| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·A General Description of the Present Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第13页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-21页 |
| ·Historical Review on the Theories of Metaphor | 第15-17页 |
| ·Aristotle's View on Metaphor | 第15页 |
| ·Richards's View on Metaphor | 第15-16页 |
| ·Lakoff& Johnson's View on Metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Review on the Research of Cultural Metaphor | 第17-21页 |
| ·Hall's Understanding of Cultural Metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Gannon's Cultural Metaphor | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis of the Thesis | 第21-38页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| ·The definition of Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Functions of Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Metaphor and Culture | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Definition of Culture | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Relationship between Metaphor and Culture | 第25-27页 |
| ·Cultural Metaphor | 第27-34页 |
| ·The Definition of Cultural Metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Origin of Cultural Metaphor | 第28-33页 |
| ·Functions of Cultural Metaphor | 第33-34页 |
| ·English News and Cultural Metaphor | 第34-38页 |
| ·The Characteristics of English News | 第34页 |
| ·News Value | 第34-36页 |
| ·English News and Cultural Metaphor | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology and Procedure | 第38-41页 |
| ·Methods—Quantitative Study Combined with Qualitative Study | 第38-39页 |
| ·Procedure of Research | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Five New York Times and the Guardian as Data | 第41-46页 |
| ·Data Collections | 第41-42页 |
| ·Collection Criteria | 第41页 |
| ·Introduction to New York Times and the Guardian | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Arrangement of the Data Collected | 第42-46页 |
| ·Classification of the Data of New York Times | 第42-44页 |
| ·Classification of the Data of the Guardian | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Six Cultural Values in Cultural Metaphors | 第46-64页 |
| ·Cultural Metaphors in New York Times and the Guardian | 第46-51页 |
| ·2008 American Presidential Election—A Popular Political Event like Football Game | 第46-48页 |
| ·The U.S.Economy Today—A Mirage That Worries the Public | 第48页 |
| ·The U.S Troops—Acting as the World Police | 第48-49页 |
| ·Politics,Monarchy—Laying the Foundations of British House | 第49-50页 |
| ·Newly Proposed Bills—Building the Brick House | 第50页 |
| ·Attention to the US Election—Treating US as a Cousin of UK | 第50-51页 |
| ·Findings of Cultural Values in Cultural Metaphors in New York Times and the Guardian | 第51-61页 |
| ·Football Game—A Presentation of American Values | 第51-54页 |
| ·World Police—A New Cultural Metaphor of America | 第54-55页 |
| ·Economic Mirage—A New Cultural Metaphor of America | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Traditional British House—A Presentation of the British Ideology | 第56-59页 |
| ·US,the Cousin of U.K.—A New Cultural Metaphor Reflecting British Attitude to Americans | 第59-61页 |
| ·Summary:Differences between American and British Cultural Values | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Summary of the Thesis | 第64-66页 |
| ·Enlightenment of the Study and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72页 |
