图表式作文
It is obvious in the graph/table that the rate/number/amount of Y has undergone dramatic changes. It has gone up/grown/fallen/dropped considerably in recent years (as X varies). At the point of （接近）X1, Y reaches its peak value of …(多少).
Wh at is the reason for this change? Mainly there are … (多少) reasons behind the situation reflected in the graphic/table. First of all, …(第一个原因). More importantly, …(第二个原因). Most important of all, …(第三个原因).
From the above discussions, we have enough reason to predict what will happen in the near future. The trend described in the graph/table will continue for quite a long time (if necessary measures are not taken括号里的使用于那些不太好的变化趋势).
（1）常用的开篇句型（即概述图表内容时常用的表达法）①According to the table/pie chart/line graph/bar graph, we can see/conclude that …
根据该表/图，我们可知……
②The table/graph reveals (shows/indicates/illustrates/ represents/points out)
that …
该表/图表明……
③As we can see from the table …
As can be seen from the line/bar graph …
As is shown (illustrated/indi cated) in the pie chart …
如表/图所示，……
(2) 描述增减变化常用的句型
①Compared with …… is still increased by …
②The number of … grew/rose from … to …
③An increase is shown in …; then came a sharp increase of …
④In … the number remains the same/drops to …
⑤There was a very slight (small/slow/gradual) rise/increase in 1990.
⑥There was a very steady (marked/sharp/rapid/sudden/ dramatic) drop (decrease / decline / fall / reduction) in 1998 / compared with that of last year).
(3) 对于上升趋势的描述：
a. 可以使用的动词或动词词组：
to increase to go up to rise to grow
to jump to leap to soar to shoot
to pick up
b. 可以使用的名词：
an increase a growth a jump a soar
an upward trend
(4) 对于上升到某个位置的描述：
动词＋to the peak of＋具体数据。
动词＋reaching the peak of +具体数据。
动词＋reaching + 具体数据。
to peak at ＋具体数据
to climb to + 具体数据
(5) 对于上升的程度的描述：
动词＋by ＋具体数据。
(6) 对于下降趋势的描述：
a. 可以使用的动词或动词词组：
to fall to decrease to go down to slide
to collapse to decline to drop
b. 可以使用的名词：
a collapse a decrease a fall a decline
a drop
(7) 对于下降到某个位置的描述：
动词＋to＋具体数据。
动词＋to＋the bottom of＋具体数据。
动词＋reaching the bottom of +具体数据。
动词＋reaching + 具体数据。
(8) 对于下降程度的描述：
动词＋by ＋具体数据。
(9) 对于平稳的趋势的描述：
可以使用的动词或动词词组：
to hardly change to have little change to keep steady
to level off to remain constant to stay the same
(10) 表示程度的副词：
1. 程度较大：
considerably dramatically greatly markedly
obviously quickly rapidly sharply
significantly suddenly
2. 程度较小：
slightly gradually slowly steadily
(11) 时间的嵌入
嵌入时间时所使用的介词和介词词组：
from……to…… between…….and…… during……and……
at the star t of …… by the end of …… over ……
at the end of …… throughout ……
(12) 上升和下降趋势的组合描述
1. 先上升后下降的句型：
... increased slowly during… and … but fell sharply in …
A steady fall in …… during …… and …… followed the sharp increase in …….
2. 先下降后上升的句型：
… fell before …… began to make a recovery ……
… continue the recovery, climbing to ……
… dropped during …… but increased again in ……
… fell and then pick up during ……
… collapsed before rising to ……at the end of ……
3. 起伏波动的句型：
… fluctuated sharply all through ……
4. 波动不大的句型：
… hardly changed through the period between …and …。