| English Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-36页 |
| ·The Concept of Theme and Rheme | 第12-13页 |
| ·Theme, Subject and Topic | 第13-14页 |
| ·Subject vs. Theme | 第13-14页 |
| ·Topic vs. Theme | 第14页 |
| ·Basic Classification of Theme | 第14-18页 |
| ·Simple Theme, Multiple Theme, Clausal Theme | 第14-17页 |
| ·Simple Theme | 第14页 |
| ·Multiple Theme | 第14-17页 |
| ·Clausal Theme | 第17页 |
| ·Unmarked Theme and Marked Theme | 第17-18页 |
| ·Theme Choices and Mood | 第18-24页 |
| ·Theme in Declarative Sentence | 第18-19页 |
| ·Theme in Interrogative Sentence | 第19-21页 |
| ·Yes/No Question | 第20页 |
| ·WH-Question | 第20-21页 |
| ·Theme in Imperative Sentence | 第21-23页 |
| ·Theme in Exclamatory Sentence | 第23-24页 |
| ·Correlation between Information Structure and Thematic Structure | 第24-26页 |
| ·Given Information and New Information | 第24-26页 |
| ·Patterns of Thematic Progression | 第26-30页 |
| ·Danes' TP Patterns | 第26-28页 |
| ·Other Linguists' TP Patterns | 第28-30页 |
| ·Other Relevant Research on Theme and Thematic Progression | 第30-32页 |
| ·Theme in There-be Structure in English | 第30-31页 |
| ·Theme in Reported Clauses | 第31-32页 |
| ·Interpolations in Theme | 第32页 |
| 2. 8 Research on Theme and Thematic Progression in China | 第32-34页 |
| 2. 9 Introduction to Journalistic Text | 第34-36页 |
| 2. 9. 1 The Concept of Genre | 第34页 |
| 2. 9. 2 News Report as a Genre | 第34-35页 |
| 2. 9. 3 Previous Research on News Report | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Three The Study | 第36-42页 |
| 3. 1 Research Design | 第36-38页 |
| 3. 1. 1 Research Purpose | 第36-37页 |
| 3. 1. 2 Material Selection | 第37-38页 |
| 3. 1. 3 Research Procedures | 第38页 |
| 3. 2 Results | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Four Discussion | 第42-56页 |
| 4. 1 Similarities in Theme between English and Chinese | 第42-46页 |
| 4. 1. 1 More Unmarked Themes than Marked Themes | 第42-44页 |
| 4. 1. 2 More Simple Themes than Other Types of Themes | 第44-45页 |
| 4. 1. 3 More Experiential Themes than Other Types of Multiple Themes | 第45-46页 |
| 4. 2 Differences in Theme between English and Chinese | 第46-48页 |
| 4. 2. 1 More Chinese Marked Themes but More English Unmarked Themes | 第46-47页 |
| 4. 2. 2 More Theme Slots in Chinese than in English | 第47-48页 |
| 4. 3 Similarities in Thematic Progression between English and Chinese | 第48-55页 |
| 4. 3. 1 Parallel Pattern | 第50-51页 |
| 4. 3. 2 Continuity Pattern | 第51-52页 |
| 4. 3. 3 Concentration Pattern | 第52-53页 |
| 4. 3. 4 Intersection Pattern | 第53-55页 |
| 4. 4 Differences in Thematic Progression between English and Chinese | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-60页 |
| 5. 1 Findings | 第56-57页 |
| 5. 2 Implications | 第57-58页 |
| 5. 3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第58-60页 |
| References | 第60-64页 |
| Appendix | 第64-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71页 |
