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General Introduction to Journalistic English and Translation News Classification According to the event natures: ?Hard news Hard news is what journalists refer to the daily is a chronicle of current events or incidents. Hard news is the factual account of significant news events. It is also called spot news or straight news. ?Soft news A soft news story aims at entertaining or advising the readers. Soft news always has more words than that of hard news and includes profiles of people, programs or anizations. 1. Headline 2. News lead 3. News body 4. News ending Headline ?Summarizing the news ?Attracting readers’ attention ?Indexing the news ?Decorating the page ?Helping readers evaluating the news Being specific Great Satan Sits Down with The Axis of Evil ? The Times (UK) on USIran talks ? 大撒旦和惡魔軸心一起坐到談判桌前 ? ? Headless Body in Topless Bar ?