| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Significance and Necessity of the Study | 第10页 |
| ·Research Background of the Study | 第10-12页 |
| ·Content and Structure of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature review | 第13-19页 |
| ·An Overview on Relevance Theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第14-15页 |
| ·Cognitive Environment and Context | 第15-16页 |
| ·Principle of Relevance | 第16-17页 |
| ·Notion of Relevance | 第16-17页 |
| ·Principle of relevance | 第17页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two General View on News and News Lead | 第19-25页 |
| ·Introduction to News | 第19-21页 |
| ·Definition of News | 第19页 |
| ·Features of News | 第19-20页 |
| ·News Translation | 第20-21页 |
| ·Introduction to News Lead | 第21-25页 |
| ·Definition of News Lead | 第21页 |
| ·Types of News Lead | 第21-23页 |
| ·Features of News Lead | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Comparison of Chinese and English News Lead | 第25-37页 |
| ·Chinese & English News Lead Analysis | 第25-29页 |
| ·Similarities between Chinese News Lead and English News Lead | 第25页 |
| ·Differences between Chinese News Lead and English News Lead | 第25-29页 |
| ·Difficulty in News Lead Translation | 第29-37页 |
| ·Cultural Difference | 第29-31页 |
| ·Religious Difference | 第31-32页 |
| ·Value Difference | 第32-34页 |
| ·Political Difference | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Four Application of Relevance Theory to the Translation of News Lead | 第37-47页 |
| ·Translation Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第37-40页 |
| ·Definition of Translation | 第37-38页 |
| ·Translation as an Inter-Lingual Communicative Activity | 第38页 |
| ·Context and Optimal Relevance in Translation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Relevance Theory’s Application in Translation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Explanatory Power of Relevance Theory to News Lead Translation | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Successful Intentions and Expectations Meet | 第40-41页 |
| ·News Lead Translation as Inter-lingual Interpretive Use | 第41-43页 |
| ·Cognitive Environment | 第41-42页 |
| ·Informative Function | 第42-43页 |
| ·News Lead Translation Strategies under Relevance Theory | 第43-47页 |
| ·Addition | 第43-44页 |
| ·Omission | 第44-45页 |
| ·Rewritten | 第45页 |
| ·Structure Adjustment | 第45-46页 |
| ·Emotion Adjustment | 第46-47页 |
| Conclusion | 第47-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-50页 |
| 发表论文和科研情况说明 | 第50-51页 |
