| Acknowledgement | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| 前言 | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第16-21页 |
| ·Memory System of Consecutive Interpretation in Perspective | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Significance and Feasibility of the Present Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of Working Memory and Interpretation Research | 第21-30页 |
| ·Historical Background | 第21-24页 |
| ·Consecutive interpretation research | 第21-22页 |
| ·Working memory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Theoretical Arguments | 第24-30页 |
| ·Theories on interpreting | 第24-27页 |
| ·Theories on working memory | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three the Theoretical Framework | 第30-39页 |
| ·Working Process of Consecutive Interpretation | 第30-33页 |
| ·Input and comprehension | 第30-31页 |
| ·Memory and note-taking | 第31页 |
| ·Production | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Effort Model | 第32-33页 |
| ·Quality in interpreting | 第33页 |
| ·Working Memory Model | 第33-39页 |
| ·Baddeley's working memory model | 第34-36页 |
| ·Working memory capacity | 第36-37页 |
| ·Working memory capacity and language comprehension | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第39-51页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第39-40页 |
| ·Tests Design | 第40-47页 |
| ·Subjects | 第40页 |
| ·Consecutive interpretation test design | 第40-43页 |
| ·Working memory span test design | 第43-45页 |
| ·Procedure | 第45页 |
| ·Grading of the tests | 第45-47页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第47-51页 |
| ·Consecutive interpretation performance | 第47-48页 |
| ·Working memory span | 第48页 |
| ·Processing rate | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Five Results Discussion | 第51-66页 |
| ·The Role of Working Memory Span in Consecutive Interpretation | 第51-54页 |
| ·The role of working memory span in Chinese-English interpretation | 第51-52页 |
| ·The role of working memory span in English-Chinese interpretation | 第52页 |
| ·The role of processing rate in consecutive interpretation | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Role of Consecutive Interpretation Performance in Working Memory Span | 第54-58页 |
| ·The role of Chinese-English interpretation in working memory span | 第54-55页 |
| ·The role of English-Chinese interpretation in working memory span | 第55-56页 |
| ·The role of consecutive interpretation in processing rate | 第56-58页 |
| ·The Correlation between Chinese-English Interpretation and English-Chinese Interpretation | 第58-59页 |
| ·Discussion | 第59-66页 |
| ·How does working memory span affect interpretation performance? | 第59-62页 |
| ·How does interpretation performance affect working memory span? | 第62-63页 |
| ·The relationship between processing rate and consecutive interpretation | 第63-64页 |
| ·The correlation between Chinese-English and English-Chinese consecutive interpretation | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第66-70页 |
| ·Findings of the study | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitation of the Study | 第67-68页 |
| ·Implication for Future Study | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Material for Consecutive Interpretation | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Sentences Used in the Working Memory Span Test | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Sentence Judgment Sheet for Working Memory Test | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Writing Sheet for the Final Word of each Sentence in Working Memory Span Test | 第77-78页 |
| References | 第78-82页 |
