| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Significance | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-24页 |
| 2.1 Studies of Consecutive interpreting in Western Countries and in China | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Studies of Working Memory in Western Countries and in China | 第18-20页 |
| 2.3 Studies of the Relationship between Consecutive interpreting and WorkingMemory | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第24-33页 |
| 3.1 An Overview of Working Memory Theory | 第24-28页 |
| 3.2 Working Memory in the Process of CI | 第28-33页 |
| Chapter Four CASE STUDY | 第33-65页 |
| 4.1 Linguistic Characteristics of the Corpus | 第33-38页 |
| 4.1.1 Chinese-specific expressions | 第33-36页 |
| 4.1.2 Long sentence structure | 第36-38页 |
| 4.2 Dimensions of Working Memory in the Process of CI | 第38-47页 |
| 4.2.1 Skilled memory capacity | 第38-42页 |
| 4.2.2 Speed of information retrieval | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2.3 Degree of information conversion | 第44-47页 |
| 4.3 Influence of Working Memory in the Process of CI | 第47-59页 |
| 4.3.1 Influences of working memory from the perspective of omission in CI. | 第47-53页 |
| 4.3.1.1 Cognitive load-based omission | 第47-49页 |
| 4.3.1.2 Interpreting strategies-based omission | 第49-51页 |
| 4.3.1.3 Knowledge deficit-based omission | 第51-53页 |
| 4.3.2 Influences of working memory from the perspective of chunks in CI | 第53-59页 |
| 4.3.2.1 Promoting the efficiency of information decoding | 第53-56页 |
| 4.3.2.2 Strengthening short-term memory capacity | 第56-57页 |
| 4.3.2.3 Improving the efficiency of information coding | 第57-59页 |
| 4.4 Functions of Working Memory Capacity in the Process of CI | 第59-65页 |
| 4.4.1 Perfecting language expression | 第59-61页 |
| 4.4.2 Simplifying semantic information | 第61-63页 |
| 4.4.3 Enhancing interpreting skills | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第65-67页 |
| REFERENCES | 第67-69页 |
| APPENDIX | 第69-92页 |
