1. 对比分析,寻找数据的变化规律(主题句) 横向和纵向比较:
从横向看,同一类(如事物A)数据随时间变化是升还是降,升降的幅度多大; 从纵向看,不同类别(如事物A、B、C)的变化是相似还是相反,从中寻找规律. E,g,
(1) Great changes have been taking place in (eg. people's diet, student use of computer...) from (eg. 1995 to 2000).
(2) In recent years, the time students using computers has increased greatly. 1) 总括性描述
As can be seen from the table, great changes have been taking place in ... From the above table it can be seen that... As it is shown in the table,...
According to the graph, ...
It is clear from the table that ... The survey shows/suggests that ...
According to the figures given in the table ... A study showed ...
As you may see from the diagram,...
The two charts above tell us something about ...
2. 筛选数据. 挑选有说服力的数据,主要是首尾两端数字或其增减值. e.g. direction 1
grain:The percentage of grain consumption decreased gradually, from 49 per cent in 1986 to 45 per cent in 1990.
Milk&meat: The same is the case with meat. or
The amount of grain in people's diet has decreased by 4%.
However, the amount of milk has increased 3%and that of meat has increased 4%.
More words and sentences on describing the trend/change
上升：increase, rise, ascend, core, surge, go up, climb, mount, level up 下降: decrease, fall, drop, descend, decline, reduce ,lessen, level, down 平稳: stable, steady, remain steady/stable; /maintain/keep/be the same as/similar to ; little/hardly any /no change
最高点: the highest, the top, the summit, the peak, the most 最低点: bottom, less, least, rock bottom
增长/减少了5% increase/decrease by... 从3%增长到5% increase from ... to... 从1998年平稳增长 increase steadily from …
在1998年有明显的增长 There was a marked increase in ... 在1998年增长迅速 There has been a rapid increase in ...
an increase of / a decline in ...
保持稳定 appear stable
在1998年达到5000000 reach 5,000 million in 1998 持续增长 continue to grow
自从1998年就增长越来越快 has been growing faster and faster since ... 从2000年的5%降到2008年的3% have decreased from 5% in 2000 to 3% in
2008.
占: occupy， take up， account for, gain
表示 变化程度的词：
sudden/suddenly 突然的，意外的
rapid/rapidly 迅速的，飞快的，险峻的 dramatic/dramatically 戏剧性的，生动的
significant/significantly 有意义的，重大的，重要的 sharp/sharply 明显的，急剧的 steep/steeply 急剧升降的
steady/steadily 稳固的，坚定不移的 gradual/gradually 渐进的，逐渐的 slow/slowly 缓慢的，不活跃的 slight/slightly 轻微的、略微地 stable/stably 稳定的
描述增减变化常用的句型
① Compared with … is still increased by … ② The number of … grew/rose from … to …
③ An increase is shown in …; then came a sharp increase of … ④ In … the number remains the same/drops to …
⑤ There was a very slight (small/slow/gradual) rise/increase in 1990. ⑥ There was a very steady (marked/sharp/rapid/sudden/ dramatic) drop (decrease/decline/fall/reduction) in 1998/ compared with that of last year).
3. 强调数据间的关系,突出变化,使论证更有力. e.g. direction 2
But in 2000, students spent nearly 20 hours per week on the computer. This number was ten times that of 1990 and five times that of 1995. 用倍数或比例更能说明问题,给人留下深刻印象.
in contrast 相反，大不相同 in conclusion adv. 最后，总之 in comparison 相比之下
inversely adv. 相反地，倒转地
1. As can be seen
clearly from the chart, the market
share taken by domestic brands(国内品牌的市场份额) ascended markedly（明显上升） from 25% in 2008 （2008年的25%）to nearly 39% in 2009(2009年的39%), while conversely（正相反）, the market share owned by （由…占有）Japanese car brands dropped by （下降了10%） from 35% in 2008 to 25% in 2009. What’s more, the market share taken by American car brands remained stable （保持稳定）. / (有上升趋势，从10%上升到15%)is on the upward trend, from
10% to nearly 15%.
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