• From January to March last year it increased by （增长了） 45%.（如果你数学很烂，你不会算或没 时间算，那你就写成increase from 22% to 32%或者 随便编个数据，你说改卷的人会不会去算？他没病！） From March to June it dropped by about half the previous rate. From January to March last year it increased by 45%. From March to June it dropped by about half the previous rate. From June to August there was a steep rise of 50%. After that, however, there was a steady decrease.
• 如曲线图所示，从1980年到1982年，拥 有个人电脑的美国家庭的百分比，从大 约0.2%缓慢上升到正好5%。然后这一 百分比又急剧上升，达到1983年的大约 10%。此后，该百分比持续上升，直到 达到了1988年的最高值21.0%。
• As the curve indicates, the percentage of American families who owned personal computers increased gradually from approximately 0.2% in 1980 to exactly 5% in 1982. Then, there was a substantial increase in this proportion, reaching some 10% in 1983. Finally, the period between 1983 to 1988 witnessed a steady growth, to the peak of 21.0% in the latter year. It can be observed easily that computer has become an indispensable part for American society.
B 版本
• As is seen from the table / graph / chart, _____________ （图表所描述的事物A） ascend significantly from __________ （数字1） in __________ （年份1） to ____________ （数字 2） in __________ （年份2） while over the same period, _______________ （图表所描述的 事物B） shrank slightly from _________ （数字3） to ___________ （数字4）. It can be observed easily that _____________________________________ （分析图表所反映的问题）.
• 具体挑出最高值，最低值，增长变化的 趋势就可以了
模仿练习
• 请大家把教材翻到77页，1996年的题 • It can be seen from the graph that the developing countries have made remarkable/considerable progress in people’s health. From 1960 to 1990 life expectancy increased by 50%. At the same time/meanwhile, there was a dramatic decline in infant mortality(字数嫌少加上下 面的话from 200 deaths per 100 birth in 1960 to 100 in 1990)
• 1. 我们注意到在这个图表中，总的趋势 在下降，但是在过程中有的在下降有的 在上升。
2. possible reason(s)
法规更健全和严格 行人和司机更遵守交通规则 路况更好了 车的质量更好了
3. 解决方案
• 是不是觉得刚刚已经讲过了啊 • 范文参考P25---19 Car accidents declining in Walton City
• 第二段： 给出原因 • 第三段：解决方案， 或趋势预测
• 和现象型没有任何区别
更加经典的图表作文
• 课本的74页2003年6月的题 • 请大家翻到教材23页，来看看这个范文 的第二段，很多好句子都可以背下来， 以后写图表作文，改改就行
课堂练习
• P72页2006年6月的作文 • Traveling Abroad
• 从1980年到1982年，拥有个人电脑的美国家 庭的百分比，从大约0.2%缓慢上升到正好5%。 • The period between 1980 and 1982 witnessed a gradual increase in the percentage of American families who owned personal computers from approximately 0.2% to exactly 5%.
练习
• 在这20年的时间里，电影院入场人数持 续下降。 • These 20 years witnessed a steady descent in the number of cinema admissions.
图表开头写法
• A. 本____图表明了 在某个时间段（比 如某年到某年之间） 某个研究对象 （如 何变化）的情况/数字/百分比。.
幅度大、剧烈的词
• • • • Sharply/dramatically/abruptly/ steeply/significantly/substantially/ noticeably/remarkably/greatly/ quickly/unexpectedly
幅度小、缓慢的词
• Stably/steadily/marginally • slowly/gradually/slightly
练习
• 在凌晨三点到早晨九点之间，总用电量急剧下 降，从40000千瓦下降到30000千瓦 （kilowatt)。 • From 3 A.M. to 9 A.M., there is a dramatic drop in the total electricity consumption, from 40000 kilowatts to 30000 kilowatts.
保持不变
• • • • • • keep remain stay stabilize level off 波动：fluctuate
Sentence Patterns to describe a graph
• A. There be句型： “There is “变化名 词”+in the number of +被描述对象 • 在1975到2005这30年的时间里，骑自 行车的人的数量缓慢下降了。 • During the 3 decades from 1975 to 2005, there was a gradual decline in the number of bicyclists.
第二段
• A number of factors account for the change in the chart, but the following are the most critical ones. First, thanks to the policy of reform and opening-up,[j1] the nation’s economy has been developing at a considerably high speed in the past decades. Therefore, the people have more extra money for traveling. Secondly, other relevant state policies, such as national holidays set by the government ,which render people much free time, and the boom of touring industry provide citizens with more opportunities to go out and see the world. Last but not least, people have attached greater importance to the quality of life, thus they spend more money and time traveling and sight-seeing. • [j1]也可以变成It is to the credit of the policy of reform and opending-up
第一段
• It can be seen from the chart that there have been sharp increases in the number of people traveling abroad in City X in the past decade. As the chart shows, the year 1995 witnessed only about 10,000 people from this city touring abroad. In 2000, the number soared to nearly 40,000. Last year, more than 120,000 people in the city chose to spend their vacations outside China.