| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-12页 |
| Abbreviation | 第12-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第15-17页 |
| ·Questions to be answered in the research | 第17页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the outline of the paper | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-37页 |
| ·Vocabulary acquisition and vocabulary teaching | 第19-24页 |
| ·Size of vocabulary acquisition | 第19页 |
| ·Complex nature of vocabulary acquisition | 第19-20页 |
| ·Vocabulary teaching researches | 第20-23页 |
| ·Vocabulary learning strategies | 第23-24页 |
| ·Different approaches to metaphor | 第24-28页 |
| ·Rhetorical approach to metaphor | 第24-25页 |
| ·Pragmatic approach to metaphor | 第25-26页 |
| ·Cognitive approach to metaphor | 第26-28页 |
| ·Theoretical framework of applying metaphor to vocabulary teaching | 第28-35页 |
| ·The working mechanism of metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Metaphor and family resemblance and Prototype theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·Metaphor and image schemas | 第30-33页 |
| ·Metaphor and polysemy | 第33-35页 |
| ·Metaphor researches in language teaching | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design | 第37-53页 |
| ·Research questions | 第37-38页 |
| ·Subjects of the study | 第38页 |
| ·Instruments of the study | 第38-42页 |
| ·The questionnaire | 第39-41页 |
| ·Vocabulary level test | 第41-42页 |
| ·Teaching methodology and procedure | 第42-51页 |
| ·Teaching of metaphor theory in experiment group | 第42-49页 |
| ·Metaphor method teaching procedure | 第49-51页 |
| ·How to analyze the data | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第53-74页 |
| ·English vocabulary level test | 第53-58页 |
| ·Results on pre-test | 第53-55页 |
| ·Results on post-test | 第55-58页 |
| ·Analysis and discussion about the results of vocabulary level tests | 第58-63页 |
| ·Promoting a deep learning process | 第58-60页 |
| ·Teaching words in context | 第60-61页 |
| ·Integrating new words with the old and building up semantic network | 第61-62页 |
| ·Teaching words relating to culture | 第62-63页 |
| ·Vocabulary learning strategy questionnaire | 第63-74页 |
| ·Results and discussion of pre-test questionnaire | 第64-68页 |
| ·Results and discussion of post-test questionnaire | 第68-70页 |
| ·Results and discussion of Question 16-18 | 第70-71页 |
| ·Subjects’responses to open question | 第71-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第74-79页 |
| ·Summary of the main findings | 第74-75页 |
| ·Implication for EFL teaching | 第75-77页 |
| ·Limitations | 第77页 |
| ·Future research | 第77-79页 |
| References | 第79-86页 |
| Appendix | 第86-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94-95页 |
| 作者简介 | 第95页 |
