考研英语写作中柱形图描述的奥秘
——中公名师 薛云
同学们好,欢迎大家来跟我一起学习柱形图的写作。柱形图是我们英语二大作文考查的最主要的一种形式,那关于柱形图,我们怎么去描述它呢?接下来,咱们以真题为例,来给大家解析柱形图的写作思路以及相关的语言表达。
48. Directions: Write an essay based on the following chart. In your writing, you should
1) interpret the chart and
2) give your comments.
You should write at least 150 words.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)
首先从题号上可以看出,我们英语二大作文在我们考研英语试卷上是48题,即最后一道题。那关于这张柱形图,我们怎么去描述它呢?同学们可以先观察一下柱形图的特点是什么?从这张图表中,首先你接收到的信息就是数据的一种变化。通过我们前面课程的学习,同学们都知道我们把我们的大作文分为三段式,第一段是我们的图画描述段;;第二段是我们的分析论证段,第三段是我们的趋势预测段,那接下来咱们就以这道真题为例,来看看柱形图怎么去描述?
先来看第一段图画描述段,我们都知道图画描述段我们通常要写5句话:1)直观评价;2)图表标题;3)主流趋势;4)最大变化;5)过渡句。那关于这个直观评价我们要写什么呢?什么是直观评价呢,是不是你看到这幅图画的第一感觉,那有可能你看到这幅图画的第一感觉是你觉得它很有趣,也可能觉得它很精确等等,那关于这句话我们怎么描述呢?Here is a chart,clear and accurate.接下来就是我们的第二句话,第二句话就是我们的图表标题翻译,那关于这个标题我们怎么翻译呢?这里呢给大家介绍一种翻译方法即倒鱼钩翻译,所以相对应的我们这句标题的翻译即为the share of some brands in domestic car market in 2008 and 2009.现在呢我们是把标题翻译出来了,但你不能就直接抄到你的作文里吧,所以我们还需要找一些衔接的句子对它进行修饰即There is no denying that the chart records the share of some brands of the domestic car market in 2008 and 2009, which successfully arouses our curiosity. 这里面的第三句话是有一点特点的,所以接下来看一下先来看一下我们的第三句话,这个主流趋势指的是什么呢?其实它指的是从整体上来看,这三个指数所反映的共同特点是,整体特征是什么?那这里老师给大家提供一个句型 As is clearly reflected by the chart,全部指数 have witnessed some changes from 时间 to 时间。那这句话应用到我们这年真题我们怎么说呢?即As is clearly reflected by the chart, the shares of Chinese cars, Japanese cars and American cars have witnessed some changes during the two years.这个时间是可以有多种表现形式的。接下来再看我们的下一句最大变化。什么是最大变化呢?就是变化最大的那个指数,那在这张图表里,有的同学觉得国产品牌的汽车是变化最大的,那这句话怎么说呢?那同样地,我们也给大家提供了一种句式即Especially, 指数has experienced the most dramatic change, jumping from 数字 to 数字 +时间。那结合到我们这年真题,我们怎么说呢?即 Especially, the share of Chinese cars has experienced the most dramatic change, jumping from 26% to 32% during the two years.现在就剩下我们的最后一句了,最后一句就是我们的过渡句,那这个过渡句呢,这里有一种万能的句式,即Obviously, the inclination, clearly reflected by the chart, should be given more consideration.当然这里呢,我们只给大家提供了一种句式,其实在我们讲课的过程中,我们还有很多句式,如果有同学感兴趣的话,请报我们的写作课程,在那里你会学到很多万能的句式。
总结来说,第一段的语言表达如下:
Here is a chart,clear and accurate. It goes without saying that the chart records share of some brands in domestic car market in 2008 and 2009, which successfully arouses our curiosity. As is clearly reflected by the chart, the shares of Chinese cars, Japanese cars and American cars have witnessed some changes during the two years. Especially, the share of Chinese cars has experienced the most dramatic change, jumping from 26% to 32% during the two years. Obviously, the inclination, clearly reflected by the chart, should be given more consideration.
那接下来看一下我们的第二段分析论证段,我们的分析论证段主要就是对第一段图画描述段所应的社会现象进行分析,那怎么分析呢?首先我们先要布置好我们的段落,我们英文作文有它自己的一个段落即总分或总分总,对于我们的英语二大作文来说,我们主要采用总分的结构,那这个总分结构,我们主要写什么呢?在这里,老师给大家提供一个写作思路即关键句和具体原因。至于为什么要分析它的原因呢?这是根据历年高分范文总结出来的一个规律,大家只要记得我们的第二段主要分析其原因即可。先来看一下我们的关键句,大家都知道关键句它是第二段的一个中心句,要起到承上启下的作用,所以它是一个过渡句,既要总结上文又要引起下文。那这句话怎么说呢,那这里老师给大家提供一个思路即 There are many reasons to account for this trend, but for my part, the following two are of utmost importance.说完关键句之后就是我们的具体原因了,那这个具体原因我们要怎么写呢?以及这些原因的衔接怎么衔接呢?同样地,老师也给大家提供了例句即On the top list is that 原因一So long as you regard this analysis reasonable, I may go further. Another special consideration in this case is that原因二。那这句话的原因一二呢,需要同学们自己去联系实际来填充。那在这道真题中,我们怎么写呢?在这里给大家提供一篇例文 Theoretically, several reasons may trigger the trend that the share of Chinese has changed rapidly, but for my part, the following two are of utmost importance. On the top of list is that the quality of our domestic cars are improving rapidly under the co-effort of all aspects. In addition, there is the other point that no one can ignore. It is universally admitted that though used to be famous for its superior quality, Japanese auto has been thrown into the confidence crisis, which colors it in the impact of sales.
. 最后就是我们的个人评论段即给出自己的建议,那怎么说呢?即 Taking into account what has been discussed above, we may safely come to the conclusion that the current situation will continue in the forthcoming years.
上面这些分析是老师给大家总结的写作思路相关的语言表达,希望对同学们有所帮助。
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