Abstract:
 English news, one of the most important varieties of English, can be taken as the best means in reporting the news. News spreads information, and keeps the readers informed of surroundings. As being the basic meaning unit, word is the most active part of lexical meaning. Thus the proper usage of words are appeared obviously in news paper. English news being applicative language in reference to the kind of English that employed by the mass media in reports, television and radio. And it has been independent of others, especially its grammatical features. Besides, its main function is to public valuable events in limited time and space but effectively. So journalism is unique to timeliness, times and culture, in addition to succinctness and informativeness. This paper intends to analyse some instances of English news from a lexical and grammatical perspective. It will be helpful to establish an original visual angle for readers in comprehending the modern English news and become deeper in understanding this special style.
   
Key words: English news; lexical feature; grammatical feature; news report

摘  要：
英语新闻是英语文体最重要的形式之一，也是报道新闻方式最好的形式。新闻传播信息，让读者知道了解周围发生的一切。作为英语语言中最基本的表意单位，词汇是语言表达中最活跃的部分。因此正确使用词汇在新闻报道中的作用日益明显。而英语新闻作为一种应用性语言，一般指英文报刊、电视、广播等大众传媒使用的英语，因其所具有的特殊性，已经逐渐从普通英语中独立出来。新闻报道的主要职能是将有报道价值的事件在有限的时间、版面内及时有效地报道出来。因此，新闻报道的这种时效性要求除了准确和浅显易懂之外，还必须具有简练、信息量大的特点。文章通过对英语新闻的实例分析，从词汇特点和语法特征两个方面探讨了英语新闻的特点，从而有助于读者用一种新颖的视角来解读英语新闻，加深对英语新闻这一文体的理解。

关键词：英语新闻；词汇特征；语法特征；新闻报道

1 Introduction
News, very close to people in daily life, has more and more influence on people's life. News has two basic qualities. Firstly, news comes from the objective reality and reflects the new change from society. Secondly, it not only satisfies one's need but also publishes to the world. Facts, news and audience are the trilogy of news. So what is news?
The oldest definition is "News is something revealed", and the funniest one is "When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news". John Bogart, director of New York Sun, wrote the well-known saying in 1880. Most people thought it ridiculous at that time, but it tells us one of the called news value: freshness.