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
表示程度的副词：

1. 程度较大： considerably dramatically greatly markedly obviously quickly rapidly sharply significan降到某个位置的描述： a. 1. a. 中的动词＋to＋具体数据。 b. 1. a. 中的动词＋to＋the bottom of＋具体 数据。 c. 1. a. 中的动词＋reaching the bottom of + 具体数据。 d. 1. a. 中的动词＋reaching + 具体数据。
Model Composition

Great changes have taken place in student use of computers in the university. The hours the student spent on computers per week skyrocketed from about 2 in 1990 to 20 in 2000, more than 9 times higher. This rapid increase proves that students were in closer contact with computers.
(2) 描述增减变化常用的句型
① Compared with … is still increased by ② The number of … grew/rose from … to ③ An increase is shown in …; then came a sharp increase of … ④ In … the number remains the same/drops to … ⑤ There was a very slight (small/slow/gradual) rise/increase in 1990. ⑥ There was a very steady (marked/sharp/rapid/sudden/ dramatic) drop (decrease/decline/fall/reduction) in 1998/ compared with that of last year).

Last but not least, by traveling outside, people are close to nature, which is not only beneficial to both their health and peace of mind. In short, more and more people take the occasion of holiday to travel outside and relax themselves.
Average number of hours a student spends on the computer per week



1. 上图所示为1990年、1995年、2000年某校 大学生使用计算机的情况，请描述其变化； 2. 请说明发生这些变化的原因（可从计算 机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说 明）； 3. 你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什 么困难或问题。

Cell Phones


1. 描述上图所示的手机用户数的变化情况 2. 出现这种情况的原因 3. 对此现象作出评价

As is shown in the chart, cell phones are becoming increasingly popular within China. In 1999, the number of
对于线性图表的描述

上升
1. 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

2. 程度较小： slightly gradually slowly steadily
Directions: For this part you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Student Use of Computers. You should write at least 120 words and base your composition on the chart and the outline given below

To account for this phenomenon, people have come up with various reasons as listed below. In the first place, with the drop in prices of computers, more students could afford computers, therefore they could spend much more time with computers. In the second place, the computers were applied to wider and wider use and students had to take advantage of this modern invention. Last but not the least important, the development of society pushed computers into more dormitories.

下降 1. 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


1、 描述1990年、1995年、2000年某城市人们度假 方式的情况及其变化； 2、 请说明发生这些变化的原因； 3、 得出结论。

As is clearly shown in the table, there was a dramatic change in the way
people spent their holidays between 1990 and 2000. Especially, in 1990, 63% of people spent their holidays at home, while the figure decreased considerably to 24% in 2000.
2. 对于上升到某个位置的描述：
a. 1. a. 中的动词＋to＋具体数据。 b. 1. a. 中的动词＋to＋the peak of＋具体数据 c. 1. a. 中的动词＋reaching the peak of +具体数据。 d. 1. a. 中的动词＋reaching + 具体数据。 e. to peak at ＋ 具体数据 f. to climb to + 具体数据
Whatever the reason, there are still some problems with student use of computers. To begin with, many students still have no computers of their own. What’s more, many students use computers only to play e-games and browse porn websites, which causes harm to their mind. （172 words）
图表作文常用的句型
（1）常用的开篇句型（即概述图表内容时常用的表 达法） ① According to the table/pie chart/line graph/bar graph, we can see/conclude that … 根据该表/图，我们可知 …… ② The table/graph reveals (shows/indicates/illustrates/ represents/points out) that … 该表/图表明…… ③ As we can see from the table … As can be seen from the line/bar graph … As is shown (illustrated/indicated) in the pie chart … 如表/图所示，……
There are many factors contributing to this development. Firstly, a cell phone
has no wires and can be carried everywhere easily. Secondly, a cell phone is something wonderful that we can have fun with news, games, music and chat through sending short messages. Thirdly, the drop in price and the simultaneous improvement in the functions have made it possible for an average person to make use of cell phone.