2006年12月英语四六级考试最后冲刺专题
新东方四六级考前内部串讲讲义：阅读理解部分
(1) 描写图表反映的问题
(2) 你认为最近几年中国离婚率高的原因是什么。
Rising Divorce Rates in China
There is a general discussion today about the issue of the divorce rate. As can be seen from the chart, great changes have been taking place. Obviously, China has experienced a dramatic increase in the divorce rate in the previous thirty years.
Some reasons are responsible for this. To begin with, legal changes have simplified divorce procedures, and removed barriers to divorce. In addition, the changes in personal economic activities also facilitate the divorce. Both of the couple can live on their own instead of depending on their partners. In other words, they can make the decision easily, when they would like to break up the marriage. Finally, a significant change can be found in social attitude towards the divorced persons. The discrimination to those divorced people has almost been wiped out.
Generally speaking, it is high time that we place great emphasis on this issue. That is to say, further attention is to be paid to this issue. Obviously, it is necessary that effective actions should be taken to prevent this trend.
图表的实质和原因现象一样：
2006年6月的六级作文Traveling Abroad是一篇图表类文章，在出题方式上基本沿袭是走稳健、成熟的出题风格。
一、题目评析
本次作文的提纲如下：
1、 近十年来某城市越来越多人选择出去旅游
2、 出现这种现象的原因
3、 这种现象可能产生的影响
尽管它是以图表的形式出现，但就其实质来说，原因现象类文章和图表的写法一致。从近几年的考试作文看来，行文大多可以套用“中心句＋1、2、3”模式。即，每段第一句是Topic sentence，改编自该段相对应的提纲，后面的1、2、3是链接词，每个1、2、3后接分支观点。这种表达，中心突出，层次分明，同时也节省了考生构思结构的麻烦。
本文的提纲可以理解为:
第一段、 近十年来越来越多的人选择出去旅游
第二段、 有很多原因说明此现象。First, … Second, … Third, …
第三段、 这种现象所造成的影响如下。First, … Second, … Third, …
另外，值得注意的是，在图表作文中，第一段，也就是对图表描述的这一段，应该只描述图表的大致趋势变化，避免用过多文字对图表进行细节描述。
二、原则应用和高分示范
There is a general discussion today about the issue of traveling abroad. As can be seen from the bar chart, great changes have been taking place in the recent years. Obviously, an increasing number of people are likely to go abroad.
A number of factors are responsible for this. For one thing, they are better-off than before, which means people stand more chances of going out. For another, traveling abroad, in some persons’ views, partly shows that they are superior to those at home. In addition, citizens in that city are easily encouraged by the overwhelming advertisements in TV shows and news papers to go traveling. Therefore, persons in growing numbers have ever been abroad.
From what has been discussed abroad, we may safely draw the conclusion that it brings win-win effects on people’s life. On the one hand, trips abroad may widen their horizons. In other words, people have more opportunities to touch various fields, and learn something new. On the other hand, touring does provide chances of posts or business. To sum up, there is little doubt that further attention will be paid to this issue.
2006年12月英语四六级考试最后冲刺专题
新东方四六级考前内部串讲讲义：阅读理解部分
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