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发信人: eSunny (IBelieveICanFly), 信区: Flyingoverseas
标 题: (TSE)描述图表概略
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年08月29日10:03:47 星期三), 站内信件
无论是求学,还是工作,或是日常活动,描述图表都是不可缺少的技能。中国学生
很少会描述图表,但
是外国人用图表比文字还多。所以对一个生活在国外的人来说,解释图表的能力是非常
重要的。事实上,外
国人描述不同的图表都使用一个模式,所以掌握起来其实是很容易的。
词语和句型
1.Graphs over time
“This table represents/ shows/ demonstrates/ illustrates/ depicts
/ portrays ______
____”
“According to this graph, ________ saw, underwent, experienced,
witnessed…”
A. started at, began at
B. increased, rose, climbed, jumped, went up
C. decreased, fell, dropped, slipped, went down, plunged
D. gradually, steadily, suddenly, sharply, slowly, quickly, drast
ically, dramatically
, rapidly, incrementally.
E. Remained, held, stayed (unchanged, steady, constant, stable)
at
F. Leveled off at, bottomed out at, hit its high/its low poin
t at, reached its
peak,
G. Fluctuated between
H. Ended at, is projected to be
2.Comparisons, Tables, pie Graphs
“ This table represents/ shows/demonstrates/illustrates/portrays _
________”
“There are x categories with ________ representing the largest
portion at ______
_____ followed by ________at ________and _________accounts for the s
mallest portion at
”.
The table is comprised of x categories with ________ representi
ng __________at __
____________, followed by ________at _________and _______makes up for
_______ at _____
___.
3. Useful phrases:
With regard to …
With reference to …
In terms of …
As a result of …
Due to the fact …
When it comes to …
Concerning …
思路范文
This graph shows the make up of he jacksons’ budget. There a
re 6 expenses
with housing and utilities representing the largest portion at 35%,
followed by
food at 20%, clothing and allowance at 15%, transportation also 15
%, savings at
10% and other expenses account for the smallest portion at 5%.
英语学习的最高境界,就是胡说八道。要达到这个境界其实很容易,COPY的多了,
自然就会说了。
(转自新东方 杜子华)
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