研究生英语图表作文PPT.ppt

Choose the most important points to write about first To be continued… What is bar chart? Part Two Content What is pie chart? An application example How to describe? 1. What is pie chart? 2. Pay attention Common expression Some useful vocabularies The description of the graph The example analysis A?pie chart ?(or a circle chart) is a circular statistical graphic ?which is divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportion. Pie charts are relatively straightforward as they only usually have a few sections though this is not always the case. What is pie chart chart? What is pie chart chart? Pay attention (1) Choose the most important points to write about first. Items such as ‘other’ are usually less important and account for small amounts, so can be left till the end. The values are often expressed in percentages but not always so be careful what scale you are using. (2) Always?group information?in a logical way to make it easy to follow and read. The most logical thing to do is usually to compare categories together?across the charts, focusing on similarities and differences, rather than writing about each chart separately. * * * * * * * Sales of our products had been on a gradual rise before reaching a plateau of 65 units and then falling slightly to 50 units in the last few months. How to describe? Common expression (single line graph) Sales of our products had fallen drastically during the first half of 2010 until finally hitting a low point of 10 units, after which sales rose slightly to 20 units. How to describe? Common expression (single line graph) For the first half of 2010,sales of our products were relatively unstable especially compared to the last half of the year in which sales remained constant at 50 units sold per month. How to describe? Common expression (single line graph) For the first three quarters, sales of our products remained the same at 40 units sold. It was only in the last quarter that sales incr