| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Rationales of Teaching Metaphor | 第13-34页 |
| ·The Definition of Metaphor | 第13-17页 |
| ·Traditional Views of Metaphor | 第13-15页 |
| ·Contemporary View of Metaphor | 第15-17页 |
| ·Summary | 第17页 |
| ·The Main Features of Metaphor | 第17-19页 |
| ·Ubiquity | 第17-18页 |
| ·Conceptuality | 第18页 |
| ·Systematicity | 第18-19页 |
| ·Asymmetry | 第19页 |
| ·The Function of Metaphor | 第19-24页 |
| ·Metaphor as a Main Working Mechanism of Cognition | 第19-20页 |
| ·Metaphor as a Way to Extend Thought | 第20-21页 |
| ·Metaphor as an Essential Way of Conceptualizing | 第21-23页 |
| ·Metaphor as the Generative Mechanism of the System | 第23-24页 |
| ·Teachability of Metaphor | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Necessity to Teach and Learn Metaphor | 第27-34页 |
| Chapter 2 Problems in Teaching Metaphor | 第34-41页 |
| ·Negligence of Metaphor | 第34页 |
| ·Lacking of Teaching Materials | 第34-35页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Obstacles | 第35-38页 |
| ·Learners’Possible Problems | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter 3 Competence for the Comprehension of Metaphor | 第41-48页 |
| ·Metaphoric Competence | 第41-42页 |
| ·Conceptual Fluency | 第42-45页 |
| ·Cultivating Metaphoric Competence and Conceptual Fluency | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter 4 The Application of Metaphor in Teaching EFL | 第48-76页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of Metaphor in Education | 第48-49页 |
| ·Teaching Metaphor | 第49-54页 |
| ·Teaching Activities Involved in Teaching Metaphor | 第50-52页 |
| ·Recitation | 第50页 |
| ·Filling Gaps | 第50-51页 |
| ·Writing Compositions | 第51页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension | 第51页 |
| ·Translation | 第51-52页 |
| ·Teaching Conventional Metaphor | 第52-53页 |
| ·Teaching Innovatory Metaphor | 第53-54页 |
| ·Applying Teaching Metaphor to the Teaching of Other Language Skills | 第54-72页 |
| ·Metaphorical Teaching of English Polysemy | 第55-58页 |
| ·Metaphorical Teaching of Spoken English | 第58-62页 |
| ·Metaphorical Teaching of Culture | 第62-67页 |
| ·Metaphorical Teaching of Writing | 第67-71页 |
| ·Metaphor and English Listening | 第71-72页 |
| ·The Advantages and Disadvantages of Teaching Metaphor | 第72-76页 |
| Chapter 5 Some Preliminarily Proposals on Teaching Metaphor | 第76-82页 |
| ·Enhancing Learners’Awareness towards Metaphor | 第76-80页 |
| ·Other Suggestions | 第80-82页 |
| Conclusion | 第82-85页 |
| Bibliography | 第85-91页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第91-92页 |
| Resume | 第92页 |