| Abstract in English | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Purposes of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Methodology of the Research | 第11页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-25页 |
| 2.1 The Adaptation Theory | 第13-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Theoretical Studies of the Adaptation Theory | 第13-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Practical Applications of the Adaptation Theory | 第16-22页 |
| 2.2 Charlotte’s Web and its Chinese Versions | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第25-43页 |
| 3.1 Verschueren’s Adaptation Theory | 第25-34页 |
| 3.1.1 Language Use: A Process of Making Choices | 第26-27页 |
| 3.1.2 Three Properties of Language Use | 第27-29页 |
| 3.1.3 Four Angles of the Adaptation Theory | 第29-34页 |
| 3.1.3.1 Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第29-30页 |
| 3.1.3.2 Structural Objects of Adaptability | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.3.3 Dynamics of Adaptability | 第32-33页 |
| 3.1.3.4 Salience of Adaptation Process | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2 Adaptation Theory and Translation | 第34-43页 |
| 3.2.1 Translation as a Process of Choice-Making | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2.2 Translation as a Process of Adaptation | 第36-43页 |
| 3.2.2.1 Contextual Adaptation in Translation | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2.2.2 Structural Adaptation in Translation | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2.2.3 Dynamic Adaptation in Translation | 第39-40页 |
| 3.2.2.4 Salience of Adaptation in Translation | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Four The Two Chinese Versions of Charlotte’s Web Examined from the Perspective of Adaptation Theory | 第43-71页 |
| 4.1 Contextual Adaptation in the Two Chinese Versions of Charlotte’s Web | 第43-49页 |
| 4.1.1 Adaptation to the Physical World | 第43-46页 |
| 4.1.2 Adaptation to the Social World | 第46-47页 |
| 4.1.3 Adaptation to the Mental World | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2 Structural Adaptation in the Two Chinese Versions of Charlotte’s Web | 第49-62页 |
| 4.2.1 Adaptation to the Style | 第50-52页 |
| 4.2.2 Adaptation to the Utterance-Building Ingredients | 第52-62页 |
| 4.2.2.1 Adaptation at the Phonetic Level | 第52-55页 |
| 4.2.2.2 Adaptation at the Lexical Level | 第55-58页 |
| 4.2.2.3 Adaptation at the Syntactic Level | 第58-62页 |
| 4.3 Dynamic Adaptation in the Two Chinese Versions of Charlotte’s Web | 第62-66页 |
| 4.3.1 Dynamic Adaptation to the Temporal Background | 第63-64页 |
| 4.3.2 Dynamic Adaptation to the Linguistic Channels | 第64-66页 |
| 4.4 Salience of Adaptation in the Two Chinese Versions of Charlotte’s Web | 第66-71页 |
| 4.4.1 Salience Regarding the Translators’ Purposes | 第67-69页 |
| 4.4.2 Salience Regarding the Readers’ Responses | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第71-73页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第71-72页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions | 第72-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix | 第79页 |
