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1、WritingAboutGraphsWhatareGraphsandCharts?Graphs,charts,andtablesarewaysofpresentinginformation.Graphsandchartsarepictureswhichshownumbersorfigures,andtablesarejustrowsandcolumnsofinformation.Typesofgraphslinegraph/curvediagram趋势曲线图bargraph/histogram直方图或柱形图dotchart点图piechart饼图tableoffigures表格图p
2、icturegraph…seePages122—127of“WritingasCommunication”GettingtheMainIdeaOneofthemostimportantthingstodoisgetthemainideaofthegraph.First,identifythemainfeaturesofthegraph.Whatishappening?Whatarethebiggestnumbers?Whatarethebiggestchanges?Whatarethetrends?Focusonfiguresthatshowthegreatestchanges!D
3、on’thavetoomuchinformation.Don’tanalyzeorexplaineverythinginthegraph.Don’tgofromlefttoright,explainingeverything.Instead,pickthemainideas.Usethebiggestandnextbiggest-don’tmentioneverythinginbetween.Don'tmentionthesmallorunimportantstuff.Pickanideaandfindinformationthatsupportsit.Lookatthegraph
4、below.ItshowsUSsportsplayers'salariesindollars.Whatcanyoufind?Notethemainideas:Allsalariesincreased.Bigdifferencesbetween1970and2000forallsports.Basketballwasbiggestin2000,followedbybaseball.In1970,basketballwasthelowest,baseballwasthehighest.Therewasasuddenrisebeginningin1980.Therewasanothers
5、harpriseforallsportsin1990.Salariesinfootballfrom1995.GroupingInformationSometimesthereistoomuchinformationinagraph.Youmayneedtogroupsimilarinformation.Thismakesiteasierforthereadertounderstand.Itisalsolessworkforyou,becauseyoucanputmorethanonepieceofinformationinasentence.Lookatthegraphbelow,
6、whichshowsthenumberofInternetusersinEuropeancountriesin2000. Canyoudividethemintodifferentgroups?PossiblegroupsareTop:Finland,Sweden,Netherlands,andDenmark(about40usersperhundred)Group2:Germany,Austria,UK(about20to25usersperhundred)Group3:Ireland,Belgium,FranceandItaly(14-16users)Group4:Spain,
7、Portugal,Greece(lessthan10%Internetuse)Vocabulary1: TheLanguageofGraphsYouneedtoknowsomespecialvocabularyforgraphs.PrepositionsBetween1995and2000From1995to2000Movement:DownFellDeclinedDroppedDecreasedSankWentdownMovement:UpRoseWentupInc
