| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Background Information of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第13页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-30页 |
| ·Language and Culture | 第15页 |
| ·Culture and Thought Patterns | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Studies on Thought Patterns | 第16-17页 |
| ·Karl Pribram's Theory | 第16页 |
| ·Studies of Robert Kaplan | 第16-17页 |
| ·Opinions of Traditional Chinese | 第17页 |
| ·Thought and Language | 第17-20页 |
| ·Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Vygotsky's Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Piaget's Theory | 第20页 |
| ·Traditional Chinese Opinions | 第20页 |
| ·Chinese and Western Thought Patterns | 第20-26页 |
| ·Individual-centric Thought Pattern and Group-oriented Thought Pattern | 第21-22页 |
| ·Circular Thought Pattern and Linear Thought Pattern | 第22-23页 |
| ·Synthetic Thought Pattern and Analytic Thought Pattern | 第23-24页 |
| ·Imagery Thought Pattern and Abstractive Thought Pattern | 第24-25页 |
| ·Subjective Thought Pattern and Objective Thought Pattern | 第25-26页 |
| ·Thought Patterns and English and Chinese Writing | 第26-30页 |
| ·Cultural Differences at Lexical Level | 第26-27页 |
| ·Cultural Differences at Syntactic Level | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cultural Differences at Discourse Level | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第30-34页 |
| ·Pourpose | 第30页 |
| ·Subjects | 第30-31页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第31页 |
| ·Procedures of the Research | 第31-34页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第31-32页 |
| ·Method | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussions | 第34-47页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Discussions | 第34-47页 |
| ·The Differences of Syntactic in Chinese and English Essays | 第34-43页 |
| ·The Use of Prepositions | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Use of Conjunctions and Relative Words | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Preference for “I” and “We” | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Use of Figures of Speech | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Use of Animate Subject and Passive Voice Sentences | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Difference in Subject-predicate Agreement | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Differences of Discourse in Chinese and English Essays | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Placement of Topic Sentence | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Difference in the Structure of Paragraph and Discourse | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第47-51页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第47-48页 |
| ·Implications for Teaching of English Writing | 第48-49页 |
| ·Limitations of This Study and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第49-51页 |
| References | 第51-55页 |
| Appendix A | 第55-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56-57页 |
