第二步:分析时态
1. 图表小作文大部分时候使用过去时态,因为出现的数据一般都是以往的统计数据,过去的情形和现在的情形很有可能完全不一样,因此用过去时态比较恰当。
例句1: In the 2002 survey, over 75% of respondents with annual incomes above$ 100,000 considered leisure time extremely or very important.
2. 如果图表里没有出现任何以往的年度,或者显示这是过去的统计数据,那么用一般现在时比较理想。
Britain produces 3% of the world’s carbon dioxides emissions----about the same as India, which has 15times as many times as many people.
3. 少数情况下,图表作文会出现预测值,这个时候用将来时态。
举一个例子,The graph below shows the percentage of people unable to find work in three major countries from 1983 to 1992.
题目中划线的单词都可以进行同义转换, graph—figure, show—illustrate, percentage—proportion, major—key, from…to…—between…and…, 因此考生需要在日常学习中多多积累同义词,有助于更加快速准确地进行同意转化。