大学英语六级图表作文2014年6月图表作文的类型图表作文可分为两大类:表作文和图作文。表格(Table)可以使大量数据系统化,便于阅读、比较。表格常由标题(Title)、表头(Boxhead)(表格的第一行)、侧目(Stub)(表格左边的第一列)和主体(Body)部分(表格的其余部分)等部分组成。用表格表达的信息具体准确,而且表格中的各项均按一定规律排列。阅读表格时要注意找出表格中各个项目的相互关系,表格中各个项目的变化规律。根据表格中的数字做比较,搞清楚这些变化规律也就读懂了表格的内容。图作文图作文又可分为三种:圆形图作文、曲线图作文和条状图作文。(1)圆形图作文圆形图(Piechart)也称为饼状图或圆面分割图。圆形图因为比较形象和直观,各部分空间大小差别容易分辨,所以常用来表示总量和各分量之间的百分比关系。整个圆表示总量,楔形块表示分量。有时圆形图还有数值表,两者结合可把各分量表示得更准确、清楚。例如:ThisisapiechartoftheaverageweeklyexpenditureofafamilyinGreatBritain.Ascanbeseenfromthechart,themainexpenditureofanaverageBritishfamilyisspentonfood,whichaccountsfor25%ofitstotalexpenditure.Thenexttwosignificantexpendingitemsaretransportandhousing,whichare15%and12%respectively.Ifwetakeintoaccountclothingandfootwear,whichmakesup10%,thefouressentialsoflife,thatis,food,transport,housing,andclothingandfootwear,amountto62%ofthetotalexpenditure.(2)曲线图作文曲线图(Linegraph)也称为线性图或坐标图。曲线图最适合表示两个变量之间关系的发展过程和趋势。一般来说,曲线所呈现的形状比某一点所代表的变量的值更有意义。曲线图有横轴和纵轴。一般先看横轴所代表的数量或时间等,然后再看纵轴所显示的意义。同时必须找出线条所反映的最高或最低的变化。这个曲线图的横轴代表1990年的不同的月份,纵轴代表交通事故的数量。从交通事故曲线图上可知,前八个月的交通事故的数量有升有降。曲线图在八月份升到了最高点(39),此后一直呈下降的趋势,十二月份降到了最低点(16)。可见,1990年的交通事故的数量总体上呈下降的趋势。(3)条形图作文条形图(Bargraph)也称为立柱图或圆柱图。条形图由宽度相同但长度不同的条块代表不同的量。当要比较几个项目或量时,常用不同颜色来区分。条形图主要用来表示:1)同一项目在不同时间的量;2)同一时间不同项目的量。阅读条形图时,要先看图例,再看横轴、纵横各代表什么量,每一个刻度所代表的值是多少,最后找出图中各长条所表示的数据及各长条间的相互关系。FertilityRatesThechartshowsstrikingchangesinthefertilityrateofwomeninsixGulfcountries–SaudiArabia,theUAE,Oman,Qatar,KuwaitandBahrainbetween1990and2000.Inthetenyearperiod,therewasadeclineinthenumberofbirthsperwomaninallcountries.Thebiggestdeclineswereintwocountrieswhichhadlowfertilityratesatthestartofthedecade,BahrainandtheUAE.Fertilityratesvarygreatlybetweenthesixcountries.OmanandSaudiArabiahadthehighestrates,withoversevenbirthsperwomanin1990.Thiscomparedwitharound4birthsperwomaninBahrainandtheUAE,andjust3.75inKuwaitBy2000,theratehadfallenbelowthreebirthsperwomaninKuwait,BahrainandtheUAE,withadropofover25%inadecadeintheUAE.However,inSaudiArabiaandOman,theratesfellbyjust20%,from7.0to5.5.Insummary,thereweremajordecreasesinbirthratesinallcountries,butsomecountriesintheregionhavedoublethefertilityrateofothers.OilProductionCapacityThegraphshowsOilProductionCapacityinmillionsofbarrelsperdayforselectedGulfcountries.Thereareseveralfeaturesinthisgraph.Themostsignificantfeatureisthatoilproductionwillincreasesharplyinalmostallthecountriesshown.KuwaitandIraqarebothexpectedtodoubletheiroutputbetween1990and2010,withKuwait’sproductionrisingfrom1.8millionbarrelsperday(bpd)in1990to3.8in2010.Iranwillalsoincreaseitsoutputbyaslightlysmalleramount.Afterremainingsteadyat2.5millionbpdfrom1990to2000,theUAE’soutputisexpectedtoapproach4.0millionbpdin2010.OnlyQatar’sproductionispredictedtofall,0.8millionbpdafteraslightrisein2000.However,thegreatestincreasewillbefromSaudiArabia.In1990,itsoutputcapacityat8.5millionbpdexceededthecombinedproductionofIran,IraqandKuwait.Thisleadisexpectedtocontinuewitha75%increaseinproductionto14.5millionbpd2010.Insummary,whilemostofthecountriesareexpectedtoshowincreases,SaudiArabiawillmaintainandstrengthenitspositionasthemajorproducer.Computers&InternetintheArabWorldThechartshowsstrikingdifferencesinthelevelofcomputerandInternetpenetrationintheArabworld.TheUAEandKuwaitarebyfarthemostcomputerizedcountries,withLebanonadistantthird.TheUAEhasover150computersforevery1000inhabitants,comparedtoKuwait’s130andLebanon’s60.Incontrast,countriessuchasEgypt,MoroccoandSyriahavelessthan20computersper1000inhabitants.TherearealsogreatdifferencesinInternetuseandavailability.TheUAEhasbyfarthehighestproportionofusers,withmorethanone-thirdofitspopulationusingtheInternet.KuwaitandLebanonaresecondandthirdagain,with100usersperthousandinKuwaitand80inLebanon.InsomecountriesthenumberusingtheInternetisnegligible:SaudiArabiahaslessthan20usersperthousand,andtherearefewerthan5usersperthousandinSyria.OneunusualfeatureofthegraphisthatInternetusedoesnotseemtobedirectlyrelatedtothenumberofcomputers.Inseveralcountries(theUAE,Lebanon,JordanandOman),therearemoreInternetusersperthousandpeoplethancomputers.However,inothercountries,suchasKuwait,SaudiArabiaandSyria,thenumberofInternetusersislowerthanthenumberofcomputers.Insummary,therearemajordifferencesbetweencomputeruseandInternetuseintheArabworld,buttheUAEclearlyleadstheareainbothnumberofcomputersandnumberofinternetuserspercapita.CoffeeProductionThegraphshowscoffeeexportsforthetop12countriesintheworldin2010and2011.Overall,thebiggestproducersbyfarareBrazilandVietnam,andtherehasnotbeenmuchchangeintherankingofthetopproducersinthelasttwoyears.Almosteverycountryinthegraphproducedmorecoffeein2011thanin2010.Brazilwasthelargestproducer.Itincreasedexportsfrom30,000,000bagsin2010toalmost35,000,000in2011.Vietnamwasthesecondlargestproducer,anditalsoincreaseditsoutputfromunder14,000,000bagstoabout17,000,000.Colombia,IndonesiaandIndiaexportedalmostthesameamount,atbetween6and8millionbags,andthenalargegroupofcountriesincludingPeru,Guatemala,Honduras,Ethipia,UgandaandMexicoproducedabout3or4million