图表写作
图表作文的三个评分标准——任务的完成情况;连贯与衔接;词汇和句子结构 第一节 图表作文写作策略
1 语言要求 ——语法错误不要太多,凸显稍微的句子复杂性即可 用词要有复杂性
雅思考试学术类常考的图形基本包括饼形图 pie chart(如图 1 所示);曲线图 line chart(如图2 所示);柱状图,也称条形图 bar chart(如图 3 所示);数据表 table of figures。在正式考试中,学生还可以根据需要使用 graph或者 diagram来替换 chart,以避免文字上的重复。
近年来的考题中,经常把图表融合在一起考查,考生可以分段介绍每个不同表格反映的趋势并以数据支持,结尾段则可以简单对照两幅图的不同趋势。在图表作文中,考生常常容易陷入一个误区,就是机械地记录图表内容,就好像记流水账一样。
图表会比样表相对复杂。 图表作文的误区:1. 只有数字,没有趋势的支持,例如:Registered Marriages in Scotland, 1960-1995
只是罗列数据:In 1960 there were about nine thousand marriages in Scotland, in 1970 there were about three thousand marriages, in 1980 there were two thousand five hundred marriages.
范例:The number of marriages in Scotland fell very sharply between1960~1970, and continued to decline until around 1985 though at a slower rate. From 1985 onwards there was a
gradual increase in the number of marriages which then leveled off in 1994.
趋势就好比论点,数据就好比论据,其实范例也缺少了数据的支持 范例可以修改为:The number of marriages in Scotland fell very sharply from 9, 000 in 1960 to 3, 000 in 1970, and continued to decline at a slower rate until around 2, 000 in 1985. From 1985 onwards there was a gradual increase in the number of marriages which then leveled off at 3, 500 in 1994.
这两段文字一经对比就可以发现哪一个更能展示考生分析问题的能力以及语言水平。 在描写图表时切忌反复使用同一句型,只单纯记录数据而不进行趋势描写或对照与对比。