| Acknowledgement | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-12页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Objectives and Significance of the Thesis | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER 2 CULTURE AND CULTURE SHOCK | 第16-35页 |
| ·Understanding of Culture | 第16-24页 |
| ·Concept | 第16-18页 |
| ·Characteristics | 第18-21页 |
| ·Structure | 第21-24页 |
| ·Culture Shock | 第24-35页 |
| ·Different Forms | 第24-25页 |
| ·Symptoms | 第25-26页 |
| ·Process and Stages | 第26-29页 |
| ·Two Important Models of Culture Shock | 第29-35页 |
| ·The disease model | 第30-32页 |
| ·The growth model | 第32-35页 |
| CHAPTER 3 CULTURE SHOCK AND INTERCULTURAL ADAPTATION | 第35-46页 |
| ·Concept of Intercultural Adaptation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Comprehension of the Process of Intercultural Adaptation | 第36-38页 |
| ·Role Analysis of Culture Shock During the Process of Intercultural Adaptation | 第38-40页 |
| ·Causes of Culture Shock | 第40-46页 |
| ·D irect Cause: Cultural Differences | 第40-42页 |
| ·Indirect Cause: Culture Changes | 第42-43页 |
| ·Other Causes | 第43-46页 |
| ·Individual variation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Decrease of social support | 第44页 |
| ·Negative life events | 第44-46页 |
| CHAPTER 4 STRATEGIES OF COPING WITH CULTURE SHOCK | 第46-68页 |
| ·Theoretical Dimension | 第46-54页 |
| ·Surmounting Ethnocentrism, Prejudices, Discriminations and Stereotypes | 第46-48页 |
| ·Advocating Cultural Relativism | 第48-49页 |
| ·Developing “the Third Culture” | 第49-54页 |
| ·Practical Dimension | 第54-66页 |
| ·Improving Intercultural Communication Competence | 第54-57页 |
| ·Developing the competence for foreign language and culture | 第54-55页 |
| ·Developing behavioral flexibility | 第55-56页 |
| ·Developing a nonjudgmental attitude | 第56页 |
| ·Developing empathy | 第56-57页 |
| ·Enhancing Contact and Integration With the Host Culture | 第57-58页 |
| ·Intercultural Training | 第58-65页 |
| ·Functions of intercultural training | 第58-59页 |
| ·Objectives | 第59页 |
| ·Intercultural training methods | 第59-60页 |
| ·Intercultural training models | 第60-63页 |
| ·Intercultural training techniques | 第63-65页 |
| ·Culture Advisers’Direction and Self-training | 第65-66页 |
| ·Travelling Experience | 第66页 |
| ·Adaptation: a Natural Way to Cope With Culture Shock | 第66-68页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS | 第68-74页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第68-69页 |
| ·Implications | 第69-74页 |
| ·Implications for the Research of Culture Shock | 第69-71页 |
| ·Adopting the researching attitude of “value neutrality” | 第69-70页 |
| ·Treating culture shock appropriately | 第70-71页 |
| ·Implications for Middle School English Teaching of Culture | 第71-74页 |
| ·Elicitation of cultural information and connotation | 第71-72页 |
| ·Comparison of two different cultures | 第72页 |
| ·Setting of cultural context | 第72页 |
| ·Appreciation of literary works | 第72-73页 |
| ·Function of the second classroom | 第73-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-78页 |
