| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Definition and Classification of Idioms | 第11-16页 |
| ·The definition of idioms | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Classification of English and Chinese Idioms | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Classification of English Idioms | 第12-14页 |
| ·The classification of Chinese Idioms | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter two Comparison of Cultural Features in English and Chinese Idioms | 第16-25页 |
| ·Idioms | 第16-18页 |
| ·Cultural similarities in English and Chinese idioms | 第18-19页 |
| ·Cultural differences in English and Chinese idioms | 第19-25页 |
| ·Differences rooted in living environment | 第19-20页 |
| ·Differences rooted in geographical conditions | 第20-21页 |
| ·Differences rooted in social customs | 第21-22页 |
| ·Differences rooted in religious beliefs | 第22-23页 |
| ·Differences rooted in historical and literary allusions | 第23-24页 |
| ·Differences rooted in modes of thinking | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Three Relationships between Language,Culture,Idioms & Translation | 第25-43页 |
| ·Language and culture | 第25-27页 |
| ·The definition of culture | 第25-26页 |
| ·Cultural disparity between east and west | 第26-27页 |
| ·Definitions of language and culture | 第27-29页 |
| ·Relationship between language and culture | 第29-32页 |
| ·Relationship between idioms and culture | 第32-43页 |
| ·Origins of idioms | 第32-38页 |
| ·Culture and Idioms | 第38-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Four Translation Methods of Idioms | 第43-56页 |
| ·Literal translation | 第43-46页 |
| ·Liberal translation | 第46-48页 |
| ·Correspondence-turn-loan translation | 第48-49页 |
| ·Image-shift translation | 第49-51页 |
| ·Literal translation plus annotation | 第51-53页 |
| ·Literal-cum-free translation | 第53-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59页 |
