图表描述英文表达

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1、DescribingandAnalysingGRAPHSANDCHARTSGraphs&chartsPiechartBarchart(histogram)TableLinechart(graph)BECHigherWritingTest:PartOneBECHigher(the3rdversion)P44:ExamformatApproachDESCRIBINGGRAPHSANDCHARTS：PieChartsPiechartsarerelativelystraightforwardastheyonlyusuallyhaveafewsectionsthoughthisisnotalwayst

2、hecase.Youneedtodescribethesegmentsandtheirvalues.Ifthereareverymanythenjustdescribetheonesthatarethemostsignificant.Thevaluesareoftenexpressedinpercentagesbutnotalwayssobecarefulwhatscaleyouareusing.ThispiechartshowsthepercentagesofdifferenttypesofenergyconsumedintheUSin2007.Mostoftheenergy,39.24%,

3、camefrompetroleum.Thenextlargestsourceofenergyis…...Itisinterestingtonotethatrenewableenergy,whichishealthierfortheenvironmentandsustainable,accountsforthesmallestpercentoftheconsumption.BarChartsHopefullyyouwillhavedescribedthetitleofthebarchartinyourintroductionsoyoucangostraightintothedescription

4、.Basically,withabarchart,youneedtodescribethebarsandtheirvalues.Whendescribingabarchartyoufirsthavetodecideinwhatordertodescribethebars,highestvaluetolowestvalueorlowestvaluetohighestvalue.Itmaybeamixtureofthis.Ifthereareverymanybars,youcansometimesgrouptogetherfordescription1or2or3barswhichhavesimi

5、larorthesamevalues.Ifthereareverymanyandyoucan'tgroupthem,thenjustdescribetheonesthatarethemostsignificant.TablesThesecansometimesbetrickyastheyprovidealotofinformationanditisoftenawkwardanddifficulttodescribeeverypieceofinformation.Youhavetodecideanddescribethevaluesandsectionsthatarethemostsignifi

6、cant.LinegraphThefunctionofalinegraphistodescribeaTREND.Youthereforeshouldtryanddescribethetrendinit.Iftherearemanylinesinthegraph(s),thenjustgenerallydescribethetrend.Ifthereisonlyoneortwo,thenusemoredetail.So,describethemovementoftheline(s)ofthegraphgivingnumericaldetailattheimportantpointsoftheli

7、ne.Todescribethemovement,thereissomelanguagewhichwillalwaysbeuseful.Thereisalistofwords/phrasesyoucanuse.Asyouwillsee,thereareanumberofwordswhicharesimilarinmeaning.Thismeansthatyouwillbeabletouseavar