| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第13-17页 |
| ·Previous Cultural Metaphorical Studies on Animal Idioms at Home and Abroad | 第13-15页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Cultural Metaphor | 第17-33页 |
| ·Definition of Metaphor | 第17-25页 |
| ·Metaphor as a Figure of Speech | 第18-19页 |
| ·Metaphor as a Cognitive Model | 第19-25页 |
| ·Definition of Cultural Metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| ·Relation Between Culture and Metaphor | 第27-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Comparison of Cultural Metaphor Between English and Chinese Animal Idioms | 第33-63页 |
| ·Metaphorical Coincidences in English and Chinese Animal Idioms and Their Causes | 第33-43页 |
| ·Metaphorical Coincidences | 第33-35页 |
| ·Causes of the phenomenon | 第35-43页 |
| ·Causes of Geography and Natural Environment | 第35-39页 |
| ·Causes of Cultural Tradition | 第39-43页 |
| ·Metaphorical Diversities in English and Chinese Animal Idioms and Their Causes | 第43-54页 |
| ·Metaphorical Diversities | 第44-46页 |
| ·Causes of the Phenomena | 第46-54页 |
| ·Causes of Aesthetic Appreciation and Social Custom | 第47-50页 |
| ·Causes of Literature | 第50-54页 |
| ·Metaphorical Vacancies in English and Chinese Animal Idioms and Their Causes | 第54-63页 |
| ·Metaphorical Vacancies | 第54-55页 |
| ·Causes of the Phenomena | 第55-63页 |
| ·Differences in Geography | 第56-57页 |
| ·Differences in Culture | 第57-63页 |
| Chapter 4 Translation of English and Chinese Animal Idioms | 第63-69页 |
| ·Translation of Metaphorical Coincidences in Animal Idioms | 第63-64页 |
| ·The Same Animal, the Same Metaphorical Meaning | 第63-64页 |
| ·Different Animals, the Same Metaphorical Meaning | 第64页 |
| ·Translation of Metaphorical Diversities in Animal Idioms | 第64-66页 |
| ·Translation between Derogatory Meaning and Commendatory Meaning | 第65页 |
| ·Paraphrase of English and Chinese Animal Idioms | 第65-66页 |
| ·Translation of Metaphorical Vacancies in Animal Idioms | 第66-69页 |
| ·Translation of Metaphorical Vacancies in Animal Idioms | 第66-67页 |
| ·Translation of Metaphorical Vacancies in Brand Names | 第67-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-74页 |
