| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第13页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-20页 |
| ·An Overview of Researches on Reading | 第16-18页 |
| ·Researches on Reading Teaching from the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis | 第20-35页 |
| ·An Introduction to Metaphor Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Traditional View of Metaphor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cognitive View of Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第22-33页 |
| ·The Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第23-24页 |
| ·Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第24-27页 |
| ·Types of Conceptual Metaphor | 第27-29页 |
| ·Characteristics of Conceptual Metaphor | 第29-32页 |
| ·Systematicity | 第29-30页 |
| ·Universality | 第30-31页 |
| ·Cultural Coherence | 第31-32页 |
| ·Metaphorical Competence | 第32-33页 |
| ·English Reading from the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第35-43页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第35页 |
| ·Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| ·Instruments | 第36-37页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension Tests | 第36页 |
| ·A Metaphorical Awareness and Reading Proficiency Test | 第36-37页 |
| ·Interview | 第37页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第37-42页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第37-38页 |
| ·Metaphorical Awareness Instruction Plan | 第38-41页 |
| ·Post-test | 第41-42页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussions | 第43-58页 |
| ·Results of Pre-test | 第43-46页 |
| ·Results of Post-test | 第46-49页 |
| ·Results of Interview | 第49-50页 |
| ·Correlation between Metaphorical Awareness and Reading Proficiency | 第50-52页 |
| ·Impact of Metaphorical Awareness on Other Aspects of Language Learning | 第52-56页 |
| ·Lexical Level Promoted by Metaphorical Awareness Instruction | 第53-54页 |
| ·Textual Level Promoted by Metaphorical Awareness Instruction | 第54-55页 |
| ·Cultural Level Promoted by Metaphorical Awareness Instruction | 第55-56页 |
| ·Implications of the Research for English Teaching | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第58-61页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Research | 第59页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-64页 |
| Appendices | 第64-82页 |
| Appendix 1 Pre-test | 第64-72页 |
| Appendix 2Andriy Shevchenko，the Lethal(致死的)Weapon | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix 3 Post-test | 第75-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82页 |
