大学英语四级图表作文概要.ppt

To account for this phenomenon, people have come up with various reasons as listed below. In the first place, with the drop in prices of computers, more students could afford computers, therefore they could spend much more time with computers. In the second place, the computers were applied to wider and wider use and students had to take advantage of this modern invention. Last but not the least important, the development of society pushed computers into more dormitories. Whatever the reason, there are still some problems with student use of computers. To begin with, many students still have no computers of their own. What’s more, many students use computers only to play e-games and browse porn websites, which causes harm to their mind. For this part, you are allowed30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Education Pays based on the statistics provided in the chart below(weekly earnings/ unemployment rate of 2010). Please give a brief description of the chart first and then make comments on it. 实战演练 * 图表的类型主要有下列几种：简称“三图一表”即柱状图（Bar Graph/Chart）、线形图(Line Graph)、饼状图(Pie Graph)和表格(Table)各种表格具有不同的形式和特点 * 写图表作文时，要注意遵循以下： 认真分析图表的含义，弄清图表中所含的信息 及不同信息间的关系； 2）确定主题思想，构思出文章的基本框架，筛选出能说明图表主题思想的典型数据； 3）编列文章的提纲；　　 4）根据文章的提纲，将各段的提纲内容扩展成段落，然后将各个段落组成文章，注意段与段之间的衔接与过渡；　　 5）检查与修改。 * 通过看提示，明确要写议论文还是说明文。纯说明文，即单纯描写图表中数据的变化特点，最后归纳总结；而要求先描写数据变化，再分析变化背后的原因，最后要表达作者的个人看法、预测未来发展趋势或提出解决问题的为说明+议论。后者在最近几年的四级考试中出现较多。 写图表作文时，常采用三段式的谋篇方式。文章的第一段往往分析图表中的数据变化反映什么问题或趋势，概述图表所揭示的信息。第二段分析造成这一问题或趋势的原因。第三段则展望未来的情况或提出解决问题的办法或建议。这一结构可以简单地表述为： * * 图表题（table, bar graph, pie chart, line graph） 图表题的写作逻辑结构： Paragraph I:（1）概括描述图表：趋势描写； （2）具体描述图表：必要数据支持（细节性）。 Paragraph II:（1）提出自己理由和观点（本段主题句）； （2）细节性分论点（主要是原因，用于支持自己的观点，至少两点）。 Paragraph III:（1）预测未来和提出解决方法； （2）总结全文和表达作者自己观点 图表题的适用句型： 1. As we can see from the chart/ graph/ table/ diagram, ... 2. The chart/ graph shows/ displays that ... 3. As can be shown in the table ..., 4. The figures/ statistics in