| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of Metaphor and Grammatical Metaphor | 第8-9页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of Interpretation and IPS | 第9-10页 |
| ·Universality of Grammatical Metaphor in IPS | 第10-11页 |
| ·Paper Structure | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Development of Metaphor Study | 第12-27页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphor | 第12-15页 |
| ·Halliday’s Initial Treatment of Grammatical Metaphor | 第15-23页 |
| ·Halliday’s New Ideas of Grammatical Metaphor | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Three Data Collection and Analysis | 第27-40页 |
| ·Overview | 第27页 |
| ·Identification of Grammatical Metaphor | 第27页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analysis | 第27-30页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第30页 |
| ·Function of Grammatical Metaphor in IPS | 第30-40页 |
| Chapter Four Comprehension of Grammatical Metaphor in IPS | 第40-51页 |
| ·Comprehension Process in Interpretation | 第40-43页 |
| ·Comprehension of Grammatical Metaphor in IPS | 第43页 |
| ·Common Problems about Grammatical Metaphor in IPS | 第43-47页 |
| ·Approaches to Coping with those Problems in IPS | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter Five Utilization of Grammatical Metaphor in IPS | 第51-64页 |
| ·Difference between Chinese and English on Nominalization | 第51-52页 |
| ·Interpretation with Nominalization | 第52-62页 |
| ·Moderation in the Use of Nominalization in IPS | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-68页 |