高中英语写作专题 图表写作
Basic Writing: Chart Guidance Teaching objectives:
1. Let the students know how to describe charts/graphs. 2. Learn the basic structure of describing charts.. Step 1 Lead-in
1. Show the compositions of 2012,2013 and 2014 in Jiangsu Province 2. Some common charts:
3. Two basic types: 1. to show percentages:
2. to show some changes or trends: Step 2 Presentation
How to organize the passage and interpret the information
范例一：素质教育的春风已徐徐吹来，学校号召同学们发展多方面业余爱好。下面的饼状图（pie chart）显示了对学生兴趣爱好的调查结果，请你用英语写一篇短文，短文内容必须包括表中提供的所有信息。
写作指导 人称: 时态:
要点:
题干及表中的信息内容
篇章结构: 1. 2. 3.
Quality-oriented Education is being carried out in our province now. Our school calls on us to develop varieties of hobbies and interests. A recent survey shows what the students of our school like to do in their spare time .
◆How to begin your passage
We can see from the chart/table/… that… As can be seen from the graph … From the chart we can find out that….
句型应用1: 从图中我们可以发现53%的学生喜欢运动。
We can see from the chart that .
扩展润色句子: 从图中我们可以发现53%的学生喜欢运动，那表明做运动是我们学校最受欢迎的活动。 We can see from the chart that 53% of the students sports，which suggests that . ◆How to interpret the related information:
常用句式：1. A has the highest percentage/ figure in the three..., followed by B and C. 2. ...accounts for 30% of the total ...
句型应用2: 四种爱好中，做运动占最大的比例，其次是上网。
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Doing sports 句型应用3: 上网占总业余爱好的36%。
Surfing the Internet 扩展润色句子：第二受学生欢迎的活动是上网，占总业余爱好的36%。
is surfing the Internet, which accounts for 36% of the total hobbies.
◆How to end a passage: 常用表达：
1. In a , / in short,（简而言之）/ speaking（总的来说）. 2. ________ summary, it is important…
3. From what has been discussed above, we can (得出结论）that… 4. （很明显地）, if we want to…, it is necessary…
5. (毫无疑问) attention must be paid to… 6. I (建议) that the government should take effective measures to do… 7. （就个人而言）, I think the “golden week” should remain, for…
范例二：某城市近年每百人中手机用户增长示意图。根据所给图表，简要描述某城市近年每百人中手机用户增长情况，试分析其增长原因并发表你的观点。 审题:
人称: 时态: 要点: 1. 2. 3. 4.
篇章结构: 1. 2. 3.
◆How to begin your passage：
General description直接点明本图表所反映主题.
整体描述—General description
从图中我们能够看出拥有手机的人的数量在增加。
We can see from the chart that . The chart above shows . ◆How to interpret the related information： 具体描写，要体现出数据之间的变化—Facts 增长、减少、平稳的表达: 表示上升的动词： 表示上升的名词： 表示下降的动词： 表示下降的名词： 表示平稳的词：
表示变化的形容词、副词
平缓：steady/steadily smooth/smoothly gradual/gradually
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轻微：slight/slightly slow/slowly
急剧：sudden/suddenly rapid/rapidly sharp/sharply 描述有无增减变化常用句型：（Facts） An increase:
1. There was an increase of 40 per cent. 2. The price has gone up by 5 per cent. A decrease:
1. The figure /amount/rate decreased by 16.5%. No change:
1. There was no change.
2. The figure/percentage remained/stayed the same. Trends:
1. There was a great /slight increase /rise in… 2. The figures show a steady increase/decrease.
3. Sales rose/fell/slowly/sharply/smoothly/gradually. A range:
1. The sales figures vary between 40% and 50%. =The sales figures vary from 40% to 50%. 2. The rate dropped slightly from …to …
3. By comparison with…,it decreased/fell/increased from…to… 句型应用:
1. According to the first column, only 10 percent of the population owned mobile phones in 1997. 2. In 1999 the number doubled, reaching 20 in 100. (1) It increased 10% in 1999.
(2) In 1999, it was 10% than of 1997.
3. The people owning mobile phones in 2001 were 5 times as many as those in 1997.
(1) There was a great in 2001— the rate reached up to 50%. (2) The number became larger and larger—20% in 1999 and 50% in 2001. 4. Three years later, 80 percent of the citizens had the magic tools.
(1) By comparison with 2001, it 50% 80% in 2004. (2) In 2004, 80% of the people enjoyed the convenience offered by the mobile phones. 分析原因:
1. There are several reasons accounting for it. 2. One may think of the change as a result of…
3. The change in…largely results from the fact that…
4. There are several causes of this significant growth in….Firstly,…Secondly,… 5. This brings out the important fact that… ◆How to end a passage
Step 3: Draw a conclusion and assign homework 实践演练
阅读下面图表，以“Changes in the Ways People Spent Their Holidays”为题写一篇150字左右的短文
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高中英语写作专题 图表写作
