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2.2 Headlines That Ask a Question


2 Headlines That Ask a Question
The question headline suggesting a future possibility: Iran-U.S. War Buildup? Steel price to rise？ （It is possible that the steel price is to rise.） New cabinet today？ Oil price to rise this year? Newspaper by satellite? The question headline suggesting some doubt about the truth or accuracy of the story： Woman had six at one birth？ （It seems somewhat impossible that a woman had six babies at one birth.）
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1 Major British newspapers and periodicals

National Serious Paper： Times The Daily Telegraph The Guardian Financial Times

《观察家报》 《星期日泰晤士报》 《星期日电讯报》

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National Pop Paper 地方报纸（local 《每日快报》（Daily Express） papers）中的《格拉 《每日邮报》（Daily Mail） 斯哥先驱报》 《每日镜报》（Daily Mirror） （Glasgow Herald） National Sunday Pop Paper 等也在全国发行。 著名的晚报主要有伦 《星期日邮报》（Sunday Mail） 《世界新闻报》（News of the World） 敦出版的《旗帜晚报》 （Evening Standard） 《星期日快报》（Sunday Express） 等 《星期日镜报》（Sunday Mirror） 《星期日人民报》（Sunday People）




2.2 Types of Newspaper Headlines






3. Headlines That Contain a Quotation Sometimes a quotation is used as a headline when it simply tells the main topic of the story, e.g.： Hu: Patience 'key to resolving' nuclear issues HANOI: China said on Sunday that “wisdom and patience” are needed to find solutions to the nuclear issues on Korean Peninsula. Quotation marks can be used to indicate a direct quotation and can also be used to tell the reader that a word or words are being used outside their normal meaning, e.g.： Sesser says “China threat” groundless Another kind of quotation headline： Philippine volcano may see eruption again，experts say


1 Major British newspapers and periodicals

Famous Magazine 《经济学家》（Economist） 《旁观者》（Spectator） 《新政治家》（New Statesman） 《新科学家》（New Scientist） 《听众》（Listener） 《今日世界》（World Today）


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A newspaper headline is the most important part of a news story for several reasons: Firstly, it usually summarizes the lead, and the lead summarizes the whole story. Secondly, the headline draws the reader’s attention to the story. Therefore, the appeal of a story largely depends upon the headline. Thirdly, the headline helps the reader evaluate the news. Premier's Asia, Europe visit fruitful Law to help congresses oversee gov’t US$60b fund to reduce workplace accidents Sinopec’s profit better than expected Terrorism 'big threat' to Olympics US junk sales to China rising Sharif reportedly arrested on arrival in Pakistan
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4 Feature Headlines The feature headlines are marked by language that can touch a reader’s curiosity，amazement or humor. They reflect the tones of the stories rather than summarize the facts in them, e.g.: Life is mountains, yaks, wine Once-destitute village weaves straw into gold Yogi’s students put town at ease Wake up, smell the coffee You can blame dad for your height and mum for your fat
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Major British newspapers and periodicals
《泰晤士报》 《每日电讯报》 《卫报》 《金融时报》

1 Major British newspapers and periodicals
National Sunday Paper The Observer Sunday Times The Sunday Telegraph
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Social customs and inequality What’s your feeling? Any similar story? Change?

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1 Major British newspapers and periodicals


Other major paper
《伯明翰邮报》（Birmingham Post） 《伯明翰晚邮报》（Birmingham Evening Mail） 《每日纪事报》（Daily Record） 《新闻晚报》（Evening News） 《爱尔兰新闻报》（Irish News） 《利物浦回声报》（Liverpool Echo） 《利物浦每日邮报》（Liverpool Daily Post） 《晨星报》（Morning Star） 《北方回声报》（Northern Echo） 《苏格兰每日快报》（Scottish Daily Express） 《星期日太阳报》（Sunday Sun） 《西部邮报》（Western Mail） 《约克郡邮报》（Yorkshire Post）
2.2 Types of Newspaper Headlines


1. Straight Headlines： Beijing firm on one-China policy Multi-polarity better than uni-polarity European leaders to press Bush on Kyoto pact Unilateralism isolates US further China launches anti-dumping probe into US auto, chicken products (Xinhua) BEIJING: China launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidies investigations into some automobile and chicken products originally produced in the United States, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Sunday.