| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| 1. INTRODUCTION | 第9-22页 |
| ·LITERATURE REVIEW | 第9-19页 |
| ·The Three Stages of Metaphor Study in Western Countries | 第9-15页 |
| ·The History and Development of Metaphor Study in China | 第15-17页 |
| ·Application of Metaphor Theories into Foreign Language Teaching | 第17-19页 |
| ·THE PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH | 第19-20页 |
| ·THE STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS | 第20-22页 |
| 2. CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THEORY | 第22-37页 |
| ·THE DEFINITION OF METAPHOR | 第22-23页 |
| ·PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THEORY: EXPERIENTIALISM | 第23-24页 |
| ·THE WORKING MECHANISM OF METAPHOR: CROSS DOMAIN MAPPING | 第24-26页 |
| ·THE CLASSIFICATION OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR | 第26-30页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor | 第26-27页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor | 第28-30页 |
| ·THE MAIN FEATURES OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR | 第30-37页 |
| ·Systematicity | 第30-33页 |
| ·Coherence | 第33-36页 |
| ·Nationality | 第36-37页 |
| 3. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR IN COLLEGE ENGLISH VOCABULARY TEACHING | 第37-51页 |
| ·THE NECESSITY OF THE APPLICATION OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR | 第37-39页 |
| ·THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR IN COLLEGE ENGLISH VOCABULARY TEACHING | 第39-51页 |
| ·Metaphors and Polysemic words | 第40-43页 |
| ·Metaphors and Idiomatic Expressions | 第43-46页 |
| ·Metaphors and Cultural Implications | 第46-49页 |
| ·Metaphors and Word Connection Analysis | 第49-51页 |
| 4. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY | 第51-57页 |
| ·THE PREVIOUS STUDY | 第51-53页 |
| ·THE PRESENT EXPERIMENT | 第53-54页 |
| ·DISCUSSION | 第54-55页 |
| ·SUGGESTIONS FOR THE TEACHING OF METAPHOR | 第55-57页 |
| 5. CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| APPENDIX | 第59-60页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第60-64页 |
