| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Financial Crisis Problem | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objective of this Study | 第12页 |
| ·Thesis Organization | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-26页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第14-18页 |
| ·Main Concepts of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors and Linguistic Metaphors | 第16-18页 |
| ·Media Discourse | 第18页 |
| ·Critical Metaphor Analysis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Corpus approach in Metaphor Study | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Model of Extended Unit of Meaning | 第20-21页 |
| ·Corpus Approach in the Present Study | 第21-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies | 第22-26页 |
| ·Studies Without the Critical Metaphor Analysis | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies Adopting the Critical Metaphor Analysis | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design and Methodologies | 第26-30页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第26页 |
| ·Analytical Framework | 第26-27页 |
| ·Self-constructed Corpus | 第27-28页 |
| ·Overall Data Comparison | 第28-29页 |
| ·Tools and Instruments | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第30-68页 |
| ·Overall Data Comparison | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Change of the Market Is the Physical Movement | 第32-46页 |
| ·The Change of the Market is Movement on the Ground | 第34-38页 |
| ·The Change of the Market is Movement in the Water | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Change of the Market is Movement in the Air | 第42-45页 |
| ·Discussion | 第45-46页 |
| ·The State of the Market is the State of Health | 第46-52页 |
| ·The State of the Market is a State of Physical Health | 第47-50页 |
| ·The State of the Market is a State of Mental Health | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Situation of the Market is Natural Phenomenon | 第52-58页 |
| ·The Situation of the Market is a Disaster | 第53-57页 |
| ·The Situation of the Market is a Disease | 第57页 |
| ·Discussion | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Market is a Combat | 第58-61页 |
| ·Game Metaphor | 第61-64页 |
| ·Weather Metaphor | 第64-65页 |
| ·Sponge Metaphor | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Five Social-Ideological Facts Analysis | 第68-76页 |
| ·Conceptualization | 第68-71页 |
| ·Conceptual Similarity Due to Shared Human Experience | 第69-70页 |
| ·Conceptual Difference Attributing to the Two-River-Culture of China | 第70页 |
| ·Conceptual Difference Attributing to the Idiomatic Culture difference | 第70-71页 |
| ·Conceptual Difference Attributing to the Different Living Habits | 第71页 |
| ·Stances, Attitudes and Ideologies | 第71-76页 |
| ·Stances: Priority of Concerns | 第72-73页 |
| ·Attitudes: Causes and Recovering | 第73-74页 |
| ·Ideologies: The Role of Government in the Market | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第76-80页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第76-78页 |
| ·Limitations | 第78页 |
| ·Implications | 第78-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-83页 |
| Appendix 1 Concordance of 复苏 | 第83-86页 |
| Appendix 2 Concordance of 泡沫 | 第86-93页 |
| Appendix 3 Concordance of bubble | 第93-96页 |
