文档介绍：Chapter 9Concrete support (II) — figures & statistics
It is often useful when you are writing to include reference to tables and charts 。It is one of the most effective ways to support your position on a topic to cite figures and statisitcs(,chart,pie,)
Example“
Figure 1 shows sales of mobile phones per month. As can be seen, it covers the years 1998 to 2001 and shows that the sales of mobile phones declined steadily in 1998, then remained steady from May until the end of the year. The sales rose more and more steeply, throughout 1999, with a steep increase at the end of the year, and reached a peak of 6,200 in February 2000. A sharp fall followed but sales levelled off at about 5,300 per month in April, fluctuated slightly through the year, and are now increasing again. The figures seem to indicate that we have recovered from the problems in mid-2000 and are on target to improve on our February 2000 peak by the end of 2002.
Usually in such cases, the writer does not simply add the visual to the text, but includes some sort ment. Typically the writer will include (Swales & Feak, 1994):
a few words that locate the visual,
a statement that draws attention to the important features of the visual,
some sort ment on or discussion of the visual.
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chart, It can be seen
diagram,
table, graph, figures, statistics,
... ...can be seen from in the chart. diagram. table. graph. figures.
statistics
bar chart(条形图)
(Chart)graph
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Describing change
There was a(n) (very
barely noticeable slight slow gradual steady marked dramatic steep sharp rapid sudden
rise. increase. upward trend. decrease. decline. reduction. fall. drop.
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increased shot up grew rose
declined reduced decreased dropped fell
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Rate
RATIO
PERCENT
Percentage
Geometric rate
Arithmetic rate
To double,triple,quadruple
To increase/decrease four-fold,by one-