雅思小作文笔记

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

▪改变关键词的词性

▪改变关键词的位置

▪同义词替代

▪灵活加入图表中的其它文字信息

The graph provides information about the changes of crude oil price per barrel in US dollars since 1995 and predicts the tendency of the oil price till 2015.

开头段常用词汇：

▪The graph / the chart / the line graph shows …

▪The graph give past and future data concerning…

▪The graph demonstrates trends in/ an overview of/ trends in …Shows: indicates/ unfolds/ displays/ reveals/ reflects/ relates/ illustrates/ demonstrates/ describes/ depicts/ portray/ outlines/ provide an overview of…

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.

主体部分1+X句：第一句总结总体趋势，之后分步描述（起点，极值，终点）。

总体趋势：

Overall, oil prices increased by nearly four hundred percent from 1995 to 2010, with the most dramatic increase in the three years from 2006 to 2010 and this rise is predicted to continue into the future.

分步描述（起点+极值+终点）：

Prices started at twenty 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 the lowest point of about eighteen dollars during 2000. After that, there was a steady price rise, reaching about fifty dollars a barrel in 2006.

This was followed by a dramatic climb to one hundred dollars in 2009, and after that, the data continue to rise but slightly, finally reaching the highest point of 130 by 2015.

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

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

急剧上升：jump/ surge/ shoot up/ soar

下降

动词：fall to/ decrease to/ dip to/ drop to / go down to/ slumped to 名词：a fall in/ a decline in/ a decrease in/ a slump in/ a reduction in 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