| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第11-29页 |
| ·Definition of Theme | 第11页 |
| ·Prague School's Approach | 第11页 |
| ·Halliday's Approach | 第11页 |
| ·Comparison between the two approaches | 第11-12页 |
| ·Classification of Theme | 第12-16页 |
| ·Simple Theme | 第12-13页 |
| ·Multiple Theme | 第13-14页 |
| ·Identification of Theme in clause complex | 第14-16页 |
| ·Unmarked Theme and marked theme | 第16页 |
| ·Thematic progression | 第16-27页 |
| ·F. Danes | 第16-20页 |
| ·Simple linear | 第16-17页 |
| ·Continuous/constant theme | 第17页 |
| ·Thematic progression with deriver themes | 第17-18页 |
| ·Transformation of themes and rhemes | 第18-20页 |
| ·Other viewpoints in thematic progression | 第20-26页 |
| ·Work done by Xu Shenghuan | 第20-21页 |
| ·Work done by Huang Yan | 第21-23页 |
| ·Work done by other scholars | 第23-26页 |
| ·Analysis of a text with the theory of thematic progression Patterns proposed by Danes | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-29页 |
| 3 Present situation in teaching and Theoretical Basis for reading | 第29-36页 |
| ·The present reading teaching of college English in China | 第29-30页 |
| ·The requirement of developing students' reading ability | 第29页 |
| ·Problems in college English reading teaching | 第29-30页 |
| ·The necessity to reform the college English reading teaching | 第30页 |
| ·Theoretical basis for reading | 第30-34页 |
| ·Reading | 第30-34页 |
| ·Reading process | 第31页 |
| ·Effective reading | 第31-32页 |
| ·Limitations of schema theory of reading | 第32-34页 |
| ·Application of Thematic theory to reading teaching | 第34-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| 4 The application of the Theme-Rheme analysis approach to English reading | 第36-41页 |
| ·Thematic organization in a passage | 第36-38页 |
| ·Theme analysis in a long text | 第38-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| 5 Research experiment | 第41-46页 |
| ·Objective | 第41页 |
| ·Subject | 第41页 |
| ·Instruments | 第41页 |
| ·Materials | 第41-42页 |
| ·Activities involved in Theme-Rheme analysis approach | 第42-43页 |
| ·While-reading activities | 第42页 |
| ·Post-reading activities | 第42-43页 |
| ·Procedure of teaching | 第43-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| 6 Text Analysis and Discussion | 第46-55页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第46页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第46-48页 |
| ·Pre-test (the first phase) | 第46-47页 |
| ·Post-test (the second phase) | 第47-48页 |
| ·Third phase | 第48页 |
| ·Discussion | 第48-49页 |
| ·Limitations | 第49-51页 |
| ·Implication | 第51-53页 |
| ·Rethinking of the nature of reading | 第51页 |
| ·Rethinking of reading teaching | 第51-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| 7 Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Notes | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-61页 |
| Appendix | 第61-63页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第63-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
