| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-30页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory and Translation | 第17-27页 |
| ·A General Review of Adaptation Theory | 第17-24页 |
| ·Language Use as a Continuous Process of Choice-making | 第18-20页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第20-24页 |
| ·Translation as a Process of Adaptation | 第24-27页 |
| ·Translation as a Process of Choice-making | 第24-25页 |
| ·Four Angles of Translation Process | 第25-27页 |
| ·Previous Study on Public Speeches | 第27-30页 |
| ·Definition, Function and Classification of Public Speeches | 第27页 |
| ·Features of Public Speeches | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter 3 An Analysis of Adaptation Theory in the Translation of Obama’s Speeches | 第30-37页 |
| ·The Aspects of Contextual Adaptation | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Adaptation to the Physical World | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Adaptation to the Social World | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Adaptation to the Mental World | 第32页 |
| ·The Aspects of Structural Objects of Adaptation | 第32-35页 |
| ·The Adaptation to Contextual Cohesion | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Adaptation to Sentence Order | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Adaptation to Sentence Patterns | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Aspects of Dynamics of Adaptation | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Adaptation to Temporal Dimension | 第35页 |
| ·The Adaptation to Dynamics and Context | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Adaptation to Dynamics and Structure | 第36页 |
| ·The Aspects of Salience of Adaptation | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Dicussions of Translaiton Strategies of Obama’s Speeches | 第37-61页 |
| ·Translation Strategies Related to the Aspects of Contextual Adaptation | 第37-47页 |
| ·The Physical World | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Social World | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Mental World | 第44-47页 |
| ·Translation Strategies Related to the Aspects of Structural Objects Adaptation | 第47-54页 |
| ·Contextual Cohesion | 第47-49页 |
| ·Sentence Order | 第49-52页 |
| ·Sentence Pattern | 第52-54页 |
| ·Translation Strategies Related to the Aspects of Dynamics of Adaptation | 第54-59页 |
| ·Temporal Dimension | 第54-57页 |
| ·Dynamics and Context | 第57-58页 |
| ·Dynamics and Structure | 第58-59页 |
| ·Translation Strategies Related to Salience of Adaptation | 第59-60页 |
| ·A Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第61-63页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第63页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69-70页 |