7. It accounts for 15 percent of the total …
8. There was were h a s been
26 traffic accidents 26 teenage suicides a 26 percent increase/decline in birth rates
as much as that of 1990.
something of a plateau 6. It has reached approached 50 percent risen to an average of 50 percent in the recent 5 years. in the past few years. since 1992.
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• Enthusiasm for Sports. You must write no less than 120 words and explain WHY many TV viewers like to watch sports.
4. It has
dropped increased decreased two and a half times, twice, six times,
almost more than about
compared with …..
5. The
number percentage
is twice is 4 times is half
• 盲目地把图表中所有数据都描写出来，不 管是否和主题有关。 • 解决方法：可以在描写和引用数字前，先 把这些数据要反映的问题用一句话写出来。 这样就把数据看成是一种用来说明问题的 具体数据材料 (statistical evidence) 。选用 的数据必须和论述有关。
例1
• 图一第一段第一句： • Each year thousands upon thousands of graduates flood the job market, waving their college diplomas and certificates, expecting better jobs in their majors, only to be frustrated and disappointed.
That is the second-highest second-lowest continuing a(n) upward downward begun in the 1970s.
rate in history,
trend
only less than m o r e 9. By 1990, than almost about over as many as
语言表达
• 抓住了所要评论的问题，接着就是先把它 用语言表述出来。在描写中，对数字的运 用要有针对性，不要year thousands upon thousands of graduates flood the job market, waving their college diplomas and certificates, expecting better jobs in their majors, only to be frustrated and disappointed. According to the charts, only 58% percent of college graduates in 1992 could find jobs in their specialities, compared with 89% percent in 1981 when China had its first college graduates. Why do college graduates find it increasingly difficult to get a rewarding job?
Tips
• 图二第一段范文中对图表上四个数据连提 都不提，就是对看体育节目人数这个作文 要讨论的主题也只是用the great number of 等笼统地加以概况。我们要讨论的是为什 么有许多人观看体育节目，而不是要介绍 各类节目的收视率，所以具体准确的数字 就没有必要写出来了。
易犯错误&解决方法
图表作文和一般作文
• 一般作文：在指示中把作文要讨论的问题 或者现象直接用文字告诉你。 • 图表作文：把问题或者现象用图表反映出 来。要求：把图表看懂，并用文字叙述出 来，才能对这个问题或现象展开讨论。
看懂图表要领（1）
• 看懂图表，弄请它所反映的问题或现象。 • 第一，熟悉图表的各种类型，了解它们的 特点和作用。常见图表有四种：
up from 20 percent for the same period last year. in March, an increase of 3 percent in a threemonth period. only 65.3 births per 1000 females of childbearing age.
图一分析
• 一、借助于题目Job Problems for College Graduates,可以看出是关于大学毕业生找工作的 问题。因此尽管表中有许多数字，但只要顺着有 关工作职业的数字，就能发现图表所要反映的问 题。 • 二、看图表哪些数字变化最大：图表中有三组六 个数字，分别表示毕业生继续读书、找专业对口 的工作和找专业不对口的工作。但以后两组数据 在十年里的变化最大。因此它们就是文章要讨论 的主要问题。
3. The
figure percentage number population doubled, tripled,
has nearly has almost has more than
compared with as compared with as against
that of last year.
10. The number was 15 percent/15 per rate thousand,
图二：第一段表达
• Modern sports are becoming more spectatororiented than participant-oriented. Just think of millions and millions of people who spend countless hours before TV sets watching sports of all sorts: Olympic Games, World Series Games and the World Cup Soccer Game. According to a survey, among various televised events, sports have the greatest number of viewers. When an important football match is televised live, the streets of a big city are often left deserted.
as against as compared with
three-quarters 40 percent of one out of five one in four
college populations graduates housewives
last year, preferred to … liked … 1980,
常用数字表达法
1. In 1990, it increased rose •jumped shot up from 5 to 10 percent of the total. to 15 percent. by 15 percent.
2. By comparison with 1990, it
decreased dropped fell from 10 to 5 percent. to 15 percent. by 15 percent.
Sample
In recent years the divorce rate in China has increased drastically. According to a 1992 Census Bureau report on marriage and divorce in some big cities, during the past five years, the divorce rate has increased as much as it had in the entire previous twenty years. In 1967 there were only 0.5 divorced persons for every 1000 married people, and in 1987 the rate was 7 per thousand, but in 1992 the rate jumped to 15 divorced per 1000 married.
Tips
• 开头段落在六个数字中仅仅列举了1981和 1992年有关找专业对口的工作的毕业生人 数的两个数字，因为这是文章要重点讨论 的，其余四个数字就不必列出了。
图二Enthusiasm for Sports
Percentage of TV Viewers of Various Programmes
4% 7%
12%