Applications of CIT to Teaching Unreal Conditional Sentences

At present,metaphor research has shown special concerns for development of metaphorical competence in the process of second language acquisition. With the development of Conceptual Metaphor Theory(CMT)and Conceptual Integration Theory(CIT),some studies are being taken to justify the significance of these two theories in L2 teaching. However,little work has been done to the study and connection between CIT and L2 teaching. This paper tends to prove CIT to be practicable and efficient in L2 teaching,especially in teaching unreal conditional sentences.