Sth. about the charts

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vertical axis 纵轴 horizontal axis 横轴，水平轴

color key

the steps of writing

1. 审题

2. 构思

一是分析图表的主要特征，二是弄清写作重点及使用适当的分析方法。

3. 写作

第一， 开头写好引言段，把握主题句的准确表达；（模式化开头）

第二， 描写图表。

主要特征，总体变化。注意使用衔接词和转承短语，增强文章逻辑性。（常用词组）

第三， 结尾段。（切勿妄加单独结构）

写作第一部分的图表题不需要单加一段评论，也没有要求用一句话来作出结论。只需要描述图表，表达个人见解是不合适的。

4. 检查

拼写错误，语法错误，书写有误，数字表达有误等。

开头固定模式

1.“图表”替换词：

chart, table, graph, diagram…

figures, statistics, curves…

2.“描述”的多种表达：

illustrate, describe, indicate, show, unfold, reveal, display, compare, present, express, represent, stand for…

3.年代、时间的处理方式

From…to… for the period of…to…

Over the next 13 years…

Over the 7-year period…

10 years = a decade

100 years = a century

In the third quarter 在第三季度

At the same time = at around the same time= during the same period= meanwhile

In the coming year = in the next year in the following year

Later on , afterwards, from then on

In the first decade in the 20th century.

In the first 70 years last century.

For much of the time

Which take place in the year (of)…

On a weekly/ monthly basis= per week/ month

4. 文章第一句的基本套路：

The chart/ table/ diagram/ graph shows/ illustrates/ describes/ indicate/ reveals/ display/ present/ unfold/ compare that/ how…changed…from…to…

The chart gives us some information about…by contrasting …and…

关于信息的分类：

The table gives us three pieces of information regarding the subway network in 6 cities.

The table gives us a breakdown of different types of family who were living in poverty in Australia in 1999.

Employees, according to the amount of the education they’ve received, are grouped into 4 categories.

The average spend can be futher divided very roughly into thirds—the first third spending on…, the second on…, and the last on….

The two graphs describe the same thing seen in two different ways.

5.正文部分每段开头句的常用表达：

The main point to note is that…

One of the first things to note is that…

One of the most noticeable features/ trands in this report is that…

It is perhaps surprising that…

What is very obvious at a glance is that…

We can see immediately that…

Another thing which stands out in this chart is that…

A final point to know is that…

According to the chart…

As can be seen from the chart…

As is shown in the chart…

From the information shown,

It can be seen from the chart that…

We can see from the chart that…

It is clear from the chart…

I’m going to talk about the other chart,….

Attention should be draw to the significant rise of …

The left pie chart is for exports and the right pie chart is for imports.Now let’s look at the left chart,the exports pie chart.

┏Beginning with the field/forum of…

┣Next, in the field/forum of…

┗Turning to the field/forum of…

Now let’ s turn to the figures for…

…has done some investigation into….here is a report on some of their findings.

表示趋势和状态的词

NB.曲线图的描写要点为“趋势描写”和“数据支持”

单组柱状图可以先转换为曲线图

表示总体大趋势的词

There is an overall / a general increasing/ falling trend for…

But those are nit strong enough to change the very strong overall downtrend for…

The trend was towards a decrease in the popularity of the cinima.

Take an upward trend / turn

表示增加上升

1.增加

increase, rise, grow, rocket, go up, shoot up, climb by（增加了）

to（增加到）

2.达到

Come to, reach, jump to

Ex: we can see an increase by 4% in…

总计、共计：total a. / vi amount n / vi.

表示减少下降

decrease, decline, reduce, fall, go down, drop, crash, plummet（垂直下落）, plunge，dive

come back to … make a comeback…

表示先降后升/ 降中有升

Recover from~~, regain its increasing trend …

But those are nit strong enough to change the very strong overall downtrend for…

表示保持不变或一样

stay/ remain/ keep …

at the same/stable/steady/unchanged/constant/flat/stationary/ static

level off/ out

ex: we can see a leveling off in December.

Share the equal amount of money.

表示上下波动

fluctuate between… and …

fluctuation

go up and down

has been experienced ups and downs

表示极值

peak v. & n.

the highest point / the lowest point

the top of / the bottom of

表示比例、名次

The proportion of A to B is X to Y. A 和B的比例是X比Y。

Make up, eat up, take up

Contribute to, Account for, provide …

occupy，share, dominate (domination),lead

In 1985, there were 6261 full-time undergraduate students with 3472 men and 2742 women at the university. The distribution of these students was as follow.

This chart gives us information about British trade by geographical distribution in 1986.

Be distributed in the following ways:…

┏We find a domination of this field by…

┠This is the first field we find dominated by…

┗This is the second field in which … lead.

maintain the middle position

easure its position

NB.在谈论取得第几名，排第几名时经常用

Come/ rank 序数词

Take / in 序数词 place

注意：这里的序数词前不要加the

EX: For cycling paper, Britain comes second in Europe with 40% behind Germany’s amazing 70%.

