| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| ·Cultural vacancy in intercultural communication | 第8页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第8-10页 |
| ·Research Method | 第10页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Two Cultural Vacancy and Intercultural Communication | 第11-29页 |
| ·Cultural vacancy | 第11-15页 |
| ·Concept of culture | 第11-12页 |
| ·Concept of cultural vacancy | 第12页 |
| ·Causes leading to cultural vacancy | 第12-15页 |
| ·Lexical Gaps -Cultural vacancy on lexical level | 第15-23页 |
| ·Culture and language | 第15-17页 |
| ·Cultural differences and reflections in language | 第17-18页 |
| ·Concept of Lexical Gaps | 第18-20页 |
| ·Culturally-loaded words | 第20-23页 |
| ·Cultural vacancy and lexical gaps from an intercultural communication perspective | 第23-29页 |
| ·Culture and intercultural communication | 第23-24页 |
| ·Potential problems and barriers in intercultural communication | 第24-27页 |
| ·A survey on potential problems and barriers in communication practice | 第27-29页 |
| ·Necessity of promoting cultural exchange and improving mutual understanding between cultures | 第29页 |
| Chapter Three Approached to Lexical gaps of Cultural Vacancy in Intercultural Communication | 第29-59页 |
| ·Contrastive linguistic approach to lexical gaps of cultural vacancy | 第29-41页 |
| ·Contrastive linguistic approach | 第29-31页 |
| ·Different opinions on classification of culture-gapped words of lexical gaps | 第31-41页 |
| ·Lexical gaps in "spiritual culture" | 第32-37页 |
| ·Lexical gaps in culture of systems and custom (laws, political and economy systems, social custom) | 第37-39页 |
| ·Lexical gaps in material culture including foods, tools, dressing and other aspect of artifact | 第39-40页 |
| ·Others | 第40-41页 |
| ·Translation approaches to lexical gaps of cultural vacancy | 第41-54页 |
| ·Translation principle in translation practice of culture-gapped words | 第41-44页 |
| ·China English in C-E translation of culture-gapped words | 第44-46页 |
| ·Translation strategies in C-E and E-C translation of culture-gapped words | 第46-54页 |
| ·Pedagogic implication of cultural vacancy in cultural introduction of TEFL and TCFL classroom | 第54-59页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| ·Summary of the thesis | 第59-60页 |
| ·Limitation of the thesis | 第60-62页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第62-63页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第63-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70页 |
