| Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 2 The Definition and the Functions of Tone in English Literary Works | 第9-18页 |
| ·The Definition of Tone | 第9-11页 |
| ·The Functions of Tone in English Literary Works | 第11-18页 |
| ·Portraying the Characters in English Literary Works | 第11-12页 |
| ·Affecting the Development of the Plot in English Literary Works | 第12-14页 |
| ·Constituting the Writing Style of the English Literary Works | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter 3 Ways of Understanding Tone in English Literary Works | 第18-31页 |
| ·At the Lexical Level | 第19-23页 |
| ·The Authorial Lexical Choice | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Interjection Words | 第20-23页 |
| ·At the Syntactical Level | 第23-28页 |
| ·Sentence Length and Complexity | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Subjunctive Mood | 第24页 |
| ·The Imperative Mood | 第24-25页 |
| ·Tag Question | 第25-26页 |
| ·Free Direct Speech and Free Indirect Speech | 第26-28页 |
| ·At the Contextual Level | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter 4 Techniques of Representing Tone in Chinese Translation | 第31-45页 |
| ·Diction | 第31-36页 |
| ·Auxiliary Words of Tone | 第36-42页 |
| ·Adding Chinese Modal Words in Translation | 第36-39页 |
| ·Leaving English Modal Words in the Original Text Untranslated | 第39-40页 |
| ·Translating English Modal Words Appropriately | 第40-42页 |
| ·Varying Sentence Type | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第45-46页 |
| References | 第46-48页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第48页 |
