| Abstract in English | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第8页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Objectives & Research Questions | 第9页 |
| ·Organization of the Study | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review and Theoretical Foundation | 第12-22页 |
| ·The Concept of Critical Discourse Analysis | 第12页 |
| ·The Theoretical Founding of CDA | 第12-13页 |
| ·Analyzing Tools of Critical Discourse Analysis-Halliday’s-Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第13-15页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function | 第15-18页 |
| ·Modality | 第15-17页 |
| ·Tense | 第17页 |
| ·Persons | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous Research | 第18-19页 |
| ·Language, Culture and Thinking | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three the Political Speech | 第22-25页 |
| ·the Political Speech | 第22-23页 |
| ·Features of Political Speech | 第22-23页 |
| ·Approaches to accomplish the functions of political speech | 第23页 |
| ·Description of Two Political Speeches | 第23-24页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of Two Political Speeches | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Four A Contrastive Study between Two Political Speeches | 第25-44页 |
| ·Background of Two Political Speeches | 第25-26页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of Different Strategies in Two Political Speeches | 第26-37页 |
| ·Modal Auxiliaries | 第26-28页 |
| ·Person Pronouns | 第28-32页 |
| ·Tense Shift | 第32-35页 |
| ·Lexical Words | 第35-37页 |
| ·Different Patterns Employed in Organization of Two Political Speeches | 第37-39页 |
| ·Differences in Chinese and American Patterns of Thought | 第39-44页 |
| ·Induction & Deduction | 第39-42页 |
| ·Collectivism & Individualism | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第44-45页 |
| ·Limitation of the Research and Directions for Further Research | 第45-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-48页 |
| Appendix I | 第48-52页 |
| Appendix II | 第52-55页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第55页 |
