| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Relevance Theory | 第10-24页 |
| ·The Definition of Relevance | 第10页 |
| ·The Principles of Relevance | 第10-13页 |
| ·Contextual Effects and Processing Effort | 第13-14页 |
| ·Mutual Manifestness: its Definition and the Classifications | 第14-20页 |
| ·Mutual Manifestness of Cognitive Environment | 第15-17页 |
| ·Mutual Manifestness of Intention | 第17-19页 |
| ·Mutual Manifestness of Context | 第19-20页 |
| ·RT’Ostensive-Inferential Communication | 第20-21页 |
| ·Ostension from the Speaker | 第20-21页 |
| ·Inference by the Hearer | 第21页 |
| ·The Informative Intention and the Communicative Intention | 第21-22页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter two the Relation between Relevance Theory and Reading Comprehension | 第24-30页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension as a Special Kind of Communication | 第24-25页 |
| ·Reading as a Process of Making Inference in the Ostension-Inference Communication | 第25-26页 |
| ·Mutual Manifestness of Cognitive Environment as a Premise to Reading Comprehension | 第26-27页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension Based on Context Assumption | 第27-28页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance as the Ultimate Goal of Reading | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter three the Application of Relevance Theory to Current Problems in Reading Comprehension | 第30-57页 |
| ·The Definition of Reading | 第30页 |
| ·The Nature of Reading | 第30-31页 |
| ·Reading as a Communication Between the Writer and the Reader | 第30-31页 |
| ·Reading as a Process of Seeking Optimal Relevance | 第31页 |
| ·The Importance of Reading | 第31-32页 |
| ·An Indispensable Part of English Teaching | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Channel to Obtain Information | 第32页 |
| ·Challenges from China’s Admission to WTO | 第32页 |
| ·Three Models of Reading Comprehension | 第32-34页 |
| ·Top-Down Models | 第32-33页 |
| ·Bottom-up Models | 第33页 |
| ·The Interactive Models | 第33-34页 |
| ·Current Problems in Reading Comprehension | 第34-38页 |
| ·Shortage of the Ability to Understand Words and Sentences in the Context | 第34-35页 |
| ·Large Gap between Reader’s Cognitive Psychology and the Writer’s | 第35-36页 |
| ·Lack of Understanding of the Dynamic Context | 第36页 |
| ·Large Gap Between the Writer’s schemata and the Reader’s | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Application of Relevance Theory to the Current Problems in Reading Comprehension | 第38-57页 |
| ·Training the Students to Be Able to Guess the New Word | 第38-40页 |
| ·Enhancing the Students’Ability in Finding out the Implied Main Idea | 第40-42页 |
| ·Employing the Discourse Markers to Accelerate Reading Speed | 第42-45页 |
| ·Shortening the Information Gap between the Writer and the Reader | 第45-47页 |
| ·Analyzing the Discourse Structure to Promote the Reading Skill | 第47-49页 |
| ·Forming a Good Habit of reading | 第49-50页 |
| ·Forming a Habit of Consulting the Dictionary | 第50-51页 |
| ·Enlarging your Vocabulary | 第51-57页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
