高考英语书面表达：如何写好图表作文？

图表作文多以说明文和议论文为主；考查时要求同学们根据所给的图表、数据等进行分析、研究、阅读其中的文字和说明，弄清各种信息之间的关系，提炼要点，然后组织语言进行写作，得出令人信服的结论，必要时还要加入自己的观点。时态方面除特定的时间用过去时外，常用一般现在时。

表格(table)、曲线图(line graph)、柱形图(bar chart)与饼形图(pie chart)。

图表作文通常是三段式。

1.第一段分析图表中的数据变化反映出的问题或趋势，简要叙述图表所揭示的信息。常用词汇：table, chart, figure, graph, describe, tell, show, represent等。

2.第二段分析原因。在描写数据间变化及总趋势特征时，可采用分类式或对比式以支持主题，并阐明必要的理由，且要注意层次清楚。常用词汇：rise, drop, reduce, fall , rise, increase, decrease, on the contrary, as…as…, compared to/with, the same as, be similar to, be different from, in contrast to

3.第三段提出解决问题的办法或建议。常用词汇：in a word, in short, generally speaking, it is clear from the chart that, we can

draw the conclusion that等。

另外，还应注意以下几个问题：

◆文章应包括图表所示内容，但不必全部写到；

◆叙述调查结果时要避免重复使用百分比；

◆最重要的是要有表明自己观点的句子。

1、How to begin your passage 直接点明本图表所反映主题.

(1) According to the table / chart/ graph, we can see/conclude that …

(2) The table/ graph/ data shows/ indicates/ points out that …

(3)As we can see from the table, …

As can be seen from the graph, …

As is shown in the chart, ….

2. How to interpret the related information 分析数据间的主要差异及描述趋势

increase/ rise / climb / go up / jump/ rocket/ double

decrease/ go down/ drop/ fall/ decline/ reduce

remain stable/ go on steadily/ stay the same

steady/steadily; slow/slowly; slight/slightly;

gradual/gradually；rapid/rapidly; sudden/suddenly;

significant/significantly；dramatic/dramatically;

sharp/sharply

80%: eighty percent

1/2: half of the…

3/4 : three fourths of the…

是…的两倍: double that of…/ is twice that of…

剩余的: the rest（谓语形式依据所指代的名词单复而定）

①3/4的学生喜欢体育运动。

Three fourths of the students love sports

②70％的地球表面被水覆盖。

70％of the surface of the earth is covered by water.

③今年的房价比两年前翻了一番。

The price of houses this year doubles that of two years ago.

The price of houses this year is twice that of two years ago.

--Compared with A，B increased by …

Compared with last year, our cost of this year dramatically increased by 11%.

--The percentage of …is larger / smaller than that of…

The percentage of the students who take part-time jobs in holidays is slightly larger than that of the past.

--There was a drop/fall/rise/an increase in…

There was a gradual increase in the number of teachers who go to have further education.

--30% of the students think that ...

--Half of the students hold the view that ...

--There are 40% of students who find/insist that ...

--It is believed by 20% of the students that ...

3. How to end a passage 归纳总结或发表评论。

⑴in a word, / in short, / generally speaking,

⑵It's clear from the chart that...,

⑶We can draw the conclusion that...,

⑷We can learn/know...

①简而言之，毫无疑问人们未来的饮食会有巨大的变化。

In a word, there is no doubt that there will be great changes in people's diets in the future.

②It is clear from the chart that as incomes increase people can afford to live more comfortably and eat well.

③In conclusion, the upward trends suggest that more and

more computer users will have access to Internet in the future.

④In summary, smoking increased three different times and declined twice, with the last downward trend still continuing.

1.From the graph/data/result/information above, it can be seen/concluded/shown/estimated…

2.The graph shows the changes in the number of …over the period from…to…

3.According to the graph, we can see/conclude that…

4.The number sharply went up to…

5.The percentage of…stayed the same between…

6.The figure reached the peak/bottom…

7.The bar chart describes obvious changes in the…

8.The survey shows that more than half of the…

9.From the graph, we can see that there were two peaks of…in…

10.One peak was in…with the number of…The other was in…, with the number of…

11.From …the number of…had been decreasing till it reached the lowest point of the year in…

12.It can be seen from the chart that a very noticeable trend

from 2000 to 2010 was…

13. As is suggested/ unfolded/ demonstrated/ illustrated/ mirrored in the above chart, with the sharp rise in the …

14.Recently, a survey has been done to find out…In this survey, …were interviewed. They were asked…

15.As can be seen from the diagram, great changes have taken place in…

1.The total number was lowered by …

2.It was decreased by …than that of the last year.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/a87343030.html,pared with …, it fell from …to …

4.It has decreased almost …compared with …

1.There is an increase of …in total this year.

2.It would be expected to increase …

3.It rose from…to…of the total this year.

4.It has increased by…as compared with…

5.The number is 5 times as much as that of 2005.

6.The table shows a three times increase over that of last year.

1.There are two main reasons for…

2.The reasons why…are as follows.

3.Here are the reasons accounting for…

4.It will bring about an unfavorable influence on…

5.It may produce a great change in…

6.It may result in many different aspects.

7.The great effect/impact these changes have on…is obvious/ apparent.

8.And perhaps the most direct result of…is that…

Recently a survey has been done to find out the reading interests of senior middle school students. In this survey, one thousand senior middle school students from ten schools in Hubei Province were interviewed. They were asked which they liked reading most among the four categories of English articles: news, stories, popular science articles and articles about learning methods.

The survey shows that more than half of the students like to read news most. Twenty-six percent of the students say that English stories are their favorite. Only seven percent of the students are most interested in reading articles about learning methods. However, the number of students who enjoy reading popular science articles doubles that of those who prefer reading articles about learning methods.

Dear Sir or Madam,

I feel delighted to know that New Zealand Environmental Protection Association will host a four-week eco-tour to New Zealand. As an environmental volunteer, I sincerely want to participate in this activity.

I’m Li Hua, a Senior Three student studying in Guangming Middle School. I am an easy- going and hard-working boy/girl. What interests me most is eco-tour. I have taken part in many eco-tour activities, which give me a deep impression, motivating me to contribute to our environment. At the same time I can speak English fluently and easily communicate with the local people.

The aim for me to apply for this activity is to understand how to develop an eco-tour in New Zealand. And I hope that I will have some opportunities to pay a visit to some eco-tour bases to have a better understanding of their eco-tour system I’m greatly convinced that I will benefit a lot from this four-week eco-tour, which will have a long-lasting influence on my environmental volunteer service. I’d appreciate it if you can take my application into consideration.

Looking forward to hearing your reply.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua