| 中文摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Research Methodology | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Aims and Significance of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-28页 |
| 2.1 Previous Research on Metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.1 Traditional Research on Metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Contemporary Research on Metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2 Critical Metaphor Analysis in the West | 第20-22页 |
| 2.3 Critical Metaphor Analysis in China | 第22-24页 |
| 2.4 Previous Research of Metaphor in Illness Discourse | 第24-27页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Analysis of Metaphors in Ebola-related News Reports | 第28-64页 |
| 3.1 Metaphor Identification | 第28-32页 |
| 3.2 Metaphor Interpretation and Explantion | 第32-62页 |
| 3.2.1 War Metaphor | 第32-44页 |
| 3.2.1.1 The Disease is Enemy | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2.1.2 The Medical Team is Fighter | 第35-38页 |
| 3.2.1.3 The Medical Treatment is Weapon | 第38-40页 |
| 3.2.1.4 The Body is Battleground | 第40-41页 |
| 3.2.1.5 Dying is Being Defeated | 第41-44页 |
| 3.2.2 Criminal Metaphor | 第44-51页 |
| 3.2.2.1 The Virus is Killer | 第45-47页 |
| 3.2.2.2 The Measure to Handle Virus is the Measure to Catch Criminals | 第47-48页 |
| 3.2.2.3 The Patient is Victim | 第48-50页 |
| 3.2.2.4 Being Cured is Being Released | 第50-51页 |
| 3.2.3 Obstacle Metaphor | 第51-54页 |
| 3.2.4 Religion Metaphor | 第54-59页 |
| 3.2.5 Drama Metaphor | 第59-62页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Four Image Construction via Ebola-related Metaphors | 第64-78页 |
| 4.1 The Subject's Image Construction via Ebola-related Metaphors | 第64-67页 |
| 4.1.1 The Medical Worker's Image in Ebola-related Metaphors | 第64-66页 |
| 4.1.2 The Patient's Image in Ebola-related Metaphors | 第66-67页 |
| 4.2 Africa's, China's and America's Image Construction via Ebola-related Metaphors | 第67-74页 |
| 4.2.1 Africa's "the Helped" Image in Ebola-related Metaphors | 第67-70页 |
| 4.2.2 China's "the Peacekeeper" Image in Ebola-related Metaphors | 第70-72页 |
| 4.2.3 America's "the Leader" Image in Ebola-related Metaphors | 第72-74页 |
| 4.3 Reconstruction of Africa's Positive National Image | 第74-77页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第77-78页 |
| Conclusion | 第78-82页 |
| 1. Findings of the Study | 第78-80页 |
| 2. Implications of the Study | 第80页 |
| 3. Limitations of the Study | 第80-81页 |
| 4. Suggestions for Further Study | 第81-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-87页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第88-90页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第90-93页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第93-96页 |
| 简历 | 第96-97页 |
| 攻读学位期间所发表的论文 | 第97页 |
