Part B

48.Directions: Write an essay based on the chart below. In your writing, you should

1)interpret the chart, and

2)give your comments

You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)

48.【作文范文】

The graph shows that changes in the choices of graduates of a certain university in fives time from 2013 to 2018. According to the bar charts, a significant portion of students sought employment after graduation, this portion accounts 68% in 2013 and dropped slightly to 60% in 2018. And a modest portion of graduates wanted to pursue further education, with the number grew sightly from 26% to 34% in five years time. Of the three choices, setting up a company was obviously the minority’s choice. as it is shown, only 1.3% choose to start a business and the figure rose to 2.6% at the end of the period.

The reasons behind might be as follows. Most students would prefer to find a job so that they could gain the skills and experience that are crucial for a brighter career path; Besides, most jobs only require that applicants have bachelor degree so most graduates are qualified. Despite of that, the competition for well-paid jobs is still fierce, accompanied with universities’ policy to expand the number of postgraduates, more students choose to pursue higher degree. At last, it is very challenging to start a businiess for graduates who lack the resources and experience, so that number was very small. With more favorable conditions provided by government to encourage high-technology start-ups, some graduates were willing to take the opportunity to become entrepreneurs.

Overall, from 2013 to 2018, majority of students found employment after graduation and the number fell slightly. A smaller number choose to pursue higher degree, and the smallest number choose to start a business, though the last two groups saw a light growth.

【參考范文譯文】

柱狀圖顯示了在2013年到2018年間某高校學生畢業之后選擇的變化。絕大部份學生選擇畢業之后找工作，2013年，這部分占了68% 到了2018年略有下降，降到了60%。 畢業之后選擇繼續深造的人數居中，并略有上升，從26%上升到34%，畢業后選擇創業的人數最少，但也有上升趨勢， 從1.3%上升到2.6%。

背后的原因是，大部分選擇工作，這樣能夠獲得技能和經驗，為以后職業道路鋪路；另外大多數崗位對學歷的要求是本科學位，大多數人都能夠滿足這個要求。但是由于好的崗位競爭仍然激烈，所以選擇深造的人數雖沒有第一類多，但是還是有所上升。第三類人數最少，因為創業需要資源和經驗，要求很高，但是有政府的鼓勵創業的政策，還是有更多的人投入到創業當中，但是人數仍然是三者當中最少的。

綜上所述，畢業工作的人最多，人數略有下降，深造的居中創業的人最少。

作文點評】

在描述柱狀圖的時候，需要描寫增加或者減少，同時還要描寫趨勢和狀態，接下來給大家提供一些如何描寫這些變化的句子。

表示增減的動詞：increase, go up, rise, soar up /decrease, decline, dwindle, reduce.

開頭的句子：

1.the number data show---used at the beginning of the introduction or body paragraph

2.the first...shows .... while the second... shows ---used at the beginning of the introduction when there are two sets of data.

3.the number of ... follows a remarkably similar trend---used at the beginning of a body

paragraph to provide an overview when two ore more sets of data display similar trends

描述趨勢的句子：

4.increased through out the period from.. to .. implies that the graph is linear

5.the number /amount of ...varied form