【正文】 t forward. For example, in 1952 Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn (John H. Bodley: 1994:35), American anthropologists, published a list of 160 different definitions of culture. Although simplified in the brief table below, their list indicates the diversity of the anthropological concept of culture. The specific culture concept that particular anthropologists work with is an important matter because it may influence the research problems they investigate, their methods and interpretations. Perhaps in all the definitions proposed, the broadest one is by E. Adamson Hoebel and Everett Frost, who see culture in nearly all human activities. They define culture as” an integrated system of learned behavior patterns which are characteristic of the members of a society and which are not the result of biological inheritance (Hoebel amp。 however, the authors focus on analyzing more about the differences between Chinese and Americans in their thinking patterns. This thesis is consisted of 4 chapters: Chapter 1 reviews some basic terms which are mentioned in the thesis .Chapter 2 analyze the differences between Chinese and American thought patterns. Chapter3 analyzes the impacts on intercultural munication and explore the way to deal with the impacts .Chapter 4 summarizes the whole thesis and points out its significance and limitations. 湖南涉外經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院本科生畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計(jì)） 2 A good understanding of thinking pattern and crosscultural munication will help us have a better awareness toward crosscultural barriers and troubles. In other words, the thesis aims to give some ideas for people who are preparing for, intercultural munication and who are experiencing intercultural munication. Many essays on intercultural munication has been published in the latest twenty years。 vision of a global village is no longer an abstract idea in our mind but an absolute fact in our life. Due to the technological, social and political changes, the world now has bee a smaller pla. Mass media brings news overseas in home less than a minute。 22 Appendix A: Informative Chinese Abstract 21 Acknowledgement 20 Bibliography 17 IV Improving the Business Negotiation and Management 17 Improving Intercultural Communication in Educational Setting 15 Chapter4 Suggestions to Improve Intercultural Communications 14 Ambiguity Perplexity, Anxiety and Conflicts Caused in Intercultural Communication14 Influences on Business Setting 11 Chapter 3 Influences of Different Thought Patterns upon Intercultural Communications 10 Past Orientation Vs Future Orientation 10 Imaginative Thinking 7 Unitary Vs Opposite 5 Chapter 2 Different Thought Patterns between Chinese and American 5 A Description of Related Empirical Studies II Introduction I 摘 要 對(duì)思維模式差異和跨文化交流很好 的了解即是對(duì)跨文化文化交流的障礙和困難的一種意識(shí)，換而言之，本 論文就是給那些準(zhǔn)備進(jìn)行跨文化交流和正在進(jìn)行跨文化交流中得人一些建議，已達(dá)到更佳的交流效果。在諸多的差異中，最基礎(chǔ)的，最重要的就是思維模式的差異?？缥幕浑H涵蓋了各個(gè)領(lǐng)域：教育、商務(wù)、醫(yī)療、政治、旅游、文化、外交、新聞媒體以及娛樂業(yè)。 intercultural munication。 I 湖 南 涉 外 經(jīng) 濟(jì) 學(xué) 院 本科畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計(jì)） 題 目 Impacts On Intercultural Communication of Differences between English and Chinese Thinking Modes 英漢思維模式的差異對(duì)跨文化交際的影響 作 者 學(xué) 院 外國(guó)語(yǔ)學(xué)院 專 業(yè) 英 語(yǔ) 學(xué) 號(hào) 指導(dǎo)教師 二〇 一三 年 四 月 十五 I ABSTRACT Nowadays, the world is characterized by a fast growing number of contacts resulting in munication among people with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This crosscultural munication covers many fields from education, business, medicalcare, politics, tourism, culture, diplomacy, media and entertainment. Intercultural munication concerns the differences between cultures, and these differences can lead to embarrassment in munication. At the worst, such mistakes may confuse or even offend the people we wish to municate with. The most basic and the most important one is thought patterns. This thesis tends to pare different thought patterns and their impacts upon the intercultural munication between Chinese and Americans. A good understanding of thinking pattern and crosscultural munication will help us have a better awareness toward crosscultural barriers and troubles. In other words, the thesis aims to give some ideas for people who are preparing for, intercultural munication and who are experiencing intercultural munication. Key words: thought patterns。 culture。 II 摘 要 當(dāng)今世界最顯著的特征便是不同語(yǔ)言文化背景下的人們之間的聯(lián)系愈加密切?？缥幕浑H就需要關(guān)注 文化中的差異，這些差異輕到交際中出現(xiàn)尷尬的場(chǎng)面，重到嚴(yán)重影響交際本身，甚至出現(xiàn)混亂 局面。本 論文就是嘗試去解析英漢思維模式的差異，及它對(duì)跨文化交際的影響。 關(guān)鍵詞 ： 思維模式；文化；跨文化交際 III Contents ABSTRACT 1 Chapter 1 Literature Review 3 The Definition of Culture 3 Thought Pattern 4 Intercultural Communication 7 2. l Synthetic Vs Analytic 7 Synthetic Thinking 7 Analytical Thinking 8 Imaginative and Abstractive 10 Abstractive Thinking 18 Conclusion 23 湖南涉外經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院本科生畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計(jì)） Introduction The 21st century has already involved us in its development. Marshall McLuhan39。 education, business, and immigration all help to reduce the stance between people of different cultures. Transportation is being much quicker and more convenient, and World Wide Web makes people all over the world get access to new information and news uptodate. Even in politics, countries that once were enemies are now having a better relationship. All the changes have contributed to the fact that people have to municate with those from other culture and societies. Theoret