| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 2 The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor | 第15-25页 |
| ·Classical Views versus Contemporary Views | 第15-16页 |
| ·Metaphor as a Set of Mappings | 第16-19页 |
| ·Metaphor as a Set of Mappings | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Partial Nature of Mappings | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Systematicity of Mappings | 第18-19页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors and Metaphorical Expressions | 第19-20页 |
| ·Conventional Metaphors and Poetic Metaphors | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Experiential Basis of Conceptual Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cultural Universality and Cultural Variation | 第23-25页 |
| 3 A Comparison Between Chinese and English Death Metaphors | 第25-46页 |
| ·Death Metaphors in English | 第25-33页 |
| ·'Death' Expressions in English | 第26-28页 |
| ·Death Metaphors in English | 第28-33页 |
| ·Death Metaphors in Chinese | 第33-40页 |
| ·'Death' Expressions in Chinese | 第33-34页 |
| ·Death Metaphors in Chinese | 第34-40页 |
| ·A Comparison of Chinese and English Death Metaphors | 第40-46页 |
| ·Cultural Universality of Death Metaphors | 第40-42页 |
| ·Cultural Variation of Death Metaphors | 第42-46页 |
| 4 Mapping and Translation | 第46-60页 |
| ·Cultural Universality and the Similar Mapping Condition | 第47页 |
| ·Cultural Variation and the Different Mapping Condition | 第47-48页 |
| ·Translation Under the Similar Mapping Condition | 第48-58页 |
| ·Same Conceptual Metaphors with Equivalent Expressions | 第48-53页 |
| ·Same Conceptual Metaphors with Different Expressions | 第53-55页 |
| ·Different Conceptual Metaphors | 第55-57页 |
| ·Non-Metaphorical Expressions | 第57-58页 |
| ·Translation Under the Different Mapping Condition | 第58-60页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
