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图表型图表型根据图表信息写某一现象反映出的问题或根据图表信息写某一现象反映出的问题或发展趋势发展趋势

常见的四种形式：常见的四种形式：• 表格（表格（ tabletable ））• 柱形图（柱形图（ bar graph/bar chartbar graph/bar chart ））• 饼形图（饼形图（ pie graph/pie chartpie graph/pie chart ））• 曲线图（曲线图（ line graphline graph ））

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Line chart

The line char displays the changes of Chinese farmers’ average income from 1991 t 2003. It is obviously seen that their average income has been increasing constantly over the 12-year period. 600

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Average Income (RMB) of the Chinese Farmer

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Bar graph The bar chart displays

a sharp contrast of population share in Asia, Europe and North America in 1998. Asia accounted for a lion’s share of 60%, while the proportion of Europeans was 15% and that of North Americans turned out to be the smallest---only 9%.

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Population Distribution in 1998

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Pie Chart

The pie chart shows the monthly expenditure per family in China, with the main proportion, nearly four fifths, spent on basic needs including food, housing, transportation and communications and household goods and services. As a contrast, consumer luxuries and other items only take up a very small percentage.

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Monthly Expense Per Family in China

The pie chart shows the monthly expenditure per family in China. Housing, accounting for approximately 30%, makesup the largest proportion of monthly expense, which seems to be the heaviest burden on modern Chinese family.

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Table

GDP per head(1990: US

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Life Expectancy (years)

Bangladesh

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Egypt 710 57

Indonesia 595 50

USA 14200 75

The table above reveals the living standard of four different countries in 1990 by comparing two key economic indicators. There is little difference between the economic indicators of Egypt and Indonesia. It goes without saying that USA enjoyed the highest quality of living, achieving the highest GDP of 14,200 dollars per head and the longest life expectancy of 75. comparatively speaking, Bangladesh has the lowest quality of life, with its life expectancy less than half of that of USA and its GDP the lowest among the four countries.

Quality of Life in Four Countries