思维导图又被称为心智图,是一种简单有效的知识表征工具。它能够在短时间内激活人类的左脑和右脑,并利用人们记忆、阅读以及思维的规律,极大地提高人们的学习和工作效率,目前已被广泛应用于诸多领域。本文主要探讨思维导图在英文新闻写作中的作用,旨在研究以思维导图为工具,进行新闻报道写作的可行性与技巧,以找到推动我国英文新闻发展的有效途径。 Mind map, also known as mind map, is a simple and effective knowledge representation tool. It can activate people’s left brain and right brain in a short time and make use of people’s laws of memory, reading and thinking to improve people’s study and work efficiency greatly. Now it has been widely used in many fields. This paper mainly discusses the function of mind mapping in English news writing. The purpose of this paper is to study the feasibility and skills of using mind mapping as a tool in news writing, so as to find an effective way to promote the development of English news.