海思外语英语教学系列：英文曲线图描述范例

海思外语英语教学系列：英文曲线图描述范例

Possible answer:

The line graph illustrates the data about people at a London subway station from 6.00 am to 10.00 pm.

As we can see from the line graph, the number of people using this station fluctuates over these 16 hours. More specifically, at 6 am the number of people stands at 100, and then it increases significantly over the next two hours, peaking at 400 at 8 am. After that, the number drops quickly to less than 200 at 10 o'clock. Between 10.00 and 12.00, there is a slight growth in the figure of people in the station, reaching 280 at noon. As for the next two hours, the number changes a little, at just under 300. From 14.00 in the afternoon, the figure experiences a rapid decline from 300 to 100 at 16.00. However, it is followed by a sudden rise to approximately 380 at 6.00 pm, which is the second highest point across the day. After 6.00 pm, the number falls again, reaching the bottom of 130 at 8 .00 pm. From 8 pm to 10 pm, there is a slight rise at first to about 180, and finally the data declines again to 135 at 10 pm.

Overall, the graph shows that the station is most crowded in the early morning and early evening periods.

Possible answer:

The graph shows changes in the amount of three fast foods, namely, hamburger, fish & chips and pizza consumed in the UK between 1970 and 1990.

From the line graph we can see that hamburger and fish & chips both increased significantly while pizza experienced a slight decrease. More specifically, in 1970, the most popular fast food was pizza, with over 300g consumed each week, which is followed by a gradual decline to a little more than 200 in 1990, although there was a slight rise from 200 in 1986 to 210 in 1990.

The numbers of hamburger and fish&chips were almost the same, with 40 and 80 respectively in 1970. However, in the following two decades, they all went up. Specifically, the consumption of hamburger, overtaking that of pizza in 1983, increased dramatically to the highest point in 1990 (approximately 500). The number of fish & chips, whose figure became more than that of pizza in 1986, also rose, but much less significantly to just below 300.

In conclusion, there was a slight drop in the consumption of pizza, yet that of hamburger and fish & chips increased dramatically.