图表描述英文表达

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

2、snotalwaysthecase.Youneedtodescribethesegmentsandtheirvalues.Ifthereareverymanythenjustdescribetheonesthatarethemostsignificant.Thevaluesareoftenexpressedinpercentagesbutnotalwayssobecarefulwhatscaleyouareusing.ThispiechartshowsthepercentagesofdifferenttypesofenergyconsumedintheUSin2007.M

3、ostoftheenergy,39.24%,camefrompetroleum.Thenextlargestsourceofenergyis…...Itisinterestingtonotethatrenewableenergy,whichishealthierfortheenvironmentandsustainable,accountsforthesmallestpercentoftheconsumption.BarChartsHopefullyyouwillhavedescribedthetitleofthebarchartinyourintroductionsoy

4、oucangostraightintothedescription.Basically,withabarchart,youneedtodescribethebarsandtheirvalues.Whendescribingabarchartyoufirsthavetodecideinwhatordertodescribethebars,highestvaluetolowestvalueorlowestvaluetohighestvalue.Itmaybeamixtureofthis.Ifthereareverymanybars,youcansometimesgroupto

5、getherfordescription1or2or3barswhichhavesimilarorthesamevalues.Ifthereareverymanyandyoucan'tgroupthem,thenjustdescribetheonesthatarethemostsignificant.TablesThesecansometimesbetrickyastheyprovidealotofinformationanditisoftenawkwardanddifficulttodescribeeverypieceofinformation.Youhavetodec

6、ideanddescribethevaluesandsectionsthatarethemostsignificant.LinegraphThefunctionofalinegraphistodescribeaTREND.Youthereforeshouldtryanddescribethetrendinit.Iftherearemanylinesinthegraph(s),thenjustgenerallydescribethetrend.Ifthereisonlyoneortwo,thenusemoredetail.So,describethemovementofth

7、eline(s)ofthegraphgivingnumericaldetailattheimportantpointsoftheline.Todescribethemovement,thereissomelanguagewhichwillalwaysbeuseful.Thereisalistofwords/phrasesyoucanuse.Asyouwillsee,thereareanumberofwordswhicharesimilarinmeaning.Thismeansthatyouwillbeabletouseavar