表示预测未来趋势的词

Expect, forecast, estimate, underestimate(低估)，project

表示程度的词

显著的（地）、重要的（地）

large, major, great, important, significant, considerable, remarkable, noticeable,

sharp, rapid, sudden, dramatic,steep,extremely, strikingly（显著的）

轻微的（地）、不显著的（地）、逐渐地

little, slight, gentle, mild,steady

gradually, steadily, slowly

大概、大约

about, approximate, nearly, around, roughly,

more or less

fewer/ less/ more than, under, below, within, over, above

相比较而言

Relatively

不协调的

Disproportionately

表示相比或相反的词组

be compared with compare A to B in comparison with…

to contrast with…

But there is a completely reversal when it comes to …

It is the same for…

The same goes for…

The same thing goes if…

overnumber v. 超过

on the contary

we can see a totally different pattern/picture in…

we can see a converse pattern in….

The picture is slightly different in case of…

The condition in Japan differs considerably.

表示举例子或列举的用法

Namely, specifically, such as,

For example/ instance

Take … for example/ as an example

列举数字时要注意运用括号，这是一种节省时间、节省字数。同时又使文章简洁明了。

表目的：in order to , as to, used for… purpose

如何保证自己作文中语言使用的多样性，避免重复使用带来的言语匮乏印象

首先，在描述时可以注意用适当的名词和动词形式来保证作文的多样性。

There is a steady increase in the percentage of…

The percentage of … show a steep increase from … to…

The percentage of … show a large jump from… to…

we can see a leveling off in December.

We can see an increase by 4% in….

The year 1994 and 1995 also saw great increase.

其次，要注意复杂句型的使用和长句的使用。

复杂句型：

Only in the case of…, does another country Italy comes close.

Only in this way, can this problem be settled.

长句：注意把两个趋势或数据连起来讲，变成并列或对比的句子，这样既可以用上长句又可以使文章显得简洁。也可以是单纯根据时间、大小的顺序把两个数据联系起来。

前者要注意小词and,with（并列）和while（对比）等的运用。也要注意用which,that等来引导定语，用to, as to, in order to 来引导目的状语。

Ex: The sources for supple of water to, and subsequent water losses in, the human body on a daily basis.

后者要注意 followed by, when 等表时间或名次的状语的运用

Ex: There is a dramatic fall in the number of people who went to the cinema from 1957, when about 900 million people went to …, to 1960, when the attendance figure was roughly 500 million.

From 1930 to 1940 there was a significant rise, which, since 1940 has been followed by a steady fall.

第三，要注意主动句与被动句之间的转换，不要再一篇文章中单独使用一种句型。

Ex: The total weekly spend for international students is shown to be……

Task 1 中一定要注意数据之间的比较，单独地罗列数据会丢分！！

首先，要注意数据之间在量上的关系，如：倍数关系，百分比关系等。

其次，要注意趋势上的关系，看趋势是相同的还是相反的。

而且在趋势相同时，也应该注意相同的趋势是否有幅度上的差异。

Ex: The increase in visits from the UK was more marked than that of visits to the country.

A is much greater at 8.5 years in 1980, compared to 2.5 years in B. The gap was increased in 1990, when the figures rose to … and… respectively.

The gap was widening.

Map题

注意要先把整个地区的情况：地理环境、建筑特点、交通情况、区域划分等做一个系统而简要的交代，这样会给人一个总体的印象。不至于使以后的陈述太过混乱。

表示河流、道路方向的常用词组：

Run through the town centre

There are three roads leading from the town cwntre

Following a northwest to southeast direction

Runs/ Goes southeast to …

其他词组：

Surround, be surround by

Zones, regions, areas

Flow chart

作文的连贯与衔接

“起”-用于引导主题句或主题句后的第一个发展句。

One of the first things to note is that…

第一：first、firstly

首先：first of all、to begin with、to start with、in the first place

首先…其次…:For one thing…for another

一方面…另一方面…:on the one hand…on the other hand…

一般来说:generally speaking、in general

起初：at first、in the beginning

现在：at present、now

目前：currently

最近：recently、lately

“承”-用于承接前句

第二点：second、secondly

第三点：third、thirdly

此外：besides、in addition、what’ more、moreover、furthermore

举例：for example、for instance、as an example、take…for example

即，就是：namely

换句话说：in other words

此后：after that、afterwards

与此同时：meanwhile

不久：soon

然后：then

同样重要：equally important

为此：for this purpose

结果：consequently

I’m going to talk about the other chart,…

“转”-用于表达不同或相反的情况

毕竟：after all

可是：but

仍然：yet

相反：conversely、on the contrary

事实上：in fact、as a matter of fact

尽管：though、although、as

与…不同：unlike…

另外： as for… as to…

in terms of… in cases of… in fields of…

in the term of… in the case of… in the field of…

on the terms such as……

for… and for…

“合”-结束，总结

最后：the final point to note is that…

finally、at last

总之：in conclusion、in short、in summary、in brief

above all

to sum up; to put it in the nutshell

无疑：undoubtedly、surely、certainly

显然：obviously

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