其實，無論英語一和英語二的大綱說到寫作B節都涉及到了圖表描述，只是由于英語二的大綱樣題以及近兩年的真題考的都是圖表，所以考生們自動地就將英語二和圖表綁定在了一起。

我的看法是，英語一和英語二的考生都該關注一下圖表寫作，尤其圖表描述。

無論是表格，柱狀圖，餅狀圖還是曲線圖，都是命題者試圖通過一些數據來反映社會問題或社會趨勢現象?？忌鷤円朴趯D表中的數據進行排列，組合或對照，從而抓住數據背后所欲揭示的主題（問題或現象）。

圖表的描述注意四點：

1. 主旨信息。圖表中的數據只要描寫幾個核心數據就行（有時考生要進行數據的合并概括）。這樣做是為了將圖表數據的描述與其所要揭示的主題一致起來。

2. 有序描述。圖表中的數據要重新排列，組合，井然有序地描述出來。

3. 過渡生動。描述的過程中，根據前后的數據關系，添加連接詞（however,furthermore等），使得描述條理清晰，一目了然。

4. 詞句多樣。由于圖表的描述需要反復說同樣的句式，以及反復提到“增加”或“減少”之類的意思，為了避免重復，考生需要刻意地變化句子和詞匯，以免單調乏味。

如：

One problem affecting US presently is that its energy supply depends, to a larger extent, on the consumption of fossil fuels. As shown in the chart, 77.1% of total of electricity of U.S. is generated by burning coal, oil and gas, each accounting for 46.5%, 16.9% and 13.7% respectively. And regrettably, nuclear power supplies only 12.5% of the country’s energy needs and water power merely 10.5%.

再如：

The past few years have witnessed a growing surge of interest in buying lottery tickets, especially in large cities. It may even be said that people are going crazy about it. As can be seen from the chart, 70 percent of those polled in a large scale survey, held in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing, claimed to have dreamed of winning a fortune of 5 million yuan. Roughly 80 percent of those polled in Guangzhou had had such a dream, while the number in Shanghai and Beijing accounted for 60 percent respectively.

又如：

Obviously the rate of car accidents in the city varies from month to month in 1999. As we can see from the graph, during the period from Jan. to Mar., the number of accidents grew sharply, reaching 32 in March. Then the rate began to decline, and there were only 26 accidents in June. However, there was a rapid increase during the summer months, the peak being 39 accidents in August. Fortunately, the rate was gradually falling in the last four months of the year. It is interesting to note that there happened to be as many accidents in Oct. as in Apr. Generally speaking, the trend involved a downward direction.

后如：

In the past five years, there have been great changes in people’s daily expenses in X city. According to the figures given in the table, the amount of money spent on food decreased gradually, accounting for 35 percent in 1998. However, there was a rapid increase in clothing expenses, which made up 17% in 1998. In addition, the table shows an upward tendency in recreation expenses. The same was the case with other expenses.