图表作文句型

第一类: 对比句

1．In 2007, only 11% of Indian households had air-conditioning, compared with/to 86% in the US. ---大小数据对比

2．Teachers’ salary was the largest cost of the school, while/whereas the amount of money spent on books was the smallest.—特点的对比

3. The cost of food accounted for the largest proportion of the family expenses (40%), followed by the cost of gasoline (25%) and the money spent on education and training (15%).

4. 标准比较句

The proportion of people choosing rock music was considerably/slightly larger than that of people who were in favor of classical music, at respectively 60% and 17%.

considerably---significantly

slightly---narrowly

5. 总分关系

Singapore has a population of about 4 million people, with Chinese accounting for 3 quarters. –其中---切入点关键句

The total sales of Coke reached 17.1 billion dollars in 2000, with North America having the largest proportion which was 34%, compared with only 7% in Africa and Middle East.

6. Similar的代替

The difference between the spending on entertainment and sightseeing is barely noticeable. –差距非常小

In Germany, the proportion of people buying pop and rock music varied slightly, constituting 20% and 27% respectively. –差别不大

第二类：变化类

基础变化

1). 主语saw a形容词名词

The proportion of elderly people saw a considerable increase during the 20-year period from 5% to 17%.

Both the popularity of beef and lamb saw/showed an increasing trend.

The UK saw a remarkable increase in terms of the number of tourists from overseas.

2). 动词+副词

The use of mobile phones increased dramatically, rising from 55% to 80%. Increased-rose-grew

Decreased-fell-declined

Dramatically-substantially-considerably-slightly-marginally-steadily

3). There was a 形容词+名词in………

There was a dramatic increase in the use of mobile phones.

2. 特殊变化—可遇而不可求

1). The proportion of elderly people aged over 65 almost doubled/tripled, rising from 9% in 2000 to 16% in 2005. –成倍增长

2). The number of wild birds in the UK halved, declining from 5 million to 2.5 million. ---减少一半

3). Between 1995 and 2000, the amount of goods transported by road remained relatively stable, at approximately 70 million tons.

3. 复杂句

1). 先…..再…..

The cost of books had increased to 23% by 1991 before decreasing to only 9% by the end of the period.

2). 总体来看……，尽管……

In general, the share price saw a dramatic increase from 35 dollars in 1996 to 80 dollars in 1998, despite a noticeable decrease in 1997.

3). 起伏波动

The number of prisoners in the US fluctuated wildly, ranging between 80,000 in 1950 and 120,000 in 1980.

4). 最明显变化

This rise was particularly noticeable between 1999 and 2005, during which time the use of mobile phones almost tripled.