No.2【动态图】湛江雅托教育培训中心雅思写作专项教材

No.2【动态图】湛江雅托教育培训中心雅思写作专项教材

The bar chart compares 5 different means of passenger transport in the UK for the years 1990 and 2000 in terms of total passenger kilometres travelled.

In 1990, a total of 100 billion passenger kilometres were travelled by UK residents using the surveyed transportation methods, which went up slightly by about10 billion to reach 110 billion 10 years later. This rise in passenger kilometre number was recorded in air, bus and rail travel but a slight decline was actually found in bicycle and motorbike travel.

In this survey, buses and trains were the principal modes of public transport during the last decade in the UK, each with between 40 and 50 billion kilometres travelled. By contrast, the annual distance covered by bicycle, motorbike and air travel only represented an insignificant share, with less than 8 billion passenger kilometres for each.

Overall, there was a growth in “mass transit service” in the UK such as air, bus and rail travel during the past decade.

重点词汇

in terms of 根据，按照，用·····的话，在······方面

The savings, both in terms of time and money, could be considerable.

means n.手段，方法

She tried to explain by means of sign language.

decline n.下倾，下降，下垂，衰败，衰落

There has been a steady decline in public services over recent years.

principal adj.主要的，首要的

Iraq's principal export is oil.

decade n.十年，十

Prices have risen sharply in the last decade.

contrast n.对比，对照，（对照中的）差异

Their economy has expanded enormously, while ours, by/in contrast, hasdeclined.

represent vt.表现，象征

This new report represents the current situation in our schools.

实用句型

描述变化的幅度：

请注意文中的这句话：

... which went up slightly by about 10 billion to reach 110 billion 10 years later.

一般在表达数据变化幅度的时候，可以用介词by引出变化的幅度，by的后面可以是绝对值，也可以是百分比，例如：

The number of international tourists went up by 50% from 100,000 to 150,000.

表达强烈对比：

请注意范文中的这句话：

Buses and trains were the principal modes of public transport during the last decade in the UK... By contrast, the annual distance covered by bicycle,motorbike and air travel ...

by contrast的意思是“相对比而言”，“相比之下”。如果两组数据有明显的反差，可以用“by contrast”进行连接，也可用“in contrast”。例如：

Chinese economy has expanded enormously, while the economy in Japan, by contrast, has declined.

The amount spent on defense increased sharply. In contrast, spending on housing and health declined dramatically.