| Declaration | 第1-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-14页 |
| List of Figures | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-18页 |
| ·Research Background | 第15-16页 |
| ·Objectives and Research Method | 第16-17页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-32页 |
| ·Working Definition of Major Concepts in the Study | 第18-25页 |
| ·Tense and Aspect | 第18-22页 |
| ·Tense | 第19-20页 |
| ·Aspect | 第20-22页 |
| ·Tense and Aspect in French | 第22-23页 |
| ·Interaction between Tense and Aspect | 第23-25页 |
| ·Meaning and Implicature | 第25页 |
| ·Influential Models for English Tense-Aspect System | 第25-32页 |
| ·Comrie's Tense-Aspect Model | 第25-26页 |
| ·Quirk's Tense-Aspect Model | 第26-28页 |
| ·3 Bo Bing's Tense-Aspect Model | 第28-30页 |
| ·Brief Comments on the Present Models | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 3 TENSES in English and in French | 第32-48页 |
| ·English TENSES | 第32-39页 |
| ·Simple TENSES | 第32-34页 |
| ·Simple Present TENSE | 第32-33页 |
| ·Simple Past TENSE | 第33-34页 |
| ·Simple Future TENSE | 第34页 |
| ·Perfect TENSE | 第34-36页 |
| ·Present Perfect TENSE | 第34-36页 |
| ·Past Perfect TENSE | 第36页 |
| ·Future Perfect TENSE | 第36页 |
| ·Progressive TENSES | 第36-38页 |
| ·Present Progressive TENSE | 第37页 |
| ·Past Progressive TENSE | 第37-38页 |
| ·Future Progressive TENSE | 第38页 |
| ·Perfect Progressive TENSES | 第38-39页 |
| ·Present Perfect Progressive TENSE | 第38页 |
| ·Past Perfect Progressive TENSE | 第38-39页 |
| ·Future Perfect Progressive TENSE | 第39页 |
| ·French TENSES | 第39-48页 |
| ·Simple TENSES(Imperfect TENSES) | 第39-43页 |
| ·Le Present de L'indicatif | 第39-40页 |
| ·L'imparfait de L'indicatif | 第40-42页 |
| ·Le Passe Simple | 第42页 |
| ·Le Futur Simple | 第42-43页 |
| ·Compound TENSES(Perfect TENSES) | 第43-48页 |
| ·Le Passe Compose | 第43-44页 |
| ·Le Plus-que-parfait de L'indicatif | 第44-45页 |
| ·Le Futur Anterieur | 第45-46页 |
| ·Le Passe Anterieur | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Comparison of English TENSE and French TENSE | 第48-77页 |
| ·Major TENSES Composed of Perfective and Progressive/Imperfective | 第48-51页 |
| ·English TENSES Composed of Perfective and Progressive | 第48-49页 |
| ·Major French TENSES Composed of Perfective and Imperfective | 第49-51页 |
| ·Perfective TENSES | 第51-58页 |
| ·Perfective Present TENSE in English and French | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Similarities between the Present Perfect TENSE and Le Passe Compose | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Differences between the Present Perfect TENSE and Le Passe Compose | 第53-54页 |
| ·Perfective Past TENSE in English and French | 第54-57页 |
| ·The Similarities of the Past Perfect TENSE and Le Passe Compose, Le Passe Simple and Le Plus-que-parfait de L'indicatif | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Differences of the Past Perfect TENSE and Le Passe Anterieur and Le Plus-que-parfait de L'indicatif | 第56-57页 |
| ·Perfective Future TENSE in English and French | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Similarities between the Future Perfect TENSE in English and Le Futur Antetieur in French | 第57页 |
| ·The Differences between the Future Perfect TENSE in English and Le Futur Antetieur in French | 第57-58页 |
| ·Imperfective and Progressive TENSES | 第58-67页 |
| ·Progressive/Imperfective Present TENSE in English and French | 第59-62页 |
| ·The Similarities between the Present Progressive Tense and Le Present de L'indicatif | 第59-61页 |
| ·The Differences between the Present Progressive TENSE and Le Present | 第61-62页 |
| ·Progressive/Imperfective Past TENSE in English and French | 第62-65页 |
| ·The Similarities between the Past Progressive TENSE and L'imparfait de L'indicadif | 第63-64页 |
| ·The Differences between the Past Progressive TENSE and L'imparfait de L'indicadif | 第64-65页 |
| ·Progressive/Imperfective Future TENSE in English and French | 第65-67页 |
| ·The Similarities between the Future Progressive Tense and Le Futur Simple | 第65页 |
| ·The Differences between the Future Progressive Tense and Le Futur Simple | 第65-67页 |
| ·the Comparison of Other Simple TENSES in English and French | 第67-77页 |
| ·Simple Present TENSE in English and French | 第68-70页 |
| ·Simple Present TENSE in English | 第68页 |
| ·Simple Present TENSE in French | 第68-70页 |
| ·Simple Past TENSE in English and French | 第70-72页 |
| ·Simple Past TENSE in English | 第70-71页 |
| ·Simple Past TENSE in French | 第71-72页 |
| ·Simple Future TENSE in English and French | 第72-77页 |
| ·Simple Future TENSE in English | 第73-74页 |
| ·Simple Future TENSE in French | 第74-77页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第77-81页 |
| ·Major Findings of this Study | 第77-79页 |
| ·Implications | 第79-80页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第80-81页 |
| Abbreviations | 第81-82页 |
| References | 第82-84页 |
