《英语图表作文.doc

图表作文第一节 图表作文的类型 　　图表作文可分为两大类：表作文和图作文。 　This is a pie chart of the average weekly expenditure of a family in Great Britain. As can be see from the chart, the main expenditure of an average British family is spent on food, which accounts for 25% of its total expenditure. The next two significant expending items are transport and housing, which are 15% and 12% respectively. If we take into account clothing and footwear, which makes up 10%, the four essentials of life, that is, food, transport, housing, and clothing and footwear, amount to 62% of the total expenditure. 第二节 图表作文的出题形式 例1 题目：Changes in People’s Diet 　　Study the following table carefully and your composition must be based on the information given in the table. Write three paragraphs to : 　　1. state the changes in people’s diet (饮食) in the past five years; 　　2. give possible reasons for the changes; 　　3. draw your own conclusions. 　　You should quote as few figures as possible.例2 题目：Car Accidents Declining in Walton City　　Remember that your composition must be written according to the following outline; 　　1. Rise and fall of the rate of car accidents as indicated by the graph; 　　2. Possible reason(s) for the decline of car accidents in the city; 　　3. Your predictions of what will happen this year. 　　Your composition should be no less than 120 words and you should quote as few figures as possible.例3 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Health Gain in Developing Countries. Your composition must be no less than 120 words and you should base your composition on the following instructions (given in Chinese): 　　1. 以下图为依据描述发展中国家的期望寿命(life expectancy)和婴儿死亡率(infant mortality)的变化情况 　　2. 说明引起变化的各种原因 　　从以上例子可见，图表作文一般在题目中给出作文的标题和一个或几个统计表格、圆形图、曲线图或条形图，有时还用英文或中文提纲的形式给出提示，要求我们： 　　1)用文字描述图表，客观解释图表中所传递的信息，并找出某种规律或趋势; 2)就图表中所反映的某种趋势或问题分析其原因或后果。第三节 图表作文的写作要领 　　图表作文着重说明事实，常常是通过对图表中所反映的具体数据的说明、分析、比较，对某种事物或现象的事实或变化情况等加以说明，并提出结论或看法。因此，图表作文常常采用议论文体的写作方法。 　　写好图表作文，关键在于能否读懂图表中所提供的信息，把握各信息间的联系，