1、圖表描述第三講1.5 表格圖例題1The table below shows the number of road accidents which occurred in Britain in different places and the ages of the injured persons.Road accidents in BritainWhen/WhereAccidents occurredAge2-4Age5-7Age8-11Age11-13Age14-16TOTALGoing to school21282125Going home from school217103234Pla

2、ying in the street98812852214Cycling in the street110258145Shopping for their parents532122152TOTAL10815283207370The chart organizes data about road accident involving children in Britain by age and by when and where the accidents occurred. It indicates that the incidence of accidents decreases as t

3、he childrens age increases and that age correlates with the circumstances surrounding the accident.For all ages, the most common situation leading to an accident is playing in the street but young children were particularly affected. In 25 accidents due to going to school, age 5-7 saw almost half of

4、 the cases, while after that age, the number of accidents decreased gradually. Those accidents caused by going home from school or by shopping for their parents shared the same tendency. However, accidents caused by playing in the street were the most dangerous for children in age 2-4, while childre

5、n in age 8-11 should be careful about cycling in the street. Generally speaking, parents should take special care for those children in age 5-7, as this period witnessed 40% of all accidents.The chart demonstrates that playing in the street is the most common and universal site of accidents for all

6、ages, but the risks that other sites and situations present vary with the childrens ages.例題2The table shows the GDP per capita, adult illiteracy rates, and newspaper sales per thousand people for seven countries. We can see that GDP per capita varies substantially from 2100 USD in Cuba to 13000 USD

7、in the Bahamas, with 5 of the 7 countries below 5000 USD per capita GDP. The illiteracy rates also differ considerably. The highest illiteracy rates are for Brazil (16.8%) and Jamaica (15.2%), whilst Argentina has the lowest rate, at 3.6%. Mexico (at 10.5%) and Surinam (7%) lie in the middle. Surpri

8、singly, the adult illiteracy rate for Cuba and the Bahamas is the same, at 4.4%. Newspaper sales per thousand people are also diverse. Argentina has the lowest illiteracy rate and the highest newspaper sales per thousand people (123/1000). Surinam (122/1000) and Cuba (118/1000) have similar rates. T

9、he Bahamas (99/1000) and Mexico (97/1000) have relatively high levels, too. Jamaica (63/1000) and Brazil (40/1000) have the lowest levels and have the highest illiteracy rates. From the chart, we can see that there is no relationship between either the adult illiteracy rate, or newspaper sales, and

10、GDP per capita. However, it does appear that the lower the illiteracy rate, the higher the newspaper sales. This can be seen generally, in that the four countries with illiteracy rates of 7% or less have the highest newspaper sales. 例題3The table gives a breakdown of the different types of family who

11、 were living in poverty in Australia in 1999. On average, 11% of all households, comprising almost two million people, were in this position. However, those consisting of only one parent of single adult had almost double this proportion of poor people, with 21% and 19% respectively. Couples generall

12、y tended to be better off, with lower poverty levels for couples without children (7%) than those with children (12%). It is noticeable that for both types of household with children, a higher than average proportion were living in poverty at this time. Older people were generally less likely to be

13、poor, though once again the trend favoured elderly couples (only 4%) rather than single elderly people (6%). Overall the table suggests that household of single adults and those with children were more likely to be living in poverty than those consisting of couples. 練習(xí)題1.6混合多圖例題1The graph illustrate

14、s the daily number of units of electricity used in England during both summer and winter. The pie chart indicates the percentage of typical uses of the electricity.First, the graph indicates that the amount of electricity used in the winter is double that used in the summer. In winter, usage rises b

15、etween 00:00hrs and 02:00 hrs, from 35 thousand units to 40 thousand followed by a decrease between 02:00hrs and 07:30hrs to 30 thousand units. Usage rises from 07:30hrs to 12:00hrs then evens out at 40 thousand until it peaks at 22:00hrs, to 45 thousand units.Heat and other daily items consume 85%

16、of the electricity and 15% is consumed by items used irregularly such as blenders, vacuums, etc. in both summer and winter.In the summer, usage starts at 16 thousand units at 00:00hrs and drops steadily to 15.5 thousand at 07:30hrs. Usage rises to a peak of 20 thousand units at 13:30hrs, then drops

17、of to a steady 15 thousand units until it peaks again at approximately 23:00hrs to just under 20 thousand units.It is worth noting that the low and high usage periods in both winter and summer are similar except between 00:00hrs and 02:00hrs.例題2The graphs above reveal that as the number of Japanese

18、tourists traveling abroad has grown, so has Australias share of the Japanese tourist market. The number of Japanese tourists traveling abroad increased from approximately five million in 1985 to approximately 15 million in 1995. Thats a 300% increase. Australias share of that market increased during

19、 the same period similarly from two percent in 1985 to six percent in 1994. Data is not shown for 1995. This means that more and more Japanese tourists are heading to Australia to spend their vacations. It is interesting to note that there was a decline in the number of Japanese tourists heading to Australia in 1989 even though more Japanese tourists were traveling that year than the previous. A surge in Japanese traveling abroad in 1990 resulted in Australia regaining their share of Japanese tourists. The data also shows that fewer Japanese traveled to Australia in