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to do” and so on. But in English headlines “be to do” form in which “be” is omitted is used most. So in headlines “to do” forms express writers’ prediction of future trends. (1)e.g. Bands to Gather For Jazz Festival (Bands are to gather for Jazz Festival.) (2)e.g. Last Two Iraq Hostages to Go Free (The last two hostages in Iraq are to Go Free.) 5.3 Use of the present progressive tense Present Progressive Tense emphasizes certain thing is doing at present time and its result is not known at now. Also “be” is usually omitted for the need of shortness. (1)e.g. Sino--British Partnership Progressing (Sino--British Partnership is Progressing) (2)e.g. Signs of Rifts Appearing in Argentina’s Junta (The signs of rifts are appearing in Argentina’s Junta.) 5.4 Use of passive voice When verbs in headlines should use passive voice , the “be” in“be + participle” form and the operator followed “by” are usually omitted. Thus the only left past participle can give a passive meaning directly in headlines, learners must not confused passive voice as past tense. (1)e.g. Demolition Regulation Welcomed (Demolition regulation is welcomed.) (2)e.g. Girl of 18 Raped after Threat with Bread Knife (A girl of 18 was raped after she is threated with a bread knife.） (3)e.g. 12 Reported Killed in a Suicide Bomb (It was reported that 12 person was killed in a suicide bomb.) “In fact，after learners read more，they will fond active voice is used far more than passive voice. Only when object is emphasize，passive voice is used. ”[9] p80 Please pay attention to this. Tense and voice of a headline can be concluded in one sentence，present participle can express the progressive meaning, past participle the passive voice，infinitive form the future tense. (1)e.g. Gun－Safety Education Facing Many Hurdles (2)e.g. Aircraft Carrier Named After President Reagan (3)e.g. House To Vote on Ergonomics Rules As we read these headlines how can we distinguish what kind of tense and voice the present participle，infinite and past participle indicate？Firstly，learners can decide by their knowledge. Secondly leading can be read for further understanding. It should be noted that other tense at times are used in oration or question headlines. (1)e.g. I Was Not His Mistress (2)e.g. We Won’t Quit (3)e.g. Tones Planned to Kill Bush？ These tenses mainly used to emphasize the time. 6.Omission in Headlines “Economy and compression are the most important features of headlines.”[10] p108 In order to meet the need of large amount of information in modern society, English newspaper editors at one hand enlarge their volume，adding more information，at the other hand cutting the number of words in one piece of news to save place but contain more information. That is why the function words having no real meanings are all tend to be elected in headlines. Ways of omission are various: 6.1 Most of the words deleted are function words. “The deleted words are often articles, link verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliary words and pronouns.”[11]p341 (1)e.g. China Happy For Middle East （China happy for the middle east.） (2)e.g. Charles, 32 Seeks Bride （Prince Charles, who is 32 years old, is looking for someone to marry. ） (3)e.g.Microsoft，Ericsson Forming Joint Venture （Microsoft and Ericsson forming joint venture.） (4)e.g. Alaskan Oil for Japan？ (Will there be alaskan oil for Japan? ) (5)e.g. Irish Group Kills ex－chief （The Irish group ki