| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Tables and Figures | 第13-14页 |
| Abbreviations | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-25页 |
| ·Brief introduction to the study | 第15-17页 |
| ·The need for metaphor study | 第17-23页 |
| ·Purposes of the study | 第17-19页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第19-20页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第20-21页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第21-23页 |
| ·Novelty of the research | 第23页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第25-57页 |
| ·Studies on vocabulary acquisition | 第27-32页 |
| ·Vocabulary research scope | 第28页 |
| ·Literature review on vocabulary study | 第28-31页 |
| ·Limitations in the traditional vocabulary studies | 第31-32页 |
| ·Studies on metaphor at home and abroad | 第32-50页 |
| ·The traditional views on metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| ·The contemporary studies on metaphor | 第34-39页 |
| ·The essences, functions of metaphor | 第39-45页 |
| ·Mechanism of metaphor | 第45-48页 |
| ·Metaphor interpretation | 第48-50页 |
| ·Current researches about MC | 第50-57页 |
| ·The relationship between vocabulary acquisition and metaphor | 第50-52页 |
| ·Definition of MC | 第52-54页 |
| ·Feasibility of MC cultivation | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第57-65页 |
| ·Introduction | 第57-58页 |
| ·Research questions | 第58页 |
| ·Subjects | 第58-59页 |
| ·Instruments | 第59-61页 |
| ·Pretest for the subjects | 第59页 |
| ·MC test | 第59-61页 |
| ·Procedure of the research | 第61-63页 |
| ·Teaching arrangement | 第61-62页 |
| ·Sources of teaching materials | 第62-63页 |
| ·Pilot study of the posttest | 第63页 |
| ·Data collection | 第63-64页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第65-87页 |
| ·Experimental results | 第65-68页 |
| ·Teaching metaphor can improve the students' CM | 第68-69页 |
| ·Teaching metaphor can change students' word learning strategies | 第69-70页 |
| ·MC learning can enhance depth and width of word acquisition | 第70-71页 |
| ·Approaches to MC cultivation | 第71-87页 |
| ·Macroscopic perspective on MC cultivation | 第71-77页 |
| ·Microscopic perspective on MC cultivation | 第77-83页 |
| ·Suggestions for MC cultivation to EFL dictionaries | 第83-87页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion and Implication | 第87-91页 |
| ·Major findings of the research | 第87-89页 |
| ·Relationship between metaphor and vocabulary acquisition | 第87-88页 |
| ·The process of metaphor interpretation | 第88页 |
| ·Empirical significance of MC cultivation in English word | 第88页 |
| ·Metaphorical approaches in English word acquisition | 第88-89页 |
| ·Implications of the findings | 第89页 |
| ·Limitations of the research | 第89-90页 |
| ·Recommendations for future research | 第90-91页 |
| Bibliography | 第91-95页 |
| Appendix | 第95-101页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间主要科研成果 | 第101页 |
