| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structure of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-21页 |
| ·Previous Study of News | 第13-16页 |
| ·Definition and Nature of News | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous Study of News Abroad and at Home | 第14-16页 |
| ·Previous Study of Modality in News | 第16页 |
| ·Previous Study of Economic News | 第16-19页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of Economic News | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Study of Economic News Abroad and at Home | 第17-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 3 The General Theory of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第21-33页 |
| ·Notion of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第21-22页 |
| ·Aim and Goal of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第22-23页 |
| ·Related Concepts in Critical Discourse Analysis | 第23-27页 |
| ·Language | 第23页 |
| ·Power | 第23-25页 |
| ·Ideology | 第25-26页 |
| ·Relationships among Language, Power and Ideology | 第26-27页 |
| ·Fairclough’s Three-Dimensional Model | 第27-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Modality and Power Relation in English Economic News Discourse | 第33-45页 |
| ·Modality | 第33-35页 |
| ·Modal Operators and Power Relation | 第35-38页 |
| ·Modal Operators | 第35页 |
| ·Modal Operators in English Economic News Discourse | 第35-38页 |
| ·Modal Adjuncts and Power Relation | 第38-41页 |
| ·Modal Adjuncts | 第38页 |
| ·Modal Adjuncts in English Economic News Discourse | 第38-41页 |
| ·Metaphors of Modality and Power Relation | 第41-43页 |
| ·Metaphors of Modality | 第41-42页 |
| ·Metaphors of Modality in English Economic News Discourse | 第42-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 5 Modality and Ideology in English Economic News Discourse | 第45-55页 |
| ·Ideological Nature of Modality | 第45-46页 |
| ·Ideology Reflected by Speech Reporting | 第46-50页 |
| ·Speech Reporting | 第46-47页 |
| ·Speech Reporting in English Economic News Discourse | 第47-50页 |
| ·Ideology Reflected by Tense | 第50-53页 |
| ·Patterns of the Tense | 第50-51页 |
| ·Tense in English Economic News Discourse | 第51-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| ·Findings and Implications of the Study | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第56-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Appendix(A) | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix(B) | 第64-70页 |
| Appendix(C) | 第70-73页 |
