| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review of Metaphor | 第13-28页 |
| ·Traditional Views of Metaphor | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Comparison View | 第13页 |
| ·The Interaction View | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Pragmatic View | 第14-15页 |
| ·Comments on Traditional Views | 第15页 |
| ·Cognitive Views of Metaphor | 第15-28页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) | 第15-26页 |
| ·Blending Theory (BT) | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 2 Relationship Between Culture and Conceptual Metaphor | 第28-37页 |
| ·Metaphor, Concept and Culture | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Relationship between Metaphor and Concept | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Link between Metaphor and Culture | 第29-30页 |
| ·Illustration of Relationship between Metaphor and Culture | 第30-32页 |
| ·Cultural Models and Metaphorical Conceptualization | 第32-37页 |
| ·Cultural Models | 第32-34页 |
| ·Metaphorical Conceptualization Reflecting Cultural Models of Thinking | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter 3 The Universality and Cultural Variation in Conceptual Metaphor | 第37-48页 |
| ·The Universality of Metaphor | 第37-42页 |
| ·The Universality of Metaphor | 第37-40页 |
| ·Reasons Accounting for the Universality | 第40-42页 |
| ·Cultural Variation in Metaphor | 第42-48页 |
| ·Cultural Variation in Conceptual Metaphor | 第42-44页 |
| ·Reasons Accounting for Cultural Variation | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Eating Culture between English and Chinese: A Case Study of Metaphorical Expressions | 第48-69页 |
| ·The Universality of Eating Culture in Metaphor | 第48-57页 |
| ·Similarities Towards Eating Style | 第48-52页 |
| ·Similarities Towards Taste | 第52-56页 |
| ·Similarities Towards Food | 第56-57页 |
| ·The Variations of Eating Culture in Metaphor | 第57-69页 |
| ·Differences Towards Eating Style | 第57-63页 |
| ·Differences Towards Taste | 第63-66页 |
| ·Differences Towards Food | 第66-69页 |
| Chapter 5 The Application of the Study in Understanding the Cultural Differences | 第69-79页 |
| ·The Importance of Eating Metaphors in Chinese Culture | 第69-75页 |
| ·The Dominant Metaphors in American culture | 第75-77页 |
| ·What Metaphor Tells Us about Cultural Differences | 第77-79页 |
| Conclusion | 第79-82页 |
| References | 第82-85页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第85页 |
