2018年商務英語考試寫作講義：圖表作文

　　圖表作文的文章結構

　　1)引言部分

　　2)主體段落

　　3)結論部分

　　The bar chart below shows the number of complaints made by consumers about different products and services in the years 1994 and 1997.

　　Write a short report for a university lecturer describing the information in the graph. You should write at least 140 words.

　　The bar chart displays the changes in the number of complaints made by consumers about five kinds of products and services between 1994 and 1997. According to the diagram, there was an increase in the complaints about most of the products and services.

　　The number of complaints about package holidays abroad and financial services increased over the period. The complaints made about the package holidays abroad rose by 12.7% from 15,000 in 1994 to about 18,000 in 1997. And there were about 52,000 complaints about the financial services in 1997, 5.2% up on 1994.

　　There were also more complaints about electric goods and second-hand cars in 1997 than in 1994. The complaints about the two products rose by 9.2% and 6.7% respectively. The former increased from 66,000 in 1994 to about 70,000 in 1997 and the latter went up from 80,000 to 86,000. And clothing is the only sector where the number of complaints dropped over the period. In 1994, there were around 45,000 complaints while the figure decreased by 4% to around 43,000 in 1997.

　　In conclusion we can see there were more complaints about the products and services in 1997 than in 1994 with the only exception of clothing.

　　圖表作文常用的語言手段

　　1)作文的開頭——表示“出處”的句子結構。

　　2)描述“數(shù)據(jù)變化”的常用表達方式

　　3)表示變化的副詞和形容詞

　　4)描述“數(shù)據(jù)”的表達方式

　　5)“大約”的表達方式

　　例：

　　The graph below shows the sales of a product in three major international markets in the period between June 1994 and January 1997. A new marketing strategy was introduced in June 1995.

　　Write a letter for a university lecturer describing the information given in the graph.

　　You should write at least 150 words on your answer sheet.

　　The graph shows the sales of a product in Japan, France and Indonesia during the period between June 1994 and Jan 1997.

　　In Japan, sales stood at $20,000 in June 1994, the lowest in comparison with the other two areas. The sales figure went down within the next year. In June 1995, there were virtually no sales at all. After a new strategy was introduced, the sales began to pick up and rose steadily over the following one and a half years to reach a peak of $90,000 in January 1997.

　　In France, the sales were $50,000 in June 1994. Unfortunately, the sales fell significantly between June 1994 and January 1996 despite the new marketing strategy. In January 1996 sales were only $10,000. After that the sales figure leveled off for one and a half years.

　　In Indonesia, the sales were the same as in France in June 1994. it kept going up and arriving at a peak of $70,000 in June 1995. After the new strategy was introduced the figure fell slightly to around $60,000 over the next year before it bottomed out in May 1996. (187 words)

　　BEC higher3 Test4

　　PART ONE

　　Question 1

　　The bar chart below shows the profits made by each of a company’s three factories for each quarter of the year 2003. The pie chart shows the number of workers in each of the factories during that year.

　　Using the information from the charts, write a short report describing the trends in profits and the number of employees in each factory.

　　Write 120-140 words.

　　Sample A

　　REPORT

　　This pie chart shows the number of employees in each factory in the year 2003. The factory in Bristol has the most employees with a number of 600. The factory in Leeds has 350employees and finally, London employs 150 employees.

　　Bristol made each quarter most of the profits also if it is slowly going down during the year. The profits in Leeds remain stable except for the 3rd quarter where the profits decreased but not dramatically. The factory in London has the worse profits, but they reached a high in the 2nd quarter. Afterwards the profits remain stable. As a result we can see that more the number of employees in the factory is high, more it will have a positiv impact on the profit.

　　Band 3

　　This is a simplistic answer, but the range of structure and vocabulary is nevertheless adequate for the task and there are minimal errors. The target reader would be informed about the trend in profits.

　　Sample B

　　This report outlines the development of profits in three plants, in London, Leeds and Bristol, in 2003 and describes the staffing situation in each plant.

　　Bristol, the company’s largest factory, employed 600 people and reached profits of £12 million in the first quarter of 2003. The profits declined steadily, dropping to £9 million in the last quarter.

　　The factory in Leeds had a workforce of 350 people. This made it the company’s second largest plant. Profits remained almost unchanged at £8 million. In the third quarter however, they reached a low at £7.5 million.

　　The London factory’s workforce comprised 150 people. Profits did not vary much and remained just over £3 million. Nevertheless, they peaked in the second quarter with earnings exceeding the £4 million level.

　　Band 5

　　This is a virtually flawless answer, which fits all the descriptors for a band 5.