| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review of Previous Studies of Metaphor | 第12-18页 |
| ·Studies of Metaphor Abroad | 第12-16页 |
| ·Comparison Theory | 第12页 |
| ·Substitution Theory | 第12-13页 |
| ·Interaction Theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·Cognitive Theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·Studies of Metaphor at Home | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Conceptual Metaphor | 第18-37页 |
| ·Definitions of Conceptual Metaphor | 第18-21页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Philosophical Basis of Conceptual Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Features of Conceptual Metaphor | 第23-29页 |
| ·Systematicity of Conceptual Metaphor | 第23-27页 |
| ·Cultural Coherence of Conceptual Metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Pervasiveness of Conceptual Metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第29-33页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor | 第30-31页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor | 第31-33页 |
| ·Metaphor and Culture | 第33-37页 |
| ·The Nature of Culture | 第33-34页 |
| ·Relationship between Language and Culture | 第34-35页 |
| ·Relationship between Metaphor and Culture | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Similarities and Differences between Conceptual Metaphors in English and Chinese | 第37-75页 |
| ·Body Metaphor | 第37-42页 |
| ·Similarities between English and Chinese Body Metaphors | 第38-41页 |
| ·Differences between English and Chinese Body Metaphors | 第41-42页 |
| ·Time Metaphor | 第42-49页 |
| ·Similarities between English and Chinese Time Metaphors | 第43-47页 |
| ·Differences between English and Chinese Time Metaphors | 第47-49页 |
| ·Emotion Metaphor | 第49-64页 |
| ·Metaphors Expressing Happiness | 第49-53页 |
| ·Metaphors Expressing Sadness | 第53-55页 |
| ·Metaphors Expressing Anger | 第55-59页 |
| ·Metaphors Expressing Fear | 第59-64页 |
| ·Color Metaphor | 第64-75页 |
| ·Similarities between English and Chinese Color Metaphors | 第66-70页 |
| ·Differences between English and Chinese Color Metaphors | 第70-75页 |
| Chapter 4 Metaphor Comprehension in Cross-cultural Communication | 第75-83页 |
| ·Causes of the Similarities and Differences between Metaphors in English and Chinese | 第75-81页 |
| ·Common Human Bodily and Life Experience-----Causes of Similarities | 第75-76页 |
| ·Culture-specific Experience---Causes of Differences | 第76-81页 |
| ·Some Ways to Facilitate Cross-Cultural Metaphor Comprehension | 第81-83页 |
| Conclusion | 第83-87页 |
| Bibliography | 第87-91页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第91页 |
