| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Brief introduction of political speeches and Obama's political speeches | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research purposes and significance | 第14页 |
| ·Research organization | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-31页 |
| ·Previous studies on Obama's political speeches | 第16-19页 |
| ·Researches on metaphors | 第19-21页 |
| ·Traditional studies on metaphors | 第19-21页 |
| ·Cognitive studies on metaphors | 第21页 |
| ·Researches on metaphor translation | 第21-25页 |
| ·Traditional studies on metaphor translation | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cognitive studies on metaphor translation | 第23-25页 |
| ·Researches on metaphors in political speeches | 第25-27页 |
| ·Researches on translation of English political speeches | 第27-28页 |
| ·Researches on translation of metaphors in English political speeches | 第28-29页 |
| ·Comments | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第31-39页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor theory | 第31-38页 |
| ·Definition of the conceptual metaphor | 第31-33页 |
| ·Working mechanism of the conceptual metaphor | 第33-34页 |
| ·Categories of the conceptual metaphor | 第34-36页 |
| ·Features of the conceptual metaphor | 第36-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of metaphors in Obama's SUA | 第39-50页 |
| ·Major categories of conceptual metaphors in Obama's SUA | 第39-49页 |
| ·JOURNEY metaphor | 第40-43页 |
| ·HUMAN BEING metaphor | 第43-44页 |
| ·BUILDING metaphor | 第44-45页 |
| ·UP-DOWN metaphor | 第45-46页 |
| ·SPORTS metaphor | 第46-47页 |
| ·NATURE metaphor | 第47-48页 |
| ·RELIGION metaphor | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Five Translation of Metaphors in Obama's SUA | 第50-68页 |
| ·A cognitive overview of translation | 第50-51页 |
| ·A cognitive overview of metaphor translation | 第51-52页 |
| ·Translation methods for metaphors in political speeches | 第52-67页 |
| ·Reserving the original image | 第53-58页 |
| ·Changing the original image | 第58-60页 |
| ·Retainning the original image with explanatory notes | 第60-63页 |
| ·Deleting the original image | 第63-64页 |
| ·Converting the original image to sense | 第64-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第68-71页 |
| ·Major findings | 第68-70页 |
| ·Major implications | 第70页 |
| ·Major limitations and suggestions | 第70-71页 |
| References | 第71-74页 |
| Academic Papers Published During Postgraduate Study | 第74-75页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第75页 |
