101天福利!教你快速搞定图表作文
众所周知,图表作文是考研英语二写作PARTB部分的常考题型。其写作要求通常包括图表描述与图表评论两部分。在这两项任务中,图表描述更是成为广大考生的薄弱环节。鉴于此,研学姐整理出了描述图表的高频术语,为2016考研学子们送来一些福利。1.图表及图表类型1图表:chart,graph,diagram;2各类图表:表格:table;柱形图:barchart或columnchart;饼形图:piechart;线形图:linechart或curvechart;2.表达图表中数据动态变化的名词或动词1"数字数据"相关1thenumberofsth.2data,statistics,figures3hundred,thousand,million,billion4around,over,appropriately2表达"上升"1常见词汇increase→名词形式increaserise不规则动词rise→rose→risen→名词形式risegrow不规则动词grow→grew→grown→名词形式growthgoup注意以下短语数量上的区别:increaseby+数字上升到...increaseto+数字上升了...reachto+数字达到...2其他词汇climb:rise,usuallyslowly爬升leap:moveoractquicklyorsuddenly跳跃,剧增rocket:increaseveryrapidly迅速增加3地道表达double,triple3表达"下降"1常见词汇decrease名词形式decreasedrop名词形式dropfall不规则动词fall→fell→fallen→名词形式falldecline名词形式declinegodown2其他词汇plunge:fallsteeply跳水,猛跌plummet:dropsharply垂直落下sink:tofall,drop,ordescendgraduallytoalowerlevel下沉,沉没dip:declineslightlyandusuallytemporarily下沉4表达"波动"fluctuate名词形式fluctuationgoupanddownriseandfall5表达"保持平稳"remainstable或remainconstantleveloff=movetowardstabilityorconsistency趋向平稳3.描述数据变化方向和幅度的形容词配合名词、副词配合动词1变化快、剧烈、明显dramatic,drastic,sharp,steep,quick,rapid,sudden,significant,considerable2变化慢、微弱、不明显slight,moderate,modest,slow,marginal,gradually,steady4.常用短语:"动词配副词"和"形容词配名词"1v.+adv.declineslowlygrowdramaticallyfluctuatesharply2adj.+n.aslowdeclineadramaticgrowthasharpfluctuationaslightincreaseasignificantincrease3ona+adj.+n例如:如上述柱形图所示,过去二十年间中国城镇人口已经显著上升。该句至少有以下两种表达:1)Asisrevealedintheabovebarchart,theurbanpopulationinChinahasgrowdramaticallyinthepasttwodecades.2)Asisrevealedintheabovebarchart,theurbanpopulationinChinahasbeenonadramaticgrowthinthepasttwodecades.对于备考图表作文的考生来讲,掌握以上图表术语及相关表达可以快速帮助大家提升描述图表作文的专业性、规范性与丰富性,从而让自己的作文变身"高富帅",在考试中取得更理想的成绩!