| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-15页 |
| ·Significance and Purpose of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-45页 |
| ·Traditional Views on Metaphor | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Contemporary Views on Metaphor | 第19-27页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor: Mapping | 第24-26页 |
| ·Conceptual Fluency | 第26-27页 |
| ·Metaphoric Competence | 第27-35页 |
| ·Definitions of Metaphoric Competencer | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Psychological Process and Meta-cognitive Natue of MC | 第29-30页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Metaphoric Competence | 第30-35页 |
| ·Metaphoric Competence and Output Ability | 第35-45页 |
| ·Output and Its Psychological Process | 第35-37页 |
| ·Metaphoric Competence, Linguistic Competence and Communicative Competence | 第37-41页 |
| ·Metaphoric Competence and Writing and Speaking | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第45-53页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第45页 |
| ·Subjects | 第45-46页 |
| ·Instruments | 第46-51页 |
| ·Metaphoric Competence Test | 第46-50页 |
| ·Score Report of Writing Test and Oral English Test | 第50-51页 |
| ·Procedures | 第51-53页 |
| ·Pilot Study | 第51-52页 |
| ·Main Study | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第53-67页 |
| ·Results of the MC Test and Discussion | 第53-58页 |
| ·Correlation between MC and Output Ability | 第58-61页 |
| ·Correlation between Three Aspects of MC and Output Ability | 第61-67页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第67-73页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第67-68页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第68-71页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第71-72页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第72-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ MC Test | 第79-84页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Writing Test and Scoring Criteria | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Speaking Scoring Criteria | 第85-86页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Scores Report | 第86-90页 |
| Published Papers | 第90-91页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第91页 |
