3. As we could find out later in this unit, his plan was not quite as he had expected.
4. This table provides several important points of comparison between…
二、描寫曲線走勢的常用句型:曲線的走勢有上升、下降、持平和有所波動等來表述。
1. The output rose rapidly till it reached … in 2000. Since then, though the growth continued, the momentum has slackened off.
2. Before 1970 the birth rate remained level. Then in 1970 it fell till it reached 30 per thousand.
3. The birth rate in this region rocketed to the highest peak in 1963.
4. Although prices fluctuated between 1999-2010, overall the trend was downward.
5. The economy went up and down in a zigzag way.
6. After a steady decline for a whole decade, the country’s fertility rate shows signs of leveling off.
三、 描述圖標常用的概括性句型:這種句子通常用在文章開頭結尾處。
1. This table provides several interesting points of comparison between A and B.
2. The two graphs depict the same thing seen in two different ways. The first diagram simply records… The second graph throws a new light on…
3. The key findings taken from the surveys are as follows…
4. If drivers continue to drive more carefully and further strengthen their sense of safety, the rate of accidents can be expected to decline even more dramatically in the year 1991.