作为社会文明的标志之一，体育是人类社会文化生活的重要组成部分。随着2008年北京奥运会的成功举办，以及国际体育交流的日益增强，体育在全社会受到了更广泛的关注。而英语体育新闻报道则是我们了解国际体育赛事的最直接途径。日常的英语体育新闻及体育竞赛项目报道给人们带来了大量的体育赛事信息和乐趣。英语体育新闻报道中运用了丰富多彩的词类、纷繁多样的句式。从词汇层面和句式层面反映出的语用规律可帮助读者更快地解读体育新闻,更好地分享体育竞赛带来的精彩瞬间。

关键词 英语体育新闻 语言特色

Sport is a symbol of social civilization and an important part of of culture life. With the successful holdiing of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the increasing of international sport exchanges, sports has been a widespread concern in the whole society. English sports news is the most direct way for us to understand the international sports events, and English sports news coverage and sports events bring a lot of sports information and fun. Various words and different sentences are used in English sports news. The thesis studies the characteristics in the views of English sports news headlines and the whole language characteristics including vocabulary and sentence, which can help readers to share the moment of sports contest faster and better.

Key words English Sports News， Linguistic Features