| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·The Necessity of Improving Vocabulary Learning | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Overview of Conceptual Metaphor | 第16-40页 |
| ·An Overview of the Studies of Metaphor | 第16-19页 |
| ·Conceptual Metophor Theory | 第19-40页 |
| ·The Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第21-26页 |
| ·The Philosophical Basis of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Charateristics of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第28-34页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Coceptual Metaphor Theory | 第34-37页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor's Linguistic Functions | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Conceptual Metaphor and Vocabulary Learning | 第40-77页 |
| ·General Issues about Vocabulary Learning Theory | 第40-50页 |
| ·The Definition of Vocabulary Learning | 第40-42页 |
| ·Vocabulary Learning Process | 第42-50页 |
| ·Implication of Conceptual Metaphor on Vocabulary Learning | 第50-77页 |
| ·Learning Polysemy by Conceptual Metaphor | 第51-60页 |
| ·Learning Idioms by Conceptual Metaphor | 第60-68页 |
| ·Learning Proverbs by Conceptual Metaphor | 第68-70页 |
| ·Learning Phrasal Verbs by Conceptual Metaphor | 第70-73页 |
| ·Learning Cultural Implications of Vocabulary by Conceptual Metaphor | 第73-75页 |
| ·The Proposed Hypotheses | 第75-77页 |
| Chapter 4 Methodology : Empirical Support for the Conceptual Metaphor Approach | 第77-89页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Experiment | 第77-78页 |
| ·Subjects | 第78页 |
| ·Materials | 第78-80页 |
| ·Procedures | 第80-85页 |
| ·Results | 第85-89页 |
| ·The Output of SPSS | 第85-86页 |
| ·Descriptive Comments | 第86-88页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第88-89页 |
| Conclusion | 第89-92页 |
| Works Cited | 第92-96页 |
| List of Appendices | 第96-110页 |
