| 中文摘要 | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·A brief history of the research on metaphor | 第10页 |
| ·The present situation of metaphor-centered English teaching in high schools | 第10-12页 |
| ·The omnipresence of metaphor in high-school English textbooks | 第12-14页 |
| ·The significance of researches on advocating metaphor-centered English teaching in high schools | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two A Survey of Studies on Metaphor | 第16-29页 |
| ·The ancient rhetorical view of metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·The modern cognitive approach to metaphor studies | 第17-21页 |
| ·The interactive theory of metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·The conceptual metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·The psychological and philosophical basis of the conceptual metaphor | 第19-21页 |
| ·The grammatical metaphor | 第21-25页 |
| ·Halliday's grammatical metaphor,congruent form and metaphorical form | 第21-22页 |
| ·Ideational metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Interpersonal metaphor | 第23-25页 |
| ·The relationships among metaphor,cognition and language | 第25-26页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第26-29页 |
| ·The value of studies On metaphor | 第26-27页 |
| ·The understanding of the definition of metaphor | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Metaphorical Competence and the English Teaching in High schools | 第29-37页 |
| ·The history of the methods of English teaching in China | 第29-32页 |
| ·The importance of metaphorical competence in high-school English Teaching | 第32-37页 |
| ·The feasibility of teaching metaphor in high-school English classes | 第32页 |
| ·The requirements for teaching English in high schools | 第32-37页 |
| Chapter Four Raising the Awareness of Metaphor and Teaching English Knowledge Skills | 第37-58页 |
| ·Raising the awareness of metaphor and the English vocabulary teaching in high school | 第37-49页 |
| ·Raising the awareness of metaphor and the teaching of polysemous words | 第37-43页 |
| ·Raising the awareness of metaphor and the teaching of the collocation of phrases | 第43-47页 |
| ·Raising the awareness of metaphor and the teaching of English idioms | 第47页 |
| ·The awareness of metaphor in the etymology | 第47-49页 |
| ·Raising the awareness of metaphor and the teaching of English grammar | 第49-53页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor and special usages of English tenses | 第53-55页 |
| ·Raising the awareness of metaphor and the teaching of Cross-culture communication | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter Five The Principles and Measures of Metaphor-centered English Teaching in High Schools | 第58-63页 |
| ·The common principles in metaphor-centered English teaching | 第58页 |
| ·Some additional principles of metaphor-centered English teaching in high schools | 第58-60页 |
| ·The measures of metaphor-centered English teaching in high schools | 第60-63页 |
| ·Constructing students' knowledge network of cultural background | 第60-61页 |
| ·Cultivating students' ability of recognizing conventional metaphors and novel metaphors | 第61-62页 |
| ·Expounding the requirement of metaphorical competence in curriculum criterions | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| References | 第66-69页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第69页 |
