以雅思小作文为例,看到题目的时候,我们先理清题目的要求。一般小作文的题目要求考生:1、summarize main features;2、make comparison. 在保证紧扣要求的前提下,写出“凤头、豹尾”,是智取高分的关键。
以静态图为例,文章的头尾可以这样写:
开头:比较大小;阐述组成部分
结尾:总结值(大和小);阐述主要差别(main difference);总体区间(range from...to...)
“the charts below show the percentage of three nutrients in three types of diets. summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.”
那么,在组织措辞的时候,我们就可以在开头先比较三张饼状图组成部分,如在三种不同的diets中,都包含碳水化合物carbohydrates、蛋白质protein和脂肪fat三部分,carbohydrates所占比例总是比protein和fat所占部分大,然后我们就可以得出:
it is clear that there are carbohydrates, protein and fat involved in each diet. moreover, the percentage of carbohydrates is always higher than that of protein and the figure for fat among three kinds of diets.
至于结尾呢,我们就可以用到比较值的方法:
overall, it can be seen that the proportion of carbohydrates is the highest in three different categories of diets, while the proportion of fat is the lowest.
再说动态图。动态图在描述的时候就不能只做简单的比较了:
开头:总结趋势(上升/下降);大变化量(dramatic change);比较大小;总量等
结尾:比较终点数据大小(become/still)等
“the chart below shows how frequently people in the usa ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013. summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.”