2009年大学英语四级考试词汇活记活用(28)

　　8.When he realized the police had seen him, the thief _____ the exit as quickly as possible.

　　A. made off

　　B. made for

　　C. made out

　　D. made up

　　作文:

　　本次讲图表作文.图表作文是四级考试中经常出现的.这类作文要求大家对已给定的材料做出自己的分析,论述其原因,然后提出自己的看法和对策.

　　这类文章一般为三个段落:

　　第一段:开篇描述背景或介绍情形.也就是分析图表的内容.

　　第二段:这里是文章的重点部分.本段对第一段中提到的情形或背景做出合乎情理的分析或给出其原因.

　　第三段:就已做出的分析或原因,提出解决问题的措施或看法.

　　范文:

　　Changes in People’s Diet

　　这个表格里有20多个数据,乍一看让人眼花缭乱,其实从纵横向比较极有规律.横向比较,不难发现粮食(grain)的消费量逐年下降,5年间减少了4%,而牛奶(milk)的消费却逐年增加,肉类(meat)也在增加;纵向看,milk和meat变化趋势相同,占总消费的比例在增大,而grain比例变化正相反.从而归纳出一个总的变化规律:grain的消费量在减少,而milk和meat的消费量在增加.

　　As we can see from the table, great changes have taken place in people’s diet over the period from 1986 to 1990. While more and more high-calorie foods such as milk and meat are consumed by people, the amount of grain consumption, once the main or even the only food for Chinese people, is continuously decreased.

　　There are several reasons for such changes. Firstly, with the development of our country’s economy, people become more and more wealthy, so they can afford to buy expensive high-energy food. Secondly, nowadays, people believe that certain amount of these high-calorie food is quite necessary to their health, although it may not necessarily be true. In order to keep their body sound, they should add these food to their traditional diet.

　　So, from the above table, we see that people’s living conditions are believed to have been improved a lot,and we can expect for a more scientific and reasonable diet for Chinese people in the future.

　　图表作文常用词汇及句型:

　　1) 总括性描述

　　As can be seen from the table, great changes have been taking place in ...

　　From the above table it can be seen that...

　　As it is shown in the table,...

　　According to the graph, ...

　　It is clear from the table that ...

　　The survey shows/suggests that ...

　　According to the figures given in the table ...

　　A study showed ...

　　As you may see from the diagram,...

　　The two charts above tell us something about ...