Graph Description 图表描述:

表示程度的副词：

1. 程度较大：

considerably，dramatically，greatly，markedly，obviously，quickly，rapidly，sharply，significantly，suddenly

2. 程度较小：slightly，gradually，slowly，steadily

时间的嵌入

in，from……to……，between…….and……，during……and……

at the start of ……，by the end of ……，at the end of ……

throughout ……

上升

1. 对于上升趋势的描述：

可以使用的动词或动词词组：to increase，to go up，to rise，to grow，to shoot，to pick up

可以使用的名词：an increase，a growth，a jump，an upward trend

2. 对于上升到某个位置的描述：

动词＋reaching + 具数据。

to peak at ＋ 具体数据

to climb to + 具体数据

3. 对于上升的程度的描述：

动词＋by ＋ 具体数据

动词＋副词。

下降

1. 对于下降趋势的描述：

可以使用的动词或动词词组：to fall，to decrease，to go down，to decline，to drop

可以使用的名词：a decrease，a fall，a decline，a drop

2. 对于下降到某个位置的描述：

动词＋to＋具体数据

动词＋reaching the bottom of +具体数据

动词＋reaching + 具体数据。

3. 对于下降程度的描述：

动词＋by ＋ 具体数据

用1. a. 中的动词＋副词。

对于平稳的趋势的描述：

可以使用的动词或动词词组：

to hardly change，to keep steady，to level off，to stay the same



上升和下降趋势的组合描述（嵌入了时间和程度之后）：

1. 先上升后下降的句型：

...... increased slowly during…… and ……， but fell sharply in …….

A steady fall in …… during …… and …… ，followed the sharp increase in …….

2. 先下降后上升的句型：

…… fell before …… began to make a recovery ……

…… continue the recovery, climbing to ……

…… dropped during …… but increased again in ……

…… fell and then pick up during ……

…… collapsed before rising to ……at the end of ……

3. 起伏波动的句型：…… fluctuated sharply all through ……

4. 波动不大的句型：…… hardly changed through the period between ……and ……

对于百分比进行描述所使用的句型：

…… accounts for ……% of the total

…… takes up ……% in the whole chart

趋势的比较

1. 表示相似的句型 ：

Both share prices rose sharply in January.

Neither company has made a profit yet.

Like X, Y fell in June.

X rose just as sharply as Y.

2. 表示差异的句型：

X fell sharply whereas/while Y remained steady.

X fell quickly compared to Y.

Unlike Y, X rose by 10%.

X rose far more dramatically than Y.

3. 表示倍数的句型：the …… doubled/tripled in …… compared with those in ……

数据的修饰

1. 表示不足的词或词组： almost，nearly

 表示超过的词或词组：over，more than

3. 表示大约的词：around，approximately

Examples:

Practice 1. The following graph shows the USA and European unemployment rates. Look at the curve for European men and prepare a short description using the approximations listed below: just over, approximately, roughly, well over.

Model version

In 1982, the unemployment rate for men in Europe stood at just over five percent of the Labor Force. By 1991 it was still approximately five percent, having been roughly stable throughout the period. Nevertheless, the unemployment rate for. European men can be seen to be well over that recorded for USA men, almost three percent higher in the period 1988 to 1990.

Practice 2 Use the graph below to give a short presentation on European consumer price changes in the five major countries between 1988 and 1991.

Model version

This morning Fm going to talk briefly about consumer price changes in five major countries during the period 1988 to 1991.

Let's look at 'the United States figures. As you can see, the annual change in consumer prices rose from around 4% in 1988 to just under 6% in 1990, before falling back to around 3% in 1991. Throughout this period, the United States had the second highest rate of inflation of the five countries considered.

Now, turning to France, we can see that consumer prices rose less quickly than those in Britain and the United States throughout this period. Inflation rose to over 3% in 1989 and 1990, before falling back to just over 2% in 1991. Indeed by 1991, the inflation rate in France had fallen below that in Germany and was now equal to that in Japan.

Practice 3 The graph below shows sales of a child's bicycle called the DBM. Using the information from the graph to write a brief report on the trends of the sales since the launch of the DBM in 1985.

Model version

The DBM bicycle was launched in 1985 and sales rose steadily over the following two year period, reaching a total of 40,000 units in 1987. Over the next 12 months sales fluctuated considerably, reaching a peak of around 50,000 units at the end of 1988. After that, the sales dropped dramatically, falling to just below 20,000 at the end of '89. A further drop was sustained over the following months, but after that the situation picked up and the sales increased quite sharply.

Practice 4: Describe the following graph using these words: after that, subsequently, afterwards.

Model version

The 2B3 was launched in 1986, and by 1987 sales had risen to just under 10,000. After that, sales rose quite sharply. At the end of 1987 they peaked momentarily at 30,000, before dropping slightly at the beginning of 1988. However, afterwards they picked up again and rose quite spectacularly until leveling out at about 55,000 at the end of 1989.

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