大学英语四级作文-图表

(2) 图表作文

1）高分作文剖析

Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Living Expenditure

of College Students. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in

Chinese:

Year〖〗1990〖〗1995〖〗2000〖〗2005Food〖〗245%〖〗245%〖〗24%〖〗237%Clothes〖〗109%〖〗127%〖〗15%〖〗185%Transportation and Communication〖〗102%〖〗12%〖〗174%〖〗203%Entertainments〖〗75%〖〗75%〖〗135%〖〗17%1. 上图所示为1990年、1995年、2000年和2005年某校大学生生活费用的变化情况，请描述其变化

2. 请说明发生这些变化的原因

3. 你的看法

Living Expenditure of College Students

(1) Studying the above table carefully, we can see that in the past 15 years, there have been great

changes in college students living expenditure. (2) Expense on food is on the decline from 245% to 2005s 237% of all. (3) By contrast, the money spent on clothes, transportation,

communication and entertainments is on the rise. （抓住了表格变化的主要规律，具有高度的概括性）

(4) The essential reason for this phenomenon is probably the change of college students living

circumstances. (5) In the early 1990s, most of the students had little money to spend and therefore

they led a comparatively simple life on campus. (6) However, with the development of economy

these years, the overall living standard of Chinese people has been greatly improved. (7) So the

students in college own much more chances as well as money to enjoy a colorful campus life. (8)

Naturally, not worrying about basic living necessities, they pay more attention to clothes,

communication, entertainments, etc.（找到了导致这一变化的最根本原因，分析透彻）

(9) From my point of view, this kind of change is a necessary outcome of social development. (10)

As a college student, I can feel this change and enjoy my pleasant campus life.

2）常用表达

图表类型：饼型图 pie；柱型图 column, chart；线型图 graph, curve；统计表 table

上升: increase, rise, ascend, surge, go up, climb to, mount to

下降: decrease, fall, descend, drop, go down, decline

稳定: be stable, be steady, remain/maintain/keep the same as...

波动: fluctuate, rise and fall, go up and down

占据: occupy, take up, account for, gain the percentage of

波峰: the top, the summit, the peak

波谷: bottom

3） 常用句式

起始语

As is shown from the table/chart/graph ...

The table/chart/graph shows the difference between ...

From/According to the table/chart/graph, we can see that ...

数字的比较

—同级比较：A is twice as much/many as B.（A是B的二倍）

—比较级：A is three times larger than B. （A是B的四倍） —increase/decrease by/to 50%

时间（跨度）的描述

—over the period of 1978-2005

—during the past 5 years

—in the 7 years spanning from 1998 to 2005

评论语

—There is a rapid/dramatic/marked/sharp/steep...(slow/slight/small/gradual...) rise/ increase/

decrease/ drop/ fall ... in ...

描述原因（图表作文的第二部分往往要求分析图表呈现某种特点的原因）

—There are three reasons for this

—The reasons for this are as follows

—The reasons for this are obvious

—We have good reasons to believe that...

结束语

—According to the figures shown in the graph, we can conclude that...

—After considering the information in the graph，we might conclude that...

—Therefore/In conclusion/Thus/Finally, we may say that...

4）范文点评

范文一（CET4，2002-6）

1. 上图所示为1990年、1995年、2000年某校大学生使用计算机的情况，请描述其变化

2. 请说明发生这些变化的原因（可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明）

3. 你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题

『8分档』

Nowadays, computers are more and more popular, especially in the college students.（介词使用不当）we know that at 1990（介词使用不当） the average hours a student spends on the computer

per week are very low, just about 2 hours. As the time passed, the number at 1995 was as twice as

that at 1990（比较级结构错误）. However, this number explored（动词词义不符）to 20 at 2000,

which was 10 times as that in 1990.

Why have this change?（句子结构混乱） In my opinion, there are two causes. On one hand, the

computer is essential for study. Students can copy or download the contents of the subjects they

study, that （定语从句的连接词使用不当）is very convenient. On the other hand, the price of the

computer has been declining in recent years. So more and more students can afford it.

Computer is widely used, because more and more troubles have come up.（不合逻辑）Most

students dont have enough knowledge to use the computer when it has any trouble. And many

students play computer games day and night and it is harm to them.（词性错误）

In a word, computer has brought us lot of convenient.（词性错误）We should use it fully.

这篇作文的第一部分主要考查的是学生对图表的描述能力。而第二和第三部分则要求同学们能够就图表所提供的信息分析产生这些变化的原因，并结合实际提出存在的问题，其中第一部分是重点也是难点。本文得8分。频繁的语法错误是其致命的弱点。

『14分档』

Nowadays, computers are more and more popular, especially among the college students. A

survey held by a college shows that college students use computer more and more frequently. The

average number of student use of computer per week was 2 hours on average in 1990, and 4 hours