| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| ·Research significance | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definition of the passive of Chinese and English | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous study about the passive of Chinese and English | 第14-16页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Framework of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Syntactic Comparison of English and Chinese Passives | 第19-32页 |
| ·English structural passive and Chinese marked passive | 第19-27页 |
| ·English structural passive | 第19-24页 |
| ·Chinese marked passive | 第24-27页 |
| ·English notional passive and Chinese unmarked passive | 第27-30页 |
| ·English notional passive | 第27-29页 |
| ·Chinese unmarked passive | 第29-30页 |
| ·English formal-subject sentence and Chinese no-subject Sentence | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Semantic Comparison of English and Chinese Passives | 第32-41页 |
| ·Similar semantic conditions of English and Chinese passives | 第32-37页 |
| ·Two satisfying conditions for passive verbs | 第32-34页 |
| ·Performer and patient of the action | 第34-37页 |
| ·Other semantic ways for showing passive meaning in English passive | 第37-38页 |
| ·Emotional coloring of English and Chinese passive words | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Stylistic Comparison of English and Chinese Passives | 第41-49页 |
| ·Stylistics’influences on the use of language | 第41-42页 |
| ·Stylistic features of passives in formal style | 第42页 |
| ·Similarity in stylistic use of English and Chinese passives | 第42-49页 |
| ·Passives in scientific and technical style | 第42-44页 |
| ·Passives in political essay | 第44-46页 |
| ·Passives in news style | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter 5 Cultural Factors in the Use of English and Chinese Passives | 第49-56页 |
| ·Issues about language | 第49页 |
| ·Culture and its characteristics | 第49-50页 |
| ·Relationship between language and culture | 第50-52页 |
| ·The influence of culture on language | 第50-51页 |
| ·The influence of language on culture | 第51-52页 |
| ·Cultural influences on the frequency of passive usages | 第52-56页 |
| ·Different world outlooks of Western and Chinese people | 第52-53页 |
| ·Different frequency of passive usages in English and Chinese | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
| Appendix: published papers during the study of M.A | 第60页 |
