大学英语写作“图表描写”常用句型
大学英语写作“图表描写”常用句型
描写图表不是要考生把图表中的数据全部写出来。由于数据只起说明问题的材料作用，因此要对其有所挑选。一个不漏地描述数据，不仅会让读者感到你的表达冗长、枯燥，而且会感觉你的表述不得要领，偏离重点。因此，只要把最能说明问题的数据描述出来就可以了。要做到对数据的描写有针对性，就必须用一句话把图表中所反映的问题或现象或趋势归纳出来，尽量放在文章开头表达清楚，这样做有一针见血之功能，也便于下面引用数据来阐述。
1.According to (As can be seen from / As shown in / It is clear / apparent from) the chart
(graph / table / diagram / figure / statistics), ……
2.The chart (graph / table / diagram) reveals (shows / suggests) that ……
3.From the statistics (information) given in the table (graph / chart), we can estimate
(see / conclude) that ……
4.The number (percentage / figure) of …… nearly (almost) doubled, as compared with
that of last year.
5.The figure (number / percentage) increased (dropped / decreased) more than (almost
/ about) six times (twice) compared with…
6.The percentage (number) is twice (4 times / half) as much as that (those) of 1990.
7.The rate (number) was X percent, le (more) than a half (third / quarter) of the 1998
total.
8.By comparison with 1990, it shot up (jumped / increased / rose / decreased / dropped /
fell) by X percent (from X to Y percent / to X percent).
9.By 1998, le than (more than / almost / about / over / as many as / nearly)
three-quarters of (X percent of / one out of five / one in four / one half of) housewives (graduates / young couples / the number of students).
10.A has almost (nearly / about / over) a quarter / half / twice / one third) as many
students as (as much money as) B.
11.During the period 1970—1999 (From 1910 to 1974 / Since 1980 / Since the early
1980s) there was (has been) sudden jump (sharp rise / dramatic increase / a marked fluctuation / steady decrease / slight decline / gradual reduction / fall) in the number of people who… / personal income / college population.
