| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Current situation of culture teaching in China | 第11-13页 |
| ·Significance of understanding culture differences in college English teaching | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research questions | 第14-16页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| ·The relationship between culture and language | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies on colors | 第17-22页 |
| ·Studies on animal words | 第22-23页 |
| ·Intercultural competence | 第23-24页 |
| ·An overview of culture and language teaching | 第24-27页 |
| 3. Differences of Cultural Connotation between English and Chinese | 第27-44页 |
| ·Differences of cultural connotations of basic color terms. | 第27-36页 |
| ·Black and 黑 | 第27-28页 |
| ·White and 白 | 第28-30页 |
| ·red and 红 | 第30-32页 |
| ·Yellow and 黄 | 第32-34页 |
| ·Green and 绿 | 第34-35页 |
| ·Blue and 蓝 | 第35-36页 |
| ·Differences of culture connotations of animal words | 第36-44页 |
| ·Same animal words with same culture connotations | 第36-37页 |
| ·Same animal words with different culture connotations | 第37-40页 |
| ·Same animal words without corresponding meaning | 第40-42页 |
| ·Different animal words with similar cultural connotations | 第42-44页 |
| 4. Causes for Cultural Differences | 第44-48页 |
| ·Different concepts of values | 第44-45页 |
| ·Different thinking modes | 第45-46页 |
| ·Different geographical features | 第46页 |
| ·Different historical background | 第46-48页 |
| 5. Investigation and Implications for Teaching | 第48-58页 |
| ·An investigation on cultural connotations | 第48-50页 |
| ·Purpose | 第48页 |
| ·Subjects | 第48页 |
| ·The process of the survey | 第48-50页 |
| ·Implications of culture differences for college English teaching | 第50-54页 |
| ·Strategies for college English teaching to foster the students’ intercultural competence | 第54-58页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-63页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第63-66页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第66-67页 |
