【9分作文盛宴】考官华丽雅思小作文详解6：地图题
Simon是英国曼彻斯特的前雅思考官，由于创办雅思考试学习网站而在全世界的考生中越来越有名气。

其网站上提供大量关于复习雅思的技巧以及颠覆性的建议，甚至还有不少Simon本人亲笔写的满分作文。

这些满分作文由于出自英国考官之手，非常地道，言简意赅，和中国考生惯用的千篇一律的模板作文相比，着实让人眼前一亮。

点课台的Phoebe老师深感有义务要让孩子们接触到真正可以提分的好作文，所以以后会频繁地帮大家整理并总结这些满分作文的精华，相信大家都可以扔掉模板，写出高分作文!
今天要分析的题目是地图——Maps。

有的学生说，地图题型相对不常见，所以备考可以忽略。

针对这种想法，Simon是这样说的：While it’s true that graphs and
charts are the most common types of question, I think it would be very unwise not to prepare for diagrams and maps too. What happens if you get one of these questions in your test and you haven’t prepared for it?
虽然不常见，但是如果平时不做任何准备，万一考到后果不堪设想。

其实地图题并没有大家想象地那么难，只要花时间仔细研究一下Simon的范文，大家都能写出一篇好作文。

请看今天的题目，就是下面这个地图：
写作文之前，要先Plan your structure，Simon建议地图题依然沿用4段式：
1. Introduction: what does the chart show?
2. Overview / summary: what are the most noticeable features?
3. Specific details: try to write 2 paragraphs.
接下来说地图题最难的地方——如何准确读出图中所给信息，我们就先来分析一下，从这个地图上我们可写的信息有哪些，首先地图上为数不多的单词或数字不可遗漏，上方那句是说这张图展现了一个叫做Chorleywood的村庄在1868年到1994年之间的发展情况。

然后很清楚地能看出，在四个不同的时期，它的交通设施有明显的改善。

居民都住在各种路的旁边。

这些只是大概的Overview,足够写出前两段了，那还有哪些具体的细节，能够写进第三、四段中呢?大家自己再仔细看地图，从中找中可写的Details。

接下来贴出完整满分范文，大家读的时候看一下Simon按照什么order、挑出哪些细节来描述的：
The map shows the growth of a village called Chorleywood between 1868 and
1994.
It is clear that the village grew as the transport infrastructure was
improved. Four periods of development are shown on the map, and each of the populated areas is near to the main roads, the railway or the motorway.
From 1868 to 1883, Chorleywood covered a small area next to one of the main
roads. Chorleywood Park and Golf Course is now located next to this original village area. The village grew along the main road to the south between 1883 and
1922, and in 1909 a railway line was built crossing this area from west to east.
Chorleywood station is in this part of the village.
The expansion of Chorleywood continued to the east and west alongside the
railway line until 1970. At that time, a motorway was built to the east of the
village, and from 1970 to 1994, further development of the village took place
around motorway intersections with the railway and one of the main roads.
最后是词汇总结：
growth:Simon在对题目进行复述的时候用growth替换了development，这个用法大家要记住。

infrastructure:极其高频，常出现于写作和阅读，“设施”
populated:大家平时很少用形容词的形式，其英文释意为“furnished with inhabitants,即”有人居住的“
original:最初的，原始的
intersections with:和...相交，交叉路口，听力地图题中也很常见
今天先到这儿，希望Simon的建议对大家有所帮助，以后不再怕遇见地图题，下期见！
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