最高点
Peak at/ reach the highest point of
最低点
Reach the bottom of/ the lowest point of / bottom out at
达到
Reach/ arrive at/ amount to/ hit/ stand at/ register
例：The graphs below show the enrolments of overseas students and local students in Britain’s universities.
The graphs provide information about the proportions of overseas students and local students enrolled in Britain’s Universities from 1989 to 1999.
In general, the UK house prices has kept rising since 1970 and will continue to rise in the coming five years. At the first five years between 1970 and 1975, the house price in UK remains constant at 100 thousand and in the following decade, rose only slightly to 120 by 1985. Then there is a gentle decrease to around 115 in 1990. The number began to climb again since 1990, but still steadily.However, since 2000, the number jumped to a peak of 190 by 2005 and then began to decline.
分别
Respectively/ separately
关于
as for/ in terms of/ concerning/ regarding
常用时间过渡词
Then/ from this time onwards / from then on
After / before ( prior to)
其他关联词
This was followed by a dramatic climb to one hundred dollars in 2009, and after that, the datacontinue to rise but slightly, finally reaching thehighest pointof 130 by 2015.
3.并列结构and +until定语从句when
The number dropped again from almost six million in 1964 to five million in 1966 and then went up gradually until 1976 when there was a leveling-off at eight million for the next ten years.
例:
The information in the graph below contains information about the cost of a house in Britain over 40 years, with projections into the future.
The line graph presents us the UK house prices changes in pounds sterling of 45 years from 1970 to 2015.
2.Before+ V-ing
From 1960 to 1962, the number of full-time teachers went down from 5 million to the bottom of 3 million before rising to 5 million in the following two years.
Shows: indicates/ unfolds/ displays/ reveals/ reflects/ relates/ illustrates/ demonstrates/ describes/ depicts/ portray/ outlines/ provide an overview of…
急剧下降：plummet / plunge
速度快
Sharp/ dramatic/ drastic/ rapid/ steep
缓慢
Gradual/ steady/ gentle/ slow
波动
Fluctuate around/ a fluctuation in
稳定在
Level off at/ level out at/ stabilize at/ remain constant/ remain steady at
主体段常用词汇：
第1句话
a) The overall trend/ general trend indicate that …
b) There is an overall +某种趋势的名词
第2句话之前
To be more exact = more exactly
To be more precise= more precisely
1. There be+定语从句which
（There was a rise from …, which was followed by an increase/ decrease …// which led to// which preceded..）
According to the figure, there was a sharp decrease in the number of teachers from five million in 1960 to three million in 1962, which was followed by a rapid increase over the next two years.
To be more specific = more specifically
上升
动词：rise to/ increase to/ go up to/ climb to
名词：a rise in/ an increase in/a growth in/ an upward trend in/ a boom in
（2）纵坐标作主语
The number (percentage) of … went up / down
（3）横坐标作主语（一般是时间）
表示经历：see/ witness/ experience
结尾段:paraphrase趋势句,总结最有特征的点.
In summary, it ispredictedthat oil prices tends to increase. Besides, the price in 2015 isprojectedto be more than six times that in 1995.
In conclusion, the UK house prices are supposed to decline in the five coming years but above 180 thousand pounds sterling.
高分语言示范:
Number of full-time teachers of regular schools (in millions) in China (1960-1990)
分步描述（起点+极值+终点）：
Pricesstarted attwenty US dollars a barrel during 1995, and then rose slightly to approximately twenty-four dollars in 1998.
The cost of a barrel then dropped for two years, to thelowest pointof about eighteen dollars during 2000. After that, there was a steady price rise, reaching about fifty dollars a barrel in 2006.
占多少
Account for / represent/ constitute/ make up/ occupy
预测
It is suggested/ predicted/ expected/ projected
大约
Approximately/ roughly/ just over/ under/ around
线图：
例：Direction: You should spend no more than 20 minutes on this task.
The graph contains information about the price in US dollars of a barrel of oil from 1995 with predictions to 2015.
Summarize the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
开头段：转述原题+时态永远是一般现在时