雅思 图表作文写作技巧范文

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Task1图表作文写作技巧（一）

一、认识图表作文

20分钟150单词，占写作考试总分值的三分之一，描述一个或几个图表。

线性图（line graph/chart）；柱状图（bar graph/chart）；饼状图（pie graph/chart）；表格（table）；流程图（process diagram）Table:

Fig. 1 Pie chart and line graph: sales and share prices for Coca-Cola

Fig. 2 Preferred leisure activities of Australian children

Fig. 3 Underground Railways Systems in Six Cities

二、图表作文审题要素

1.描述对象

整个图表的数据都是针对描述对象的。图表的上方标题一般会指示描述对象。弄清描述对象非常重要，因为在行文时，需要频繁地用到它。

如：sales of Coca Cola, share price of Coca Cola, the preferred leisure activities of Australian kids aged 5-14, wages growth rate。

2.描述单位

对于有X轴(horizontal axis)和Y轴(vertical axis)的图表，描述单位一般在Y轴以符号的形式标明。

弄清描述单位对于数据的准确描述非常关键，把握不准的话就容易被当做跑题。一般要弄清数字（number）和百分比（percentage; proportion）的区别。另外，记住几个常用的单位缩写符号：$: dollar

bn: billion

m: million 或metre

km: kilometre

%: percentage / proportion 区别：per cent

,000s: thousand

比如，第一页的描述单位：bottle / percentage (pie chart), dollar (line chart), percentage (bar chart) 三、图表作文标准结构

Part 1 开头段，介绍写作目的，需包含四个要素：

图表类型

主要描述动词

describe, show, present, depict, indicate, represent

compare / make a comparison between …

描述对象

背景信息（地点+ 时间）

例如：

The line graph gives some detailed information about the wages growth rate of some country over a

decade from 1993 to 2003.

The pie charts below show the percentage of men and women who smoked in Australia during a 40-year

period, between 1960 and 2000.

Part 2 主体段：1 + N结构

1: 一句话概括总趋势或总特征（general trend or feature）

套句：… have shown striking changes/differences.

N: N段（N≥1）细节描述（striking trends or features）

Part 3 结尾段

结尾段给出结论。结尾段是可选的，如果时间紧张或前面几段字数已够的话可以省去不写。甚至

总趋势或总特征描述段也可以不写。

示例：

The graph below gives information on wages of some country over a ten-year period. Write a report for a university tutor describing the information shown.

The line graph describes the growth rate of wages in some country from year 1993 to year 2003.

As can be seen from the graph, the wage growth rate shows a feature of significant fluctuation within the decade.

The growth starts at two per cent in 1993, but it doesn’t stay there very long before it rapidly doubles in 1994. Further on, the percentage declines to three per cent in 1995, stays steady for a year, before it starts to rise slowly and ends up at just under four per cent in 1997. 1998 is the best year where the wages rate peaks at six per cent.

However, after 1998 the wages rate declines nearly every year. Only a year after, the percentage drops to well under three per cent, stays there at roughly three per cent till 2000. In 2002 the wages rate reaches the lowest point of just one per cent growth. Luckily the growth rises in 2003 to just under two per cent.

Overall, the growth rate in wages in some country has shown striking changes through the ten years. (183 words)

TIPS

1.时间段的表达（例：1993—2003）

between 1993 and 2003

from 1993 to 2003

over / during the years / period between 1993 and 2003

over / during the years / period from 1993 to 2003

over / during the years / period spanning from 1993 through 2003

over + 一段时间

2.1+N中的1（总趋势或总特征）的引出结构：

As can be seen, …

As can be seen from the graph, …

According to the graph, …

The graph leads us to the fact that …

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