| Achnowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Table of Contents | 第9-12页 |
| List of Figure and Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·About metaphor | 第13页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第14-16页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-30页 |
| ·Metaphor development abroad | 第18-26页 |
| ·Comparison theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Substitution theory | 第21页 |
| ·Interaction theory | 第21-23页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第23-26页 |
| ·Metaphor development at home | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter Three Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第30-45页 |
| ·The nature of metaphor | 第30-32页 |
| ·Working mechanism of metaphor—cross- domain mapping | 第32-34页 |
| ·Classification of conceptual metaphor | 第34-40页 |
| ·Structural metaphor | 第35-36页 |
| ·Orientational metaphor | 第36-37页 |
| ·Ontological metaphor | 第37-40页 |
| ·Cognitive functions of metaphor | 第40-45页 |
| ·An important means of understanding the world | 第41-42页 |
| ·An essential way of conceptualizing experience | 第42页 |
| ·A cognitive tool in creating new meaning | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Four Comparisons of Wind Metaphor in English and Chinese | 第45-77页 |
| ·Wind in English | 第45-54页 |
| ·Wind metaphor in terms of wind shape | 第47-49页 |
| ·Wind metaphor in terms of wind influence | 第49-52页 |
| ·Wind metaphor in terms of wind direction | 第52-54页 |
| ·Wind in Chinese | 第54-65页 |
| ·Wind metaphor in terms of wind shape | 第55-58页 |
| ·Wind metaphor in terms of wind influence | 第58-62页 |
| ·Wind metaphor in terms of wind direction | 第62-65页 |
| ·Universalities and differences of wind metaphor in English and Chinese | 第65-67页 |
| ·Reasons for the universalities of wind metaphor in English and Chinese | 第67-69页 |
| ·Reasons for the differences of wind metaphor in English and Chinese | 第69-77页 |
| ·Different culture patterns | 第69-72页 |
| ·The theory of Six Evils in Traditional Chinese Medicine | 第72-74页 |
| ·History events | 第74-75页 |
| ·Geographic features | 第75-77页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第77-81页 |
| ·Main findings of the study | 第77-79页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第79-80页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for furore study | 第80-81页 |
| References | 第81-84页 |
