| 摘要 | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 中文文摘 | 第4-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| ·Why Chooses Press Conference as the Subject of this Thesis? | 第8-9页 |
| ·Why Chooses the State Council Spokesmen as the Subject for Analysis? | 第9页 |
| ·The Purpose of this Thesis | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter one A Critical Review of China's Foreign-oriented Publicity:the Past andthe Present | 第10-20页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction | 第10-11页 |
| ·Accomplishments and Problems of China's Foreign-oriented Publicity | 第11-18页 |
| ·The Possible Causes for the Problems Identified | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Underpinnings of Western Rhetoric | 第20-30页 |
| ·The Origin of Rhetoric | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Defining of Rhetoric | 第21-23页 |
| ·Five Characteristics of rhetorical discourse | 第23-24页 |
| ·Social Functions of rhetoric | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Realm of rhetoric | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three Rhetoric and Power: The Key Issue Informing DiscursiveInteractions | 第30-38页 |
| ·Aristotle's Theory on the Artistic Proofs | 第30页 |
| ·The Topical System and Stasis Theory of Hermagoras | 第30-32页 |
| ·Theories on Fact and Eloquence | 第32-35页 |
| ·Theories the Rhetorician-audience Relationship | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four Rhetoric and Foreign-oriented Publicity | 第38-56页 |
| ·Rhetoric and Foreign-oriented Publicity | 第38-39页 |
| ·Case Studies:Rhetoric in Press Conferences of the State Council Level | 第39-49页 |
| ·Engaging Rhetoric: the Very Way Out | 第49-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| References | 第58-60页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第60-62页 |
| 攻读学位期间承担的科研任务与主要成果 | 第62-64页 |
| 个人简历 | 第64页 |
