导读：2016硕士研究生现场确认已经结束，据《2016年全国硕士研究生招生考试公告》，2015年12月14日至12月28日，考研考生可凭网报用户名和密码登录“研招网”下载打印《准考证》。《准考证》正反两面在使用期间不得涂改。考生凭下载打印的《准考证》及居民身份证参加考试。本文为2016考研英语二图表作文第一段写作方法。

　　考研复习到了冲刺阶段，要备考作文了。对于考研英语的图表作文，我们常采用三段式的写法。2016考研英语(二)图表作文的第一段往往分析图表中的数据变化反映什么问题或趋势，概述图表所揭示的信息。第二段分析造成这一问题或趋势的原因。第三段则展望未来的情况或提出解决问题的办法或建议。

　　下面，我们从历年真题的要求从来看(如下图)，柱形图考查的频率最高，但是饼形图也成为了近年来的重点，那么，对于2016的考研学子来说，文都教育敬请大家关注柱形图和饼形图的写作练习。

　　以下就英语(二)图表写作的第一段，文都教育为大家详细讲解：

　　一、首段常用描述句型

　　考题中的统计图主要分为Bar graph/chart(柱状图/条形图)、Line graph/chart(线形图)、Pie graph/chart(饼状图)、Table graph/chart(表状图)。

　　首段开篇多以“这幅图描述了…”为开头，其句式结构为：主语+谓语+宾语+状语，其中主语为The + 图表/数据，图表的表述方法有：line graph/chart;bar graph/chart;pie graph/chart;table graph/chart数据的表述方法有：data，statistics，figures,“描述、展示”也有多种说法：illustrate、reveal、describe、depict、demonstrate，

　　二、图表中的数据(Data)具体表达法

　　数据(Data)在某一个时间段固定不变：fixed in time

　　在一系列的时间段中转变：changes over time

　　持续变化的data在不同情况下：

　　增加：increase / raise / rise / go up ……

　　减少：decrease / grow down / drop / fall ……

　　波动：fluctuate / rebound / undulate / wave ……

　　稳定：remain stable / stabilize / level off ……

　　三、图表作文历年真题第一段范文

　　2015年(饼图：我国某市居民春节假期花销比例)

　　As we can see from the diagram, remarkable tendency that has occurred in the sphere draws our attention. The pie chart shows the percentage of residents’ consumption in a city during the Spring Festival holiday. The spending on new year’s gifts ranks first, accounting for 40% of the total. The expenses on dinner parties, traffic and other things make up 20% respectively.

　　2014年(柱形：1990年到2010年城镇人口和乡村人口的变化)

　　What is clearly presented in the above chart is the different numbers of urban residents and rural population among 1990,2000 and 2010.The number of urban residents climbed steadily from 300 million in 1990 to 660 million or so in 2010，while rural population decreased slightly from about 820 million to 680 million or so in the same period.

　　2013年(柱形：学生兼职)

　　In the bar chart, it shows the changes of the proportion of the students having part-time jobs during the four years’ study in college. The proportion increases slightly from the first year to the third year, however,the fourth year has witnessed a fast increase, surging to 88.24%。

　　2012年(表格：某公司员工工作满意度调查)

　　From the statistics shown in the table above, we can find the dramatic differences in a survey about working satisfaction in a company. The company employees are categorized into three groups by their ages: below 40, 41-50 and over 50. And meanwhile, the survey gives us three degrees of their satisfaction on their jobs.

　　2011年(柱形：国内轿车市场份额)

　　This bar chart indicates different market shares of automobiles of three types of brand affiliations between 2008 and 2009.In 2008, cars with Japanese brands topped the three types of vehicles, accounting for 35% of the total market. What follows is the cars with Chinese brands, hitting 25% of the auto market, with the share of American brand bottomed out at 15%. In 2009, some developments are noticeable in that the cars with the largest share became those of Chinese brands, which occupied roughly 32% of the market, while cars with Japanese and American brands took 25% and 15% of the whole market respectively.

　　2010年(柱形：“发达国家与发展中国家手机用户数量的变化对比”)

　　In this chart, we can see the mobile phone subscriptions in developed countries have a steady and slight increase from 1990 to 2007 and then remain constant in 2008. Meanwhile the mobile phone subscriptions in developing countries have witnessed a slow increase from 1990 to 2004 and then a great surge from 2004 to 20007: the biggest surge happens from 2005 to 2006.

　　图表作文着重说明事实，因此写好图表作文，关键在于读懂图表中所提供的信息，把握各信息间的联系，用准确流畅的语言把这一信息表达出来。相对来说，这些常用的表达方法也比较固定，以上这些模板套路会给大家一些启发的。只要大家用心准备，一定会写好完美的作文的。文都网校伴大家一路成长。