雅思老師講義lesson twostructuring report and lexical resource for task寫作群傳播

LessonTwo–StructuringaReportandLexicalResourceforTask第二 掌握行文結(jié)構(gòu)、學會圖表用InTask1itisalsoimportantthatyouareabletowriteconciselybecauseyouonlyhave20minutestowriteyourreport.Also,writingconcisebutmeaningfulsentenceswillhelpyoutofocusyourideasandmakeyourwritingmoremainparagraphincludingthedetailsandashortconclusion.OrganisationandcoherencearetwoimportantcriteriainthewritingLookatthissampleYoushouldspendabout20minutesonthisThegraphbelowshowsthepercentageofhomesintheUKwithvarioustypesofInternetconnection.Writeareportforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationinthechart.Youshouldwriteatleast150words.Toptip:Youneedtoscantheinformationinthegraphquicklyandpickoutthemostsignificantfactorstoincludeinyourreport.Question:HowdoIselecttherelevantinformationAnswer:Lookforgeneraltrends.Aretheresultsgoingup/downorstayingtheInthisexample,wecanseethenumberofpeopleusingnarrowbandwentdownbutthenumberofpeopleusingbroadbandwentup.Theoverallfigureremainedfairlyconstantwithaslightincrease.Question:HowdoIcomparetheAnswer:Lookathowtheinformationrelatestoeachother.Isitthesameordifferent?Lookforthingswhicharesimilarorthesame.Inthisexample,wecanseethatthetwolinescrosseachotherinFebruary2005,meaningthatatthismomenttherewasanequalnumberofpeopleusingnarrowbandandbroadband.Afterthisdate,thenumberofbroadbanduserswenthigher.Thisgeneraloverviewshouldbeexpressedinyourintroduction，接下來是overviewmiddleparagraph，detailedmiddleparagraph以及conclusion。然而，前兩個部分，及introduction和overviewmiddleparagraph是可以合并成一段話作為introduction的】SampleThislinegraphshowsaclearcomparisonbetweentheproportionofhomeswhichhavenarrowbandInternetconnectionandthosewithbroadband.Itrevealsagrowthinthepercentageofhomeswithbroadband,totheextentthatbyFeburary2005thefigurewasequaltothenumberwithbroadbandandbyJuly2005itwasapproximay6percenthigher.TopTip:Makesureyouusethecorrecttense.TheinformationreferstoaperiodbetweenApril2003andJuly2005sothepastsimpleshouldbeusedtodescribethedata.Question:HowdoIcontrasttheAnswer:Lookathowtheinformationisdifferenttoeachother.Alsolookathowithaschangedthroughoutthegivenperiod.Hasitchangedalittleoralot?Inthisexample,thenumberofnarrowbandusersisclearlyindecline(goingdown)whereasthenumberofbroadbandusersisclearlyrising(goingup).Thenumberofoverallusersisalsorisingbutmoregradually.So,yourmainparagraph(ordetailedmiddleparagraph)describingthedetailsofthedatacouldbeexpressedlikethis:BetweenApril2003andJuly2005therewasaslowbutsteadyriseintheoverallnumberofhomeswithInternetaccess,regardlessofwhichtypeofconnectiontheyhad.However,theproportionofhomeswithbroadbandrosedramaticallyfrom8%to31%inthesameperiod.Incontrast,therewasasignificantdropinthenumberofpeopleusingnarrowband,whichfelltoitslowestfigureinMay2005,at24%,comparedtooverathirdinApril2003.TopTip:Remembertousecontrastinglinkerstojointheinformationtogether(however,although,despite,incontrast,whereas).Question:WhatdoIwriteintheAnswer:Youshouldsaysomethingaboutthesignificanceofthedata.does lyouaboutpeople’sWritenomorethan1---2Paraphrasewhatyouhavejustdescribedintheintroduction,referencing1or2pointsfromyourpreviousmiddleparagraph(s)DoNOTintroducenewSampleInsummary,thechartshowshowthenumberofhomesusingbroadbandInternetconnectionsincreasedsignificantlywhilethepopularityofnarrowbanddecreasedovertheperiod.ThislinegraphshowsaclearcomparisonbetweentheproportionofhomeswhichhavenarrowbandInternetconnectionandthosewithbroadband.Itrevealsagrowthinthepercentageofhomeswithbroadband,totheextentthatbyFebruary2005thefigurewasequaltothenumberwithbroadbandandbyJuly2005itwasapproximay6percenthigher.BetweenApril2003andJuly2005therewasaslowbutsteadyriseintheoverallnumberofhomeswithInternetaccess,regardlessofwhichtypeofconnectiontheyhad.However,theproportionofhomeswithbroadbandrosedramaticallyfrom8%to31%inthesameperiod.Incontrast,therewasasignificantdropinthenumberofpeopleusingnarrowband,whichbottomedoutinMay2005,at24%,comparedtooverathirdinApril2003.Insummary,thechartshowshowthepopularityofbroadbandInternetconnectionshasgraduallysurpassedthatofnarrowbandovertheperiod.圖表用詞１、保持平穩(wěn)：我們可以使用的套用結(jié)構(gòu)有:staystable/remain舉例：表示人口數(shù)量保持平穩(wěn)的時候可以寫thenumberofpopulationstayedstable/thenumberofpopulationremainedsteady2、上升/增加：我們可以使用的套用結(jié)構(gòu)有：rise/climbincrease/急劇上升shootup舉例：人口上升：thenumberofpopulationincreased/ascended/mounted3、下降/減少：我們可以使用的套用結(jié)構(gòu)有：falldrop/decrease/descend/急劇下降slumpnosedive舉例：人口減少：thenumberofpopulationdecreased/時候我們就不可以使用remainsteady了，我們要使用的結(jié)構(gòu)是bottomout舉例：人口下降后保持平穩(wěn)：thenumberofpopulationdecreasedandbottomedout我們需要使用leveloff舉例：人口上升后保持平穩(wěn)：numberofpopulationmountedandleveled英語中表達為recover舉例：人口下降后復(fù)蘇：numberofpopulationdecreasedand7舉例：人口波動：numberofpopulation8、達到頂峰：peak/reachitssummit/reachits舉例：人口到達了頂峰：numberofpopulationpeakedreacheditssummit/reacheditszenith緩慢的/輕微的：gradually/smoothlysteadily陡然的/大幅度的：dramatically/sharply/considerably/appreciably/舉例1、人口大幅度攀升:numberofpopulationmounteddramatically2、人口輕微下降:numberofpopulationdecreasedslightly3、人口逐漸下降:numberofpopulationdecreased一、remainsteady/staystableleveloff/bottomoutpeak/reachitspeak/reachitszenith后面需要使用的是at舉例1500萬上保持平穩(wěn):