| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·General description of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Proposal of Appraisal Theory | 第11页 |
| ·The connection between SFL and Appraisal Theory | 第11-12页 |
| ·Motivations of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第13页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-33页 |
| ·Key terms of the study | 第15-17页 |
| ·News report | 第15页 |
| ·Categorization of English news report | 第15-16页 |
| ·Typical features of English news report | 第16-17页 |
| ·Appraisal system | 第17-26页 |
| ·Attitude | 第17-22页 |
| ·Engagement | 第22-25页 |
| ·Graduation | 第25-26页 |
| ·Related studies at home and abroad | 第26-33页 |
| ·Previous studies on Appraisal Theory at home and abroad | 第26-30页 |
| ·Previous studies on news reports at home and abroad | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第33-38页 |
| ·Research questions | 第33页 |
| ·Research materials | 第33-36页 |
| ·Three news agencies | 第34-35页 |
| ·Ukraine incident | 第35页 |
| ·News report on Ukraine incident | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data collection | 第36页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第38-48页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis of Attitude resources in different news reports | 第38-41页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis of Engagement resources in different news reports | 第41-44页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis of Graduation resources in different news reports | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第48-52页 |
| ·Major findings | 第48-49页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第50-52页 |
| References | 第52-56页 |
| Appendixes | 第56-81页 |
