商务英语写作Unit17-Graphics-and-Descriptions.ppt

,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit 17,Graphics and Descriptions,Objectives,To learn some samples,To master some guidelines for writing graphics and descriptions,To learn some useful expressions,Introduction,1.Helpful devices,2.More impressive and easier to understand,3.Various forms:,bar chart,pie chart,line chart,organizational chart,flow chart,table,pictograph,Guidelines for Writing,(1),Giving a very general description of the chart in one or two sentences in the introductory part,Giving a detailed description of the graphics in the body,Coming up to a conclusion based on the above description in the ending part,Useful Expressions,(1),1.There was a gradual increase in the number of employees from 1992 to 2005.,2.The increase slowed down in August in 1992.,3.The rise lasted for three months and then began to level off in May.,4.There was a substantial increase in the consumption of fast food since the end of 1990.,5.The cost went down and the sales went up accordingly.,Useful Expressions,(2),6.There was a dramatic drop in the number of accidents caused by drunk driving.,7.The number of students fell from 20,000 to 18,000 in the past five years.,8.The Chinese economy increased by about 7%as compared with last year.,9.The sales volume should be in a direct ratio to/with profit.,10.The sales figure of Company A is about twice as much as that of Company B.,Review,To learn some samples,To master some guidelines for writing graphics and descriptions,To learn some useful expressions,Practice 2,1)some increased whereas others decreased.,2)Nuclear energy increased greatly during these ten years,3,）,coal provided 46.2 percent of the whole in 1970,4)On the other hand,the percentages of the sources of natural gas,hydro and oil decreased,5)Of the three sources that reduced,oil dropped the least,Writing Task,1,The bar chart illustrates the percentage of employees m different occupations absent from work because of illness or injury in a given week in 2001.,It is evident that absentee rates are lowest for the best remunerated jobs,with managers and administrators recording only around 3.25%absence.This is almost 1%lower than the next lowest rate of absenteeism,that in professional occupations at about 4%.Crafts and related occupations reports 4.4%absence,only 0.2%lower than that of associated professional and technical workers.,Writing Task 2,The pie chart reveals typical spending patterns for foreign students taking English language courses in schools in London.The average spend can be divided very roughly into thirds-the first third being spent on rent and food,the second on school fees and the last divided between entertainment,travel,clothes and study materials.The total weekly spend for international students is shown to be 300 per week.,