Keywords:Englishnews,featuresofdiction,texts,registersmodalsandreportingverbsapplyproperly;newwordsandphrasescomeoutinasteadystream;vividandgraphicalwordsarequiteappealing;colloquialismsandformalwords&phrasesco-existharmoniously;omissionofwordsoftenoccurs;newsregistersareofvariouskinds.Thepaperillustratesthesedictionfeatures,explainsthereasonsoftheirappearanceandpointsouttheirfunctions.一、专有名词和数字数词大量涌现（2）BonnhadalsotoldDamascusitdidnotintendtoimpoundthebanksandexpressedadesiretosettletheissuecordially...(NewZealandHerald,Feb.5,1992)(3)NotwithstandingAfghanistan,notwithstandingtheOlympicGames,CarterneedstotalktoBrezhnev.…(Fredrickson.EnglishByNewspaper.NewburyHouse.P.56)1．2数字数词大量涌现Wehavealsobuilt4,000kmoftrunkrailways.Ifwealsoincludethefiguresfortheelectrifiedrailwaysandupgradedrailwaystomakethemdoubletrack,thenthetotalmileageexceeds7,000km.Wehavealsoupgradedpowergridsinruralareas.Thenumberofsubscribersoffixedlinesandmobilephoneshasreached320million.(BeijingReview,March28,2002,BilingualClub,p.2.)二、缩略词和新闻体词广为运用2.1.2按字母分别读出的首字母缩略词BBC=BritishBroadcastingCorporation;GMT=GreenwichMeanTime；UFO=UnidentifiedFlyingObject2.1.3按音节读的首字母缩略词APEC=Asia-PacificEconomicCooperation;NATO=theNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization;UNESCO=theUnitedNationsEducational,Scientific,andCulturalOrganization.2.2新闻体词比比皆是英语媒介常用bid代替attemptoreffort,用probe代替investigate，用cut代替reduceorreduction,用chief或head代替commander,director或governor,用deal代替bargain或transaction（5）SwissBanonChinesePoultryImportsLiftedUnderConditions.(BeijingReview.April25,2002,p.29)（6）Sino-U.S.TiesWindingAhead.(ibid.Feb.21,p.7)（7）Howshouldwecurbcorruption?(ibid.Feb.14,p.22)（8）TornadoHitsFlorida(NewYorkTimes,Jun.23,p.4)下面是一些长短不一的成对同义词。新闻工作者往往选短的，尤其是选用短的做新闻标题。三、情态词和引述动词使用恰当3.2引述动词恰到好处….PRESIDENTJiangZemintoldvisitingFrenchDefenseMinisterCharlesMilliononMondaythatChinawillsignamajorinternationaltreatybeforetheendofthisyear.…Jiangsaid,ChinaisreadytosigntheUN’sinternationalCovenantonEconomic,SocialandCulturalRights…theChineseGovernment