英语新闻标题的特点[Abstract]Headlines are quite essential for English news.They are the windows of news.Thispaper describes the types of headlines and also explains the features of headlines.Firstly,introduction of classifications of headlines can give readers a perceptual knowledge.Secondly,inorder to give readers some rational knowledge about headlines,this paper then explainscharacteristics of vocabularies in headlines,ie.short words,shortenings,quotations,proverbs,wisdoms,idioms are often used in headline.It also gives examples of rhetorical characteristicssuch as metaphor,contrast,rhyme,pun,metonymy and paradox and so on so forth.Finally thepaper concludes tense and voice features in headlines and sums up the most important feature ofheadlines:omission.News media is the best channel of knowing every field including politics,economics,science,culture,and society.This paper aims to help English leamers know Englishnews well and read news efficiently.Key Words]English;headline;feature【摘要】英语新闻标题在报刊英语中占有十分重要的地位，可谓是新闻的概要，也是新闻的窗口。本文就新闻标题进行了全面的归类和分析。首先，描述标题在形式上的分类和意义上的分类，让读者对新闻标题有一定的感性认识：然后再进一步说明标题用词短小，喜欢用缩略词和截短词及典故：再对新闻标题善用各种修辞手段：比喻，对比，押韵，双关，借代，矛盾修辞法进行举例分析：又归纳了时态语态在新闻标题中的变换省略和替代：最后对新闻标题最大的特色：省略详加叙述。至此，希望读者己经对英语新闻标题有了理性深入的了解。阅读新闻是对了解当今政治，经济，科学，文化，和社会等信息最有效的方法，而对英语新闻标题的理解掌握，则使英语新闻的阅读更有效率。【关键词】英语；新闻标题；特点1.IntroductionA piece of news is composed by three parts:headline,leading and body among which a headlineis the epitome and highlight of the content of newspapers and periodicals.Headlines printed on the papers are the windows of the news and it can let readers know it isworth reading .it is essential for readers to understand headlines to decide which column should beread while which not.In this paper,features of using vocabulary,tense and voice,omission of words and using ofvarious rhetoric of headlines from English newspapers and periodicals are approached for thepurpose of giving a better understanding of the contents of news and improving English leamers'reading ability.2.Types of headlines2.1 Categories according to their forms.2.1.1 flush left headlineIn a flush left headline,every word takes up one line and begins at the very left.That is thecommon form of modem English newspapers.The following example can show you what is aflush left headlineWILLHAVESAY2.1.2 Banner headlineEvery headline word in it is large and bold and the whole headline often covers several columns.Itis also called first large headline and often used in front page for its attraction.e.g.House Passes Bush Plan to Cut Taxes2.1.3 drop form headlineIt looks like a ladder.There are several lines in it and the following line draws back several lettersfrom the above one.Beauty and nice are its merits.e.g.FBI Agrees to CeaseIts Illegal SurveillanceOf the Research Institute2.1.4Inverted Pyramid headlineIt is also popular for nice looking.It forms a Pyramid-looking headline.e.g.Factory WalkoutThreat OverSacking2.1.5 Double headlineThis kind of headline is used mostly for the report of big events.It has two lines:one is mainheadline and the other auxiliary headline.(1)e.g.1 Expect to Go to U.S.Castro to Free Thousands of Prisoners(2)e.g.2 It Isn't the Cow That Are MadIt's the People That Are going Mad2.1.6 Jump head headlineThe headline is divided into two parts:original head and jump head.A original part is in one page,but after the body jumps pages,the original head will be changed into a jump head which usesdifferent words from original one to express the same meaning.e.g.Pentagen PlansSystem to FlightRussia Satellites(original)U.S.Plans WeaponAgainst Satellites(jump head)2.2 Categories according to their meanings2.2.1 Strait headlineThis kind of headline tells us strait about the subjects of news.This is the most common one and iseasy to understand.(1)e.g.1 Railroad Workers Strike in Argentina.(2)e.g.2 Man Jailed for Murder3)e.g.3 Oil Tanker Fire2.2.2 Questioning headlineQuestion marks often be seen in this kind of headlines but most of them do not have meanings ofquestioning.They often give a clue of possibility or writer's doubt about the reality of some facts.(1)e.g.Oil Price to Rise?(2)e.g.New Cabinet Today(3)e.g.Jones Planned to Kill Bush(4)e.g.Police Allowed Jail Break?2.2.3 Feature headlineIt is often to use feature headline when a piece of news is unusual or readers will be quiteinterested in it.Such headlines are not easy to understand,sometimes the whole news should beread(1)e.g.Down in the Mouth,News for Dentists.This report is about a kind of vaccine,which is studied out and will be used for preventing teethdecay.(2)e.g.The Man Who Reign over UK's QueenReign means rule over and it is only used for a queen or a king.So the connection of"man"and"reign"may get readers confused,then they may be eager to find why.Not until the whole newsare read.They find the man is just a captain of a ship named Queen Mary.2.2.4.Oration headlineThis kind of headline can be divided into:(i )Use of sayings as headlinese.g.“We Owe Our Lives to Our Pilot”(ii )Quote words from interviewers or reporters or other people heard by writers.(I)eg.“We Have to Save Our People”(2)e.g.“We won't Quit”(iii)Choose one sentence,some words or one word from the whole news as a headline.(1)e.g.I Have A Dream(2)e.g.Mugwump Britain"Mugwump Britain"criticize Britain is a double-dealer.She at one hand keeps a specialrelationship with U.S.but at the other hand she claims to be aside with west Europe.(iv)Some words in a headline with quotation marks are usually not their original meanings.e.g.Norse InvasionThe headline does not indicate the invasion by north Europe in ancient.It really tells that Norwaymen go shopping and touring in a large group as invasion.So this so called invasion is not itsoriginal meaning.3.Features of using vocabularies in headlinesHeadlines of news tend to use special words which we all know in daily but may get confusedwhen meet them in news.