be divided into：
(ⅰ)Use of sayings as headlines
e.g. “We Owe Our Lives to Our Pilot”
(ⅱ)Quote words from interviewers or reporters or other people heard by writers.
(1)e.g. “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 special relationship 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 Invasion
The headline does not indicate the invasion by north Europe in ancient. It really tells that Norway men go shopping and touring in a large group as invasion. So this so called invasion is not its original meaning.

3.Features of using vocabularies in headlines
Headlines of news tend to use special words which we all know in daily but may get confused when meet them in news.

3.1 Short words are often used.
Editors disgust long words badly which not only take up lines but also seemed ugly. For the sake of nice and balance，editors like short words to generalize news.
e.g. aid－assistance     foe －opponent; enemy
   bid－attempt        nab－capture
   pact－agreement     wed －marry
   probe－investigation    rap－accusation, charge
   rout－defeat, completely      set－ready
“It has been lasting several years to use short words in news headlines. Mncken，an American linguist，said ‘ it is the outstanding characteristic of using very short words in headlines.’ in his work ‘American English’. Similar examples as above are so many in modern English newspapers.”[1] p48
“It is worth saying that single syllables beginning with explode are used more for its shortness and power， such as bid，bust，pop，cut，chop，kill，curb，gut，mug…. Many of the vocabularies in headlines are Anglo－Saxson words which are oral，simple，plain and lively. What’s more, they have been accepted by the public.”[2] p48
“Yet vocabularies of English headlines sometimes tend to short so that they lack of accuracy. That should not be learned. ”[3] p48

3.2 Use of shortenings widely.
In English，there are three kinds of shortenings: acronyms，alphabetisms and clippings，which are widely used in headlines for their shortness and conciseness.
(1)e.g. Auto Chief to Get $219M
(2)e.g. Merger Helps Chrysler CEO
(Auto－automobile company, M－million, CEO－Chief Executive Officer）

3.3 Use of literary quotati

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