| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第7-11页 |
| ·THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE LETTER OF APOLOGY | 第7-9页 |
| ·THE PRESENT THESIS | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第11-16页 |
| ·THE STUDY ON THE MID-AIR COLLISION INCIDENT | 第11-13页 |
| ·THE STUDY ON SKOPOS THEORY | 第13-16页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第16-26页 |
| ·THE THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF SKOPOS THEORY | 第16-20页 |
| ·THE ADVANTAGES OF SKOPOS THEORY | 第20-22页 |
| ·THE BASIC RULES OF SKOPOS THEORY | 第22-26页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CASE STUDY | 第26-44页 |
| ·THE STUDY OF THE TRANSLATION UNDER THE SKOPOS RULE | 第26-33页 |
| ·The Role of Source-Text Producer | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Initiator's Needs | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Chinese Readers' Situation at that Moment | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Chinese Readers' Cultural Background of Apology | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Functioning of the Translation | 第32-33页 |
| ·THE STUDY OF THE TRANSLATION UNDER THE COHERENCE RULE | 第33-37页 |
| ·THE STUDY OF THE TRANSLATION UNDER THE FIDELITY RULE | 第37-42页 |
| ·Fidelity to "Very Sorry" | 第38-40页 |
| ·Fidelity to the Skopos of the Translation | 第40页 |
| ·The Status of America's Chinese Translation of "Very Sorry" | 第40-42页 |
| ·THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES | 第42-44页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第44-46页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第46-47页 |
| REFERENCES | 第47-51页 |
| APPENDIX | 第51-52页 |
