雅思 小作文怎么写数据
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1)占比
首先,占比要使用表示“占据”多少数据比例的动词。当然,除了动词,一些形容词词组等也能表示此含义。
account for
[Cam811] Other causes account for only 7% collectively.
contribute
[Cam741] The remaining 40 units were produced largely from oil and nuclear power, with hydro contributing only 5 units.
comprise
[Cam411] On average, 11% of all households, comprising almost two million people, were in this position.
consist of
[Cam411] However, those consisting of only one parent or a single adult had almost double this proportion of poor people, with 21% and 19% respectively.
be responsible for
[Cam811] Another important reason why land becomes less productive is over-cultivation, which is responsible for 28% of the total degraded land.
represent
[Cam821] This cost decreased to only 5% of total expenditure in 1991 but rose dramatically in 2001 when it represented 23% of the school budget.
constitute
[Cam821] Overall, teachers’ salaries constituted the largest cost to the school, and while spending increased dramatically for equipment and insurance, there were corresponding drops in expenditure on things such as books and on the other workers’ salaries.
*take up/make up/occupy
用法与上述动词类似。
due to/thanks to/owing to
表示某数据归于某项目之下。当然,也能表示因果关系,二者有时是合二为一的。
[Cam811] A further 28% of globally degradation is due to over-cultivation of crops.
main/major/majority
表示某数据项目占多数比例或主导地位。
[Cam741] In 1980 Australia used coal as the main electricity source (50 units) and the remainder was produced from natural gas, hydro power (each producing 20 units) and oil (which produced only 10 units).
[Cam931-6分例文] We can see that in 2000 the majority of people in Yemen was between 0 and 14 years old.
minor/minority
表示某数据占少数比例或次要地位。
[Cam341-7分例文] From then on, the percentage of unemployed workforce in United States remained roughly the same- about 5% until March 99 although there were minor falls and rises in the unemployment rate.
principal
与main/major类似,表示首要,即占比最大,排名靠前。
[Cam741] Overall, it is clear that by 2000 these two countries relied on different principal fuel sources: Australia relied on coal and France on nuclear power.
remainder
表示除主要项目之外的“其他”数据项目。
[Cam741] In 1980 Australia used coal as the main electricity source (50 units) and the remainder was produced from natural gas, hydro power (each producing 20 units) and oil (which produced only 10 units).
remaining/ other
表示除主要项目之外的“其他”数据项目。
[Cam741] The remaining 40 units were produced largely from oil and nuclear power, with hydro contributing only 5 units.
[Cam741] Other sources were no longer significant.
2)倍数
倍数的表达并不限定于“xx倍”的写法,完全可以灵活地使用词汇来表述。
the same
表示数据完全相等。
[Cam1021] In two places sales increased by thesame small amount: 1.8-2 million euros in Denmark, and 0.8-1 million in Sweden.
as…as…
表示数据完全相等,前面加上twice等序数词表示对应的倍数。
[Cam131] The chart shows that high income earners consumed considerably more fast foods than other income groups, spending more than twice as much on hamburgers (43 pence per person per week) [as] on fish and chips or pizza (both under 20 pence).
equal
表示数据完全相等。
[Cam941] From 20q and 15q respectively in 1980, gas showed an initial fall and coal a gradual increase, with the two fuels equal between 1985 and 1990.
similar
表示数据近似相等。
[Cam331] We can see a similar pattern in the second graph, which shows that the number of people working as scientists and technicians in industrialized countries increased from 55 to 85 per 1000 people between 1980 and 1990, while the number in developing countries went from 12 to 20.
be matched by
表示数据接近。
[Cam741] In contrast, France used coal as a source for only 25 units of electricity in 1980, which was matched by natural gas.
*identical/equivalent
表示数据完全对等。
*resemble/resemblance
表示数据近似,或呈现出类似的态势。
double/triple
表示倍数,double表示2倍,triple表示3倍,quadruple表示4倍,还有5倍及以上倍数的表达,但是一般只用double和triple。
[Cam1021] Meanwhile, in Switzerland sales doubled from 3-6 million euros.
[Cam921] This rise was particularly noticeable between 1999 and 2002, during which time the use of mobile phones tripled.
times/ fold
表示倍数。
[Cam541-7分例文] It only has 11 kilometres of route, which is more than 30 times less than that of London.
[Cam821] Insurance, which only accounted for 2% in 1981, rose fourfold to reach 8% by 2001.
3)分数
分数与倍数类似,词汇稍有差异,句式完全可以借鉴。
“基数词+序数词”
可以表示任何分数,注意此处的序数词视为可数名词,比如two thirds表示2/3。
[Cam211] The significant social changes reflected in the statistics are that over the period the proportion of British houses with central heating rose from one to two thirds, and of those with a phone from under a half to over three quarters.
百分比
一般使用百分比符号%,而不用per cent。
[Cam811] The remainder (7%) is caused by other reasons.
quarter
表示1/4。
[Cam211] The significant social changes reflected in the statistics are that over the period the proportion of British houses with central heating rose from one to two thirds, and of those with a phone from under a half to over three quarters.
half
表示1/2。
[Cam211] The significant social changes reflected in the statistics are that over the period the proportion of British houses with central heating rose from one to two thirds, and of those with a phone from under a half to over three quarters.