| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research Method and Significance | 第13-14页 |
| ·General Organization | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review and Theoretical Foundation | 第17-35页 |
| ·Passive Voice | 第17-25页 |
| ·Definition of Passive Voice | 第17-18页 |
| ·Functions of Passive Voice | 第18-24页 |
| ·Passive voice deficiency | 第24-25页 |
| ·English Rhetoric Theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Definition | 第25-26页 |
| ·History development | 第26-27页 |
| ·Influence on contrastive rhetoric | 第27页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric Theory | 第27-31页 |
| ·Origination and Definition | 第27-29页 |
| ·Development | 第29-30页 |
| ·Significance | 第30-31页 |
| ·Cultural Rhetoric Theory | 第31-35页 |
| ·Definition of culture | 第31-32页 |
| ·Cultural Rhetoric Theory | 第32-33页 |
| ·Significance and influence | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Contrastive Rhetoric Analysis of Passive Voice Deficiency | 第35-47页 |
| ·Comparison of Sentence Development Pattern | 第35-41页 |
| ·Sentence Pattern of the Passive Voice | 第35-37页 |
| ·Comparison of Sentence Pattern between Chinese and English | 第37-41页 |
| ·Writer/Reader-Responsibility | 第41-47页 |
| ·Passive Voice——Writer-Responsibility Oriented | 第42-44页 |
| ·Passive Voice Deficiency——Reader-Responsibility Oriented | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Four Cultural Rhetoric Comparative Analysis of Passive Voice Deficiency | 第47-57页 |
| ·Comparison of Social Values | 第47-53页 |
| ·Passive Voice——Individualism Based | 第47-49页 |
| ·Passive Voice Deficiency——Collectivism Based | 第49-53页 |
| ·Comparison of Thinking Model | 第53-57页 |
| ·Passive Voice——Analytical Thinking Based | 第53-54页 |
| ·Passive Voice Deficiency——Integrative Thinking Based | 第54-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Appendix Compositions | 第59-63页 |
| References | 第63-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66页 |