大学英语四级考试图表作文及范文

1.table（表）/graph(图表，曲线图)/diagram(图表)/chart（图表）
Pie chart（饼状图）/bar graph（柱状图）/line graph（曲线图）
2.开头的常用表达
⑴It can be seen from the diagram that...
⑵It has been shown from the figures that...
⑶It is clear/ apparent from the figures/statistics that…
⑷It is clear/ apparent from the table/chart/diagram/graph figures that…
⑸The table/chart/diagram/graph shows that…
⑹The table/chart/diagram/graph shows/describes/illustrates how…
⑺According to the table/chart/diagram/graph,
⑻As is shown in the table/chart/diagram/graph,
⑼As is vividly betrayed in the table/chart/diagram/graph above,
⑽As can be seen from the table/chart/diagram/graph that…
⑾From the table/chart/diagram/graph, we can find that…
⑿We can see from the chart (table/graph/figures/statistics) that...
For example:
⑴As is shown by the graph, there has been a rapid increase in the population of the country in the past five years.
⑵It can be concluded from the graph that there has been a great decline in birth rates in China in the past five years.
⑶From the statistics given in the table it can be seen that the average personal income of the Chinese people increased
(grew 、rose) rapidly from 1985 to 1990.
This bar chart describes significant changes in the ownership of houses in a big city in China. It can be seen from the chart that a very noticeable trend from 1990 to 2000 was the dramatic increase in the private ownership of houses as opposed to the huge drop in the state ownership of houses. In 1990, three out of four houses were state-owned. However, by 2000, the percentage of the ownership of private houses has soared to 80%.
The above chart reveals that the huge expansion in the private house ownership has been accompanied by a corresponding fall in the state ownership of houses in a span of a decade. (1990-2000)
As is suggested ( unfolded / demonstrated / illustrated / mirrored ) in the above chart, with the sharp rise in the private ownership of houses, the state ownership of houses has dramatically ( substantially / alarmingly ) dropped in a passage of a decade. (1990-2000)
According to the above chart, there has been a drastic growth in the private ownership of houses, while the state ownership of houses has shrunk steeply over the past decade. ( 1990-2000)
From the above chart, we can see distinctly that the private ownership of houses has witnessed an huge rise as distinct from ( as opposed to / in contrast to / in comparison with ) the drastic decrease in the state ownership of houses in a matter of a decade. (1990-2000)
2.图表数据描述的常用表达
1.上升趋势
⑴The number of …has increased/rose slightly/slowly/gradually/steadily/significantly/rapidly/
dramatically/steeply/suddenly…from…year to…year/ between…year and…year.
⑵The number of …has soared/rocketed to/over…in …year/in the year of…
⑶There was a very sudden/rapid/dramatic/significant/sharp/steady gradual/slow/slight increase/rise in the number
of …from…year to…year/ between…year and…year.
For example:
⑴The number of teaching staff members in this school has decreased to 700 persons.
⑵The number of paticipants grew up to 300000 persons.
⑶The number of colour TV sets produced by the factory increased (rose , grew , climbed) from 5000 in 1986 to 21000 in 1990.
2.下降趋势
The number of …has decreased/fallen/d ropped slightly/slowly/gradually/steadily/significantly
/rapidly/dramatically/steeply/suddenly…from…year to…year/ between…year and…year.
There was a very sudden/steep/rapid/dramatic/significant/sharp/steady gradual/slow/slight decrease /decline/reduction/fall/drop in the number of …from…year to…year/ between…year and…year.
3.先上升后下降的句型：
...... increased slowly during…… and …… but fell sharply in …….
A steady increase in …… during …… and …… followed the sharp fall in …….
4.先下降后上升的句型：
…… fell before …… began to make a recovery ……
…… continue the recovery, climbing to ……
…… dropped during …… but increased again in ……
…… fell and then pick up during ……
…… collapsed before rising to ……at the end of ……
5.波动
There was a minor fluctuation between…
…remained fairly steady fluctuating between…and …
…… fluctuated sharply all through ……
6.稳定
The number of …remained steady/stable from…year to…year/ between…year and…year.
The number of…stayed the same from…year to…year/ between…year and…year.
There was little change/hardly any change/no change in the number of…from…year to…year/ between…year and…year.
… hardly changed through the period between ……and …
3.结尾的常用表达
As the report indicates…
One of the most surprising finds was…
Overall, the chart demonstrate that…
From the dia gram it can be safely concluded that…
In conclusion, …
In summary, we can see that…
I. 上图所示为某校大学生平均每周使用计算机的时间: 1990年（2 hours）、1995年(4 hours)、2002年(14 hours)，
请描述其变化；
II. 请说明发生这些变化的原因（可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明）；
III. 你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。

1、 Describe the changes indicated in the table.
2、 The reasons for the change.
3、 Make predictions about the future tendency.
(1)Since 1990, there has been tremendous growth in the use of computers by students.(2) While in 1990, the average number of hours a student spent on the computer was about one hour per week, this number grew to nearly four hours per week by 199 5, and to approximately 20 hours per week by the year 2000.
第一段通过图表揭示变化：（1）general statement(2)detailed explanation and analysis
(3)This significant growth in the use of computers by students in the 1990's can be attributed to several factors, including wide spread usage, lower prices, and technological and social developments. (4)Nowadays, computers are widely used by students f or word processing, book keeping, multimedia presentations, and access to the Internet for both research and communications.
(5)Additionally, since 1990, due to competition and technological advances, computer hardware and software prices, as well as Internet usage charges have dropped significantly. (6)Finally, technological developments and changes in social habits in the 1 990's have played a major role in this tremendous growth in the use of computers. (7)Today's society relies heavily on compute rs for immediate access to the news and for entertainment, including, listening to music, watching movies and sport events, and playing computer games.
第二段（3）——（7）分析产生变化的原因。

（3）topic sentence: general statements of three reasons;(4)(5)(6)(7)list the three reasons in detail
(8)While computers are of great assistance to the students, and therefore, are indispensable tools, they also pose some challeng es. (9)The biggest challenge that many students face is discipline in the use of this powerful device. (10)That is, students need t o have the discipline of not allowing themselves to be lured by the entertaining aspects of this wonderful tool-aspects that can r esult in addiction to computer games or viewing of undesirable material on the Internet. (11)That is to say, students need to use this powerful tool with great wisdom!
第三段(8) ——(11):存在的问题和建议（8）实事求是地肯定其作用的同时提出计算机给学生带来的考验。

（9）概述（10）扩展（11）提出建议。

Student Use of Mobile Phones。