Abstract: In reading and understanding journalistic English,"news style" is the major context.News lead plays an important role in news English,it is the key for the readers to read and comprehend the content of news correctly.Mastering its categories and characteristics is important in correctly reading and comprehending news English.Also,in the news body there exist lots of news terms which are different from those in other texts,to master them in context will help to read and comprehend the whole news.

Key words: journalistic English, news lead, news terms, reading, comprehending