| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Hypotheses and Significance | 第11-12页 |
| ·Methodology | 第12页 |
| ·Layout of the Paper | 第12-14页 |
| 2.Literature Review | 第14-31页 |
| ·A Historical Overview on Metaphor Theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第16-21页 |
| ·Categorizations of Conceptual Metaphor | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第19-21页 |
| ·Metaphorical Competence | 第21-28页 |
| ·The Definition of Metaphorical Competence | 第22-24页 |
| ·Metaphorical Production Competence and Metaphorical Comprehension Competence | 第24页 |
| ·Further Study on Metaphorical Comprehension Competence | 第24-28页 |
| ·Application of Conceptual Metaphor Theory in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning | 第28-31页 |
| 3.Metaphorical Comprehension Competence and Foreign Language VocabularyTeaching and Learning | 第31-40页 |
| ·Comprehending Polysemy through Metaphorical Thinking | 第31-35页 |
| ·Comprehending Idioms through Metaphorical Thinking | 第35-38页 |
| ·A Sample Lesson of Theme-based Metaphorical Vocabulary Learning | 第38-40页 |
| 4.The Experiment of College English Metaphorical Vocabulary Teaching and Learning | 第40-43页 |
| ·Purpose of the Experiment | 第40页 |
| ·Experiment Design | 第40-42页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第40页 |
| ·Participants | 第40-41页 |
| ·Teaching Materials and Teaching Procedures | 第41-42页 |
| ·Evaluation Method | 第42-43页 |
| 5.Research Findings and Discussion | 第43-48页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analysis of Results | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Results from the Vocabulary Testing Part | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Results from the Translation Part | 第44-46页 |
| ·Discussion | 第46-48页 |
| 6.Conclusions | 第48-51页 |
| ·Conclusions of the Present Research | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Pedagogical Implications | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Limitations of the Present Research | 第50-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-53页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第53-54页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第54-58页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第58-59页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第59-60页 |
