盤點(diǎn)各類圖表作文的描述重點(diǎn)分享

　　（一）表格：table

　　1.極值

　　1）Female literacy rate is the highest in Singapore. (注意，用highest而不是most)

　　2）Sri Lanka has the lowest proportion of women workforce. (注意，用lowest而不是most)

　　3）Food is the biggest item of expenditure for an average Australian family.

　　2.排序

　　1）Europeans are the leading ethnicity, followed by Asians, mixed races and others.

　　2）England is where the most books are bought with 81% of the market. Wales comes next with 10% closely followed by Scotland with 8%. Northern Ireland lies last with only 1% of the market.

　　（二）柱狀圖：bar chart/ column chart

　　柱狀圖中經(jīng)常需要對不同數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行對比

　　1.比較級

　　1）In managerial positions, there are more men than women.

　　2）A greater percentage of men than women are found in managerial positions.

　　3）The percentage of men employed in managerial positions is much larger than that of women in these occupations.

　　4）Women spend longer time on household work than men.

　　2.表示對比的句式

　　while / whereas / compared with

　　（三）餅狀圖：pie chart

　　1.百分之/百分比

　　1) percent

　　2) percentage

　　3) proportion, share, rate

　　2.分?jǐn)?shù)和百分比的轉(zhuǎn)換

　　為了避免數(shù)據(jù)描述的單調(diào)，有時可以用分?jǐn)?shù)來替代百分比，例如：

　　50% half

　　25% a quarter

　　75% three quarters

　　33% a third/ one third

　　67% two thirds

　　3.“占”的表達(dá)

　　1) A占到B的百分之X：

　　A account for / make up / constitute X% of B

　　2) A由B構(gòu)成：

　　A consist of B/ A be made up of B/ A be composed of B

　　（四）線形圖line chart

　　極值：最高點(diǎn)和最低點(diǎn)

　　1.達(dá)到最大值：reach a peak

　　2.達(dá)到最小值：reach the lowest point