高考英语书面表达：如何写好图表作文？

对图表作文的命题方式、写作结构、参考句式以及具体的写作指导做了详细全面的分析与系统化讲解。

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

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对图表作文的命题方式、写作结构、参考句式以及具体的写作指导做了详细全面的分析与系统化讲解。

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

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对图表作文的命题方式、写作结构、参考句式以及具体的写作指导做了详细全面的分析与系统化讲解。

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） ① 3/4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%.

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对图表作文的命题方式、写作结构、参考句式以及具体的写作指导做了详细全面的分析与系统化讲解。

--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

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对图表作文的命题方式、写作结构、参考句式以及具体的写作指导做了详细全面的分析与系统化讲解。

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

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