| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| ·Rhetorical View of Metaphor | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Semantic View of Metaphor | 第14页 |
| ·Pragmatic View of Metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| ·Cognitive View of Metaphor | 第15-17页 |
| ·Cultural View of Metaphor | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Two Cultural Overlaps in Metaphor | 第20-29页 |
| ·Theoretical Base of Cultural Overlaps in Metaphor | 第20页 |
| ·Cultural Overlaps in Chinese and English Metaphor | 第20-26页 |
| ·Nature Phenomena | 第21-22页 |
| ·Animals and Plants | 第22-23页 |
| ·Objects | 第23页 |
| ·Regularity | 第23-24页 |
| ·Human Body | 第24页 |
| ·Emotion | 第24-26页 |
| ·Amalgamation in Cross-Cultural Communication | 第26-27页 |
| ·Accounts for Overlaps in Metaphor | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Cultural Diversity in Metaphor | 第29-42页 |
| ·Cultural Misreading | 第29-31页 |
| ·Cultural Emphases on Ordinary Things | 第31-35页 |
| ·Motives for Cultural Emphases on Ordinary Things | 第35-42页 |
| ·Different Environments | 第35-37页 |
| ·Different Thinking Patterns | 第37页 |
| ·Different Histories | 第37-39页 |
| ·Different Psychology | 第39-40页 |
| ·Different Religions | 第40-41页 |
| ·Different Living Customs | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four Cultural Vacancy in Metaphor | 第42-50页 |
| ·Culture-Specific Things | 第43页 |
| ·Metaphor and History, Mythology | 第43-46页 |
| ·Metaphor and Religion | 第46页 |
| ·Metaphor and Living Experience | 第46-47页 |
| ·Metaphor and Folk Customs | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第50-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-57页 |
