Metaphorical thinking is a unique mode of cognition and the research to metaphor and metaphorical thinking will give great inspiration and enlightenment to the English teaching in China.

• 隐喻包含着形象生动与理性抽象的统一,隐喻性思维是一种独特的认知方式,对隐喻与隐喻性思维的研究必然给英语教学带来新的启示。