| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第14-28页 |
| 1.1 Metaphor | 第14-16页 |
| 1.1.1 Definition of Metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| 1.1.2 Classification of Metaphor | 第15页 |
| 1.1.3 Features of Metaphor | 第15-16页 |
| 1.1.4 Functions of Metaphor | 第16页 |
| 1.2 Conceptual Metaphor | 第16-23页 |
| 1.2.1 Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| 1.2.2 Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2.3 Features of Conceptual Metaphor | 第19-21页 |
| 1.2.4 Functions of Conceptual Metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| 1.3 Previous Studies on Conceptual Metaphor in Economic News at Home and Abroad | 第23-28页 |
| 1.3.1 Previous Studies Abroad | 第24-25页 |
| 1.3.2 Previous Studies at Home | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Two Cultural Similarities of Conceptual Metaphor in English and ChineseEconomic News | 第28-42页 |
| 2.1 Similarities in Orientational Metaphor | 第28-32页 |
| 2.1.1 Space Metaphor in Economic News | 第29-31页 |
| 2.1.2 Other Orientational Metaphors in Economic News | 第31-32页 |
| 2.2 Similarities in Structural Metaphor | 第32-37页 |
| 2.2.1 War Metaphor in Economic News | 第33-35页 |
| 2.2.2 Stage Metaphor in Economic News | 第35-36页 |
| 2.2.3 Game and Sports Metaphor in Economic News | 第36-37页 |
| 2.3 Similarities in Ontological Metaphor | 第37-42页 |
| 2.3.1 Entity and Substance Metaphor in Economic News | 第38-39页 |
| 2.3.2 Container Metaphor in Economic News | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Three Cultural Differences of Conceptual Metaphor in English and ChineseEconomic News | 第42-52页 |
| 3.1 Differences in Orientational Metaphor | 第42-45页 |
| 3.1.1 Marriage Metaphor in Economic News | 第42-43页 |
| 3.1.2 Sport Metaphor in Economic News | 第43-45页 |
| 3.2 Differences in Structural Metaphor | 第45-48页 |
| 3.2.1 Person Metaphor in Economic News | 第45-46页 |
| 3.2.2 Climate Metaphor in Economic News | 第46-47页 |
| 3.2.3 Food Metaphor in Economic News | 第47-48页 |
| 3.3 Differences in Ontological Metaphor | 第48-52页 |
| 3.3.1 Agriculture Metaphor in Economic News | 第49-50页 |
| 3.3.2 Animal Metaphor in Economic News | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Four Causes of Cultural Similarities and Differences of Conceptual Metaphor inEnglish and Chinese Economic News | 第52-62页 |
| 4.1 Cultural Causes | 第52-56页 |
| 4.1.1 History and Tradition | 第52-54页 |
| 4.1.2 Religious Belief | 第54-55页 |
| 4.1.3 Economic Pattern | 第55-56页 |
| 4.2 Physical Causes | 第56-57页 |
| 4.2.1 Geographical Environment | 第56-57页 |
| 4.2.2 Climate | 第57页 |
| 4.3 Linguistic Causes | 第57-62页 |
| 4.3.1 Pragmatic Causes | 第57-60页 |
| 4.3.2 Semantic Causes | 第60-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-65页 |
