商务英语写作Unit17_Graphics_and_Descriptions教材教学课件.ppt

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 Guidelines for Writing(2) Don’t comment on the information Make some comparisons or point out the tendency in his description Focus on the conspicuous points such as the peak, bottom, the intersection point, etc Be arranged properly and clearly 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 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 abs