| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·Aims and Significances of the Research | 第12-14页 |
| ·Helping to Improve the Quality of Designing in English Reading Materials | 第13页 |
| ·Stimulating Both the Teachers and the Students to Enlarge Their Non-verbal Information Absorptions | 第13-14页 |
| ·Questions and Hypothesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-34页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Definition and Principle of Relevance | 第16-18页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第18-20页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension | 第20-34页 |
| ·The Definition of Reading | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Nature of Reading | 第22-26页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension as a Communicating Process between the Writer and the Reader | 第22-25页 |
| ·Reading as a Process of Seeking Optimal Relevance | 第25页 |
| ·Reading as a Process of Making Inference from the Ostension-inference Communication | 第25-26页 |
| ·Brief Introductions of the Items Connected to Reading | 第26-31页 |
| ·Reading Strategies | 第26-27页 |
| ·Reading Methodologies | 第27页 |
| ·Intensive and Extensive Reading | 第27-28页 |
| ·"Text" and "Discourse" | 第28-29页 |
| ·Visual Information and Non-visual Information | 第29-31页 |
| ·Current Problems in English Reading Comprehension | 第31-34页 |
| ·Shortage of Vocabulary Understanding and Sentence Understanding Especially in a Dynamic Context | 第31页 |
| ·Large Gap between the Writers' NVI and the Reader's | 第31-32页 |
| ·Lack of Knowledge about Text Structure | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Three The Application of Optimal Relevance Theory to ERC | 第34-51页 |
| ·Factors Affecting English Reading Comprehension | 第34-37页 |
| ·Linguistic Knowledge | 第35-36页 |
| ·Background Knowledge or NVI | 第36-37页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance Theory and ERC | 第37-41页 |
| ·Cognitive and Reading Comprehension | 第37-38页 |
| ·Relevance Theory and Reading Comprehension Process | 第38-41页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第41-51页 |
| ·Objects | 第41页 |
| ·Subjects | 第41-42页 |
| ·Instruments | 第42页 |
| ·Procedures | 第42-51页 |
| ·Data Analysis to the First Two Parts of the Research | 第43-48页 |
| ·The Result of the Experiment | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Four Discussions of the Research | 第51-59页 |
| ·Discussion on the Experiment | 第51-53页 |
| ·Implications of the Research | 第53-59页 |
| ·Implications for English Reading Strategies | 第54-55页 |
| ·Searching for Relevance in Bottom-up Reading Model | 第54页 |
| ·Searching for Relevance in Top-down Reading Model | 第54-55页 |
| ·Searching for the Optimal Relevance in Interactive Reading Model | 第55页 |
| ·Implications for Improving English Reading Teaching | 第55-59页 |
| ·Emphasizing on Cultural Background Knowledge Input | 第55-56页 |
| ·Cultivating Students' Awareness of Analyzing Writing Style | 第56页 |
| ·Emphasizing on Instruction of Reading Skills | 第56-57页 |
| ·Guiding Students to Find out Optimal Relevance | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-64页 |
| ·Conclusion of the thesis | 第59-60页 |
| ·Suggestion | 第60-64页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Students | 第60-62页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Teachers | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第68-73页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第73-77页 |
| Research Achievements | 第77页 |
