2.描写图表段
(1)概述图表
1)As is indicated / revenaled / showed in the ( above )graph , there have been some obvious changes in the diet of the Chinese .
正如图表中显示的，中国人的饮食结构已经发生了明显的变化。
2)According to the figures given in the table , online shopping ins becoming more and more popular / gaining more and more popularity .
根据表格中给出的数据，网上购物正变得越来越流行。
3)As the surevey results show , life expectancy in developing countries has increased a lot in the past 3 decades .
正如调查结果显示，在过去的30年里，发展中国家的人均寿命已经提高了很多。
4)This two charts give us a general illustration of the distribution of family income in country A and country B.
这两张图为我们概括地描述了A、B两国的家庭收入分配情况。
5)It can be seen from the statisties that the world's population is growing steadily at a tremendous rate .
从统计数据可以看出，世界人口正在稳定地持续大幅度增长。
6)From the above chart , we can see clearly that the enrollment of Chinese universities has been on the rese in recent years .
从上图我们可以很明确地看出，近年来中国大学的招生人数一直增长。
(2)具体描述图表数据
1)From 1997 to 2002 , there is a rapid / dramatic /adrupt rist / increase in the use of the computers .
从1997年到2002年，在计算机的使用方面有了快速/巨大/急剧的增加。
2)During the past decade , the price of computers has declined / decreased / fell / dropped markedly .
在过去的10年里，计算机的价格明显下降了。
3)Only 5 years later , the number increased to 100,00 .
仅仅5年，这个数字就上升到了10万。
4)The rigure has nearly doubled / tripled , as against that of last year .
与去年相比，这个数字几乎上涨到去年的
5)The number is 3 times as much as that of last year .
数量是去年的3倍。
6)Accrding to the figures given in the table , since 1996 , the amount of money spent on food had decreased gradually , accounting for 35 percent in 2000 .
根据表格中的数据，从1996年起，人们在食品上的消费开始逐渐下降，到2000年已下降到了35%。
7)From the chart , an increasing number of people would rather choose self-help tour than follow a tour group .
从图表中来看，越来越多的人宁愿选择自助游而不愿跟随团旅行。
8)In 1995 , the number of people traveling abroad was only about 10,000 . However , 5 years later , it increased to nearly 40,000 , and by 2005 , the number had reaced over 120,000 , which was more than ten times than ten years ago .
1995年，出图旅行的人数只有1万人，然而，5年以后，这一数字就增加到了4万，到了2005年，出国旅行的人数已经超过了12万，比10年前的10倍还要多。
9)The proportion of grain which used to be the main food of the Chinese people has decreased by 4% . In contrast , the proportion of milk and meat in people's diet has increased .
过去在中国人的饮食中占据主体地位的谷物的比例下降了4%，与之形成对比的是，牛奶和肉类在人们饮食中的比例却增加了。
10)By comparison with / Compared with 2 years ago , this figure has increased from less than 1.5 million to nearly 304 million .
与两年前相比，这一数字已经从不到150万增加到了将近340万。
11)It is obvious that there is a sharp rise in TV-watchers from about 60 thousand to 90 thousand , while a great fall in filmgcers during the same period .
很显然，看电视的人数迅速增加，从大约6万上升到9万人，然后，在同一时期看电影的人数则有了大幅度的下降。
12)An average family in country A has to spend 87% of its yearly income on housing and food while a family in country B only spends 58% .
A国普通家庭年收入的87%都用于住房和食品，而在B国这一部分的消费只占58%。
13)As indicated by the date given in the graph , life expectancy in developing countries has climbed from about 40 years in the 1960's to about 60 in the 1990's , increasing by 20 years sithin 3 decades .
正像图表中数据所显示的，发展中国家的人均寿命已经从20世纪60年代的40岁攀升到2020世纪90年代的60岁，也是说，在30年间提高了20岁。
14)It can also be seen , as a sharp contrast , that there was a sharp drop in infant mortality , by 15% , from 250 deaths per 1000 births to about 100 deaths per 1000 during the same period .
我们也能够看出，与此形成鲜明对比的是，同一时期的婴儿死亡率却下降了15%，从每1000个婴儿中死亡250个下降到大约100个。
