| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·The Background of the Research | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Research | 第10页 |
| ·The Significance of the Research | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第12-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphor | 第12-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphor Abroad | 第12-15页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphor at Home | 第15-16页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphor in Political Language | 第16-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphor in Political Language Abroad | 第16-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphor in Political Language at Home | 第18-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-20页 |
| 3 Theoretical Foundation | 第20-27页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第20-24页 |
| ·Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第20页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Features of Conceptual Metaphor | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Approach of Critical Metaphor Analysis | 第24-27页 |
| ·Introduction | 第24-25页 |
| ·Procedures of Critical Metaphor Analysis | 第25-27页 |
| 4 A Contrastive Analysis and Findings | 第27-52页 |
| ·Introduction of the Two Corpora | 第27页 |
| ·Introduction of the American Corpus | 第27页 |
| ·Introduction of the Chinese Corpus | 第27页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis | 第27-42页 |
| ·Domain Conceptual Metaphors in the American Corpus | 第27-34页 |
| ·Domain Conceptual Metaphors in the Chinese Corpus | 第34-41页 |
| ·Summary of the Conceptual Metaphors Used in the Data | 第41-42页 |
| ·Findings | 第42-52页 |
| ·Same Conceptual Metaphors in both Presidential Speeches | 第42-43页 |
| ·Differences between Similar Conceptual Metaphors in both Presidential Speeches | 第43-46页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors Unique to Each Corpus | 第46-47页 |
| ·Social Basis of Conceptual Metaphors in the Corpus | 第47-49页 |
| ·Functions of Conceptual Metaphors in the Presidential Speeches | 第49-52页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第52页 |
| ·Implements of the Study | 第52-53页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第53-55页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第55-56页 |
| References | 第56-59页 |
| Papers Published in the Period of Master Education | 第59页 |
