第27-28页 |
| ·Spiral Thinking VS. Linear Thinking | 第28-29页 |
| ·Ambiguity vs. Preciseness | 第29-30页 |
| ·Intuition vs. Logic | 第30-32页 |
| ·Defintions of Thesis Statement and Topic Sentence | 第32-33页 |
| ·Overseas Studies on Thesis Statement and Topic Sentence | 第33-37页 |
| ·Domestic Studies on Thesis Statement and Topic Sentence | 第37-39页 |
| ·Weaknesses of the Previous Studies | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Three METHODOLOGY | 第40-48页 |
| ·Rsearch Questions | 第40页 |
| ·Research Design | 第40-48页 |
| ·Quantitative Research | 第41-44页 |
| ·Subjects | 第41-42页 |
| ·Instrument | 第42-43页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第43-44页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第44页 |
| ·Qualitative Research | 第44-48页 |
| ·Interviewees | 第44-46页 |
| ·Instrument | 第46-47页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第47页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第48-76页 |
| ·Results and Discussion about the Quantitative Study | 第48-62页 |
| ·Indirectness in Presenting Thesis Statement | 第48-53页 |
| ·Ambiguousness in Expressing their Viewpoints by the Use of Thesis Statement | 第53-57页 |
| ·Integrated Pattern and Preference of Intuitive Thinking in the Use of Topic Sentence | 第57-62页 |
| ·Results and Discussion of the Qualitative Study | 第62-76页 |
| ·Results about the Interviews | 第62-70页 |
| ·Cultural Interpretations on Students'Unidiomatic Use of Thesis Statement and Topic Sentence | 第70-76页 |
| ·Cultural Interpretation on the Indirect Use of Thesis Statement | 第71-72页 |
| ·Cultural Interpretation on the Ambiguousness in Expressing their Viewpoints | 第72-74页 |
| ·Cultural Interpretation on the Preference of Intuitive Thinking in Organiziing Paragraphs | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第76-83页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第76-78页 |
| ·Implication for Improving Chinese Students'English Writing | 第78-81页 |
| ·Raising Students'Cultural Awareness | 第78-79页 |
| ·Practical Ways in Helping Students Develop Discourse Competence | 第79-81页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Future Researches | 第81-83页 |
| REFERENCES | 第83-88页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第88-89页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第89页 |
