如何讲好雅思小作 文的故事
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line graph 曲线图
• line graph： line graph
• 1.曲线图和柱状图都是动态图,解题的切入点在于描 述趋势 • 2.在第二段的开头部分对整个曲线进行一个阶段式的 总分类,使写作层次清晰,同时也方便考官阅卷。接下 来再分类描述每个阶段的 specific trend,同时导入数 据作为分类的依据 • 3.趋势说明。即,对曲线的连续变化进行说明,如如上 升、下降、波动、持平平。以时间伟比较基础的应 抓住“变化”：上升、下降或是波动。 • 4.极点说明。即对图表中最高的、最低的点单独进行 说明。不以时间为比较基础的应注意对极点的描述。 • 5.交点说明。即对图表当中多根曲线的交点进行对比 说明。
• 二. 上升/下降后面使用to(到)和by(了) • 举例： • 1. 人口下降到200万：number of population decreased to 2 million. • 2. 人口下降了200万：number of population decreased by 2 million. • 3. 人口上升到1000万：number of population increased to 10 million. • 4. 人口上升了500万：number of population increased by 5 million.
• In 2001, US consumers spent an average of nearly $700 on residential phone services, compared to only around $200 on cell phone services. Over the following five years, average yearly spending on landlines dropped by nearly $200. By contrast, expenditure on mobiles rose by approximately $300. • 自2001年开始，描述cell phone每一段的变化趋势。 • In the year 2006, the average American paid out the same amount of money on both types of phone service, spending just over $500 on each. By 2010, expenditure on mobile phones had reached around $750, while the figure for spending on residential services had fallen to just over half this amount. • 对比手机服务，写出手机服务的特征。对另一条线 进行系统描述。
• 常用的小作文的趋势句式表达 • 句式一： 变化主体/图画中主体+趋势动词+副词 +时间区间 • Eg: The number of aged people over 65 increased significantly from 1940-2000. • The number of aged people over 65 dropped slightly from 1960-1980. • The number of aged people over 65 fluctuated between 1 million and 1.2 million from 1940-1950. • The number of aged people over 65 remained stable from 1930-1940.
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4. 下降后保持平稳：使用的结构是bottom out.
• 举例：人口下降后保持平稳： • The number of population decreased and bottomed out.
• 5.上升后保持平稳：使用level off. • 举例：人口上升后保持平稳：number of population mounted and leveled off.
• 6.复苏：前面下降了以后，然后就上升了，这 两条线段的连接点就叫复苏。英语中表达为 recover • 举例：人口下降后复苏：number of population decreased and recovered.
• 7.波动：英语中叫fluctuate. • 举例：人口波动：number of population fluctuated
• 举例： • 1.人口大幅度攀升：number of population mounted dramatically. • 2.人口轻微下降：number of population decreased slightly. • 3.人口逐渐下降：number of population decreased gradually .
• The rate of car theft, however, didn’t change as dramatically as that of burglary. It stood steady from 2003 to 2005 at approximately 2900 incidents, followed by a sharp decline in the next year and bottoming at 2000 incidents. The period of 2006 to 2012 saw a waving increase, finally peaking at about 2700 incidents in 2012. • The trend of robbery differs dramatically. It slightly fluctuated between 500 cases to 900 cases, peaking in 2005 and 2010, while bottoming out in 2003, 2008 and 2011. • The overall trend indicates that from 2003 to 2006, burglary was more common than car theft. While after 2007, the situation was turned over. The rate of robbery, however, was always lower than other
•Hale Waihona Puke 一. remain steady/stay stable/level off/bottom out/peak/reach its peak/reach its zenith 后面需要使 用的是at。
• 举例： • 1. 人口在500万上保持平稳：number of population remained steady at 5 million. • 2. 人口在800万时到达了顶峰：number of population peaked at 8 million. • 3. 下降后，人口在400万保持平稳：after decreasing, number of population bottomed out at 4 million. • 4. 上升后，人口在700万保持平稳：after mounting, number of population leveled off at 7 million.
• 8.达到顶峰：peak/reach its summit/reach its zenith • • 举例：人口到达了顶峰：number of population peaked/reached its summit/reached its zenith.
• 如何将线段组与数据进行连接? • 注意如下的介词使用.
• The line graph compares average yearly spending by Americans on mobile and landline phone services from 2001 to 2010. • 概括线图内容 • • It is clear that spending on landline phones fell steadily over the 10-year period, while mobile phone expenditure rose quickly. The year 2006 marks the point at which expenditure on mobile services overtook that for residential phone services. • 总述一条线总体趋势，和另一条行程对比
• 举例：人口减少：The number of population decreased/declined.
• 程度只有两种，缓慢和陡然。 • 缓慢的/轻微的： gradually/smoothly/steadily/slightly • 陡然的/大幅度的：dramatically /sharply/considerably/appreciably/
• 2.上升/增加：我们可以使用的套用结构有： rise/climb/increase/ascend /mount/aggrandize • 举例：人口上升：The number of population increased/ascended/mounted
• 3.下降/减少：我们可以使用的套用结构有： fall/drop/decrease/descend/decline