| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Structure of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-21页 |
| ·Different Approaches to Metaphor in Abroad | 第14-16页 |
| ·Traditional approaches to metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| ·Contemporary approaches to metaphor | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Status of Metaphor at Home | 第16-17页 |
| ·Reasons for Metaphor Use | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Disaster News Reporting | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第21-30页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory(CMT) | 第21页 |
| ·Main Characteristics of Metaphor | 第21-24页 |
| ·Systematicity of metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Pervasiveness of metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Experiential basis of conceptual metaphor and cultural coherence | 第23-24页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphors | 第24-27页 |
| ·Orientational or spatial metaphor | 第25页 |
| ·Ontological metaphor | 第25-26页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor | 第26-27页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of CMT-Cross Domain Mapping | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Four ANALYSIS OF WAR AND WAR METAPHOR IN DISASTER NEWS REPORTING | 第30-57页 |
| ·Widespread Use of War Metaphor in Many Fields | 第31-33页 |
| ·War metaphor in the fields of economics | 第31-32页 |
| ·War metaphor in the field of sports news | 第32页 |
| ·War metaphor in the field of politics | 第32-33页 |
| ·Mapping Process of the Structural Metaphor Disaster Relief is War | 第33-44页 |
| ·Entities in domain war mapped onto the domain disaster relief | 第35-38页 |
| ·Relationship in domain war mapped onto the domain disaster relief | 第38-40页 |
| ·Features in domain war mapped onto the domain disaster relief | 第40-42页 |
| ·knowledge in domain war mapped onto the domain disaster relief | 第42-44页 |
| ·Main Features of War Metaphor in Disaster News Reporting | 第44-48页 |
| ·More War Metaphor Used in Chinese News than in English News | 第48-54页 |
| ·from the perspective of media | 第49-52页 |
| ·From the perspective of history | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Frequency of War Metaphors in Disaster News Reduces Over Time | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第57-60页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implications | 第58页 |
| ·Limitations | 第58-60页 |
| References | 第60-62页 |
