开头introduction
1、改写
同义替换
show = give information about = illustrate = depict = display
the consumption of ... = the amount of .. consumed
how引导从句how much or many
例:The line graph gives information about how much fish was consumed in a European country.
2、总结
overall,xxxx
Body:
- 信息分组(相似特征在一组)
- 运行趋势 (上升 & 下降)
- 波动幅度 (剧烈 & 平缓)
- 线的位置/数值大小 (高 & 低)
- 如何选取main features: 趋势、交点(用超过这个概念“overtake, exceed, surpass”)、起点、终点、转折点
表示趋势的词
上升:
(弱):climb = increase slightly
(中):increase (increase n.), grow (growth, grew) , rise (rise, rose)
(强):soar, surge, rocket, jump
下降:
(弱):slide (slide, slid), slip (slip, slipped)
(中):decline, drop, decrease, fall (fall, fell), dip
(强):plumb, slump, plunge, tumble, plummet
不变/稳定:
不变: keep/remained unchanged / the same at ...
稳定: level off/out at...
remain steady/stable at ... = stabilize at... stability n.
波动:
fluctuate / fluctuation increase with a fluctuation
顶峰/低谷
reach the peak/top/maximum; reach the highest point/level;
reach the bottom /nadir/ minimum; reach the lowest point/ level
程度
低: slightly, slowly, modestly, moderately, marginally
逐渐: gradually, steadily,
显著地:significantly, considerably, remarkably, notably, noticeably, substantially, markedly
剧烈地:dramatically (dramatic), drastically (drastic),sharply, radically, exponentially (以指数方式增长地), steeply
连续地:continuously, constantly, consistently
大约: approximately, around, about, nearly, almost, roughly
53%: slightly more than a half
49%: slightly / just under 50%
25%: a quarter
30%: one third
仅仅:only, merely, just