Question

受某英文报的委托,你最近对高中生的英语阅读兴趣做了一次调查。请根据以下信息,用英语为该报写一篇120词左右的短文。短文的标题及首句已为你写好。

调查内容:在新闻、故事、科普,学习方法四种英文文章中,学生最喜欢哪一种调查范围:江苏省淮安市的10所中学调查主题:选择各类英语文章人数百分比

调查对象:高中生

调查人数: 1,000

调查方式: 访谈

调查结果:(见下图)

Reading Interests of Senior Middle School Students

Recently a survey has been done to find out the reading interests of senior middle school students.

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Answer

Reading Interests of Senior Middle School Students

Recently a survey has been done to find out the reading interests of senior middle school students. In this survey, one thousand senior middle school students from ten schools in Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province were interviewed. They were asked which they like reading most among the four categories of English articles: news, stories, science articles and articles about learning methods.

The survey shows that more than half of the students like to read news most. Twenty-six percent of the students say that English stories are their favourites. Only seven percent of the students are most interested in reading articles about learning methods. However, the number of students who enjoy reading science articles doubles that of those who prefer reading articles about learning methods.

【解析】

本篇书面表达属于图表作文，最近对高中生的英语阅读兴趣做了一次调查，要求考生写一篇调查说明，根据给出的饼状图描述调查结果。

第一步：审题

时态：根据提示，时态应为一般现在时和一般过去时。

要求：调查主题、调查对象、调查人数、调查方式、调查结果

分析图表：本篇书面表达旨在要求考生准确理解并阐述一个被分割成大小不等切片的饼状图所传达的信息。考生应清楚掌握部分与整体，部分与部分之间的相互关系，这种关系通常是以百分比的数字形式给出的。饼状图反映了江苏省淮安市的10所中学1000名高中生的关于阅读兴趣的访谈调查结果，从饼状图中我们可以看出喜欢新闻的占比53%，故事的占比26%，科普的占比14%，学习方法的占比7%，可以得出结论，超过一半的学生喜欢阅读新闻类文章，喜欢科普类的占比是学习方法类的两倍。考生需要基本描述图表的内容图表，比较数据，然后得出结论。

第二步:列提纲 （重点词组及图表类作文常用表达）

重点词组

interview; among the four categories of English articles; science articles; articles about learning methods; more than half of; favourites; be interested in; the number of; enjoy doing; double; prefer doing

图表类作文常用表达

1.数据分析常用：

（1）the number of...is more than/over...

（2）the amount of...increases/grows/rises/goes up to.../by...

（3）the number of...is similar to/almost the same as/smaller than/below...

（4）the amount of...is quite different from.../decreases/falls/drops from...to...

2.结论或预测常用：

From the figures/statistics above,

we can conclude/draw a conclusion that...

we can estimate that the population/amount of...will increase/drop steadily/gradually/rapidly...

第三步：连词成句

1. In this survey, one thousand senior middle school students from ten schools in Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province were interviewed.

2. They were asked which they like reading most among the four categories of English articles: news, stories, science articles and articles about learning methods.

3. The survey shows that more than half of the students like to read news most.

4. Twenty-six percent of the students say that English stories are their favourites.

5. Only seven percent of the students are most interested in reading articles about learning methods.

6. The number of students who enjoy reading science articles doubles that of those who prefer reading articles about learning methods.

第四步：连句成篇（衔接词）

1.表文章结构顺序：First of all, Firstly/First, Secondly/Second..., And then, Finally, In the end, At last

2.表并列补充关系：What is more, Besides, Moreover, Furthermore, In addition As well as, not only…but (also), including,

3.表转折对比关系：However, On the contrary, but, Although+clause(从句), In spite of+n/doing, On the one hand…,On the other hand…, Some…,while others…,as for, so…that…

4.表因果关系：Because, As, So, Thus, Therefore, As a result

连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一定要规范清晰，

第五步：润色修改