Simon雅思写作网课笔记——小作文篇

Task 1 小作文
Lesson 1. Overview
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Question types:
- Line graph
- Bar chart
- Pie chart
- Table
- Diagram - comparing
- Diagram - process
4 paragraphs
- Introduction
- 1 sentence: Paraphrase the question
- Overview
- 2 sentence: The main, general things
- No specific numbers
- Do not use “In conclusion”
- Details
- Details
- Why 2 paragraphs? This makes you organise or group the information better.
No conclusion!
Lesson 2. Line Graph
- Usually 3 or 4 lines
- Compare the lines, not describe them seperately
- Two type of Comparison:
- Make a very general comparison.(2nd paragraph)
e.g. The blue line is higher than the other line overall. - Compare the lines at specific points. (3rd and 4th)
Write at least one thing about each line.
- Make a very general comparison.(2nd paragraph)
An example:
- Introduction
- electricity production -> amount of electricity produced
- 题目如果没说几种可以加上
- between 1980 and 2012 -> over a period of 32 years
- Overview
- 注意这里没有直接说核能是最高的,而是说了核能是最重要的能源
- 找最大、最小的
- Paragraph 3
- 思路:从第一年开始,比较四条线;并找一个交叉点(较重要的点)
- Don’t just use the word you can take from the graph
- Be very careful of the subjects!
- 思路:从第一年开始,比较四条线;并找一个交叉点(较重要的点)
- Paragraph 4
- 思路:每条线至少可以写一件事。
- detail的两段把四条线都写了
- Vocabulary:
- amount of electricity produced
- source of / provided / generating
- means of electricity generation
- over a period of / over the period shown
- by far the most important(到目前为止最重要的)
- a negligible amount
- nuclear power overtook thermal power
- as the primary source of electricity
- rose dramatically to a peak of
- by contrast
- the figure for(…的数据)
- remained at this level, remained stable
- saw only a small rise
Lesson 3. Bar Chart
Your job is to compare the bars.
- Make a very general comparison. (2nd paragraph)
- Compare specific numbers.
An example:
- Introduction
- shows -> compares
- sales -> sold worldwide
- top five mobile phone brands -> five most popular manufacturers
- between 2009 and 2003 -> in the years of 2009, 2011 and 2013
- Overview
- 两个方面:横向 & 纵向
- Paragraph 3
- Group: 第三段写三星和诺基亚(销量最高的两个),第四段写其他。
- Languages:
- Compariosns:
- almost double
- second most successful
- whereas
- had become the market leader
- Changes over time:
- Over the following 4 years
- sales figures fell by approximately 200 million units
- saw sales rise by a similar amount
- Compariosns:
- Paragraph 4
- Languages:
- Comparisons
- these companies sold…respectively
- Apple overtook the other two
- while…and
- Changes over time
- purchases of Apple handsets reached
- LG saw declining sales
- figures for ZTE rose only slightly
- Comparisons
- Languages:
- Vocabulary:
Lesson 4. Pie Chart
- Make a very general comparison. (2nd paragraph)
- Compare specific numbers.
An example:
- Introduction
- five categories
- spending -> expenditure
- in two contries -> in UK and New Zealand
- between 1980 and 2008 -> in the year of 2008
- Overview
- counterparts: 对应的事物
- Paragraph 3
- The same information as the overview, but in more detail(Doesn’t always work)
- Paragraph 4
Tips:
- 不要写成第3段一个国家/年份,第四段另一个的形式
- Other不重要不是因为最少,而是本身就不重要
Vocabulary:
- by + time : past perfect
Lesson 5. Table
Your job is to select, compare and describe the key numbers
An example:
- Introduction
- Overview
- revenue: 收入
- Details 1
- totally about number of tourists
- all five contries are mentioned
- start from the highest
- Details 2
- last sentence is nice because it links 3rd and 4th paragraph
- structure: 1 big sentence about the highest, 1 sentence about the other, 1 sentence is link
- Select 6-10 figures
- Vacabulary:
- 4 word is enough: rise, fall, increase, decrease
Lesson 6. 2 Different Chart
Your job is to select, compare and describe the key numbers
But you don’t need to compare the 2 charts together - you can describe them separately.
- First, Look for one main feature in each chart (1 and 2 paragraphs)
- Second, describe specific numbers for each chart seperately (details paragraphs)
An example:
- Introduction
- 适当去掉没有用的信息
- men and women -> males and females
- various -> four different
- courses -> classes
- information about the ages -> age profile
- participants -> attendees
- Overview
- Details 1
- First, “according to the bar chart” means this paragraph is about bar chart
- more women than men -> both genders -> more men than women
- mention specific number (not too much)
- Adding numbers: “, with”, “, attracting”
- Details 2
- Adding numbers: “To be precise, “
- Vacabulary:
Lesson 7. Process diagram
Describing a process is completely different from describing a graph, bar chart, pie chart or table
Differences:
- no numbers
- can’t compare anything
- can’t describe trends
What can we describe?
- how many steps
- where the process begins and ends
- each step in the process
Language for process descriptions:
- ‘steps’ language
- At the first stage in the process
- The process begins with
- Secondly, Finally
- The second step involves
- Next, then, after that
- At the following stage
- passive verbs
- ‘steps’ language
An example
- Introduction
- describe seperately
- diagrams -> first/second flow diagram
- Overview
- Select information
- 和之前不一样:写原材料、分别有几个步骤
- Select information
- Details 1
- Details 2
- Vocabulary:
Lesson 8. Comparison diagrams
Your job is to compare the diagrams:
- Describe the changes
- Describe things don’t change
- Describe the differences
- Describe the similarities
Pay attention to Verb Tense
An example:
- Introduction
- diagrams -> two pictures
- existing ground floor plan -> current layout
- some building work -> redesign the same living space
- Overview
- 要点: 选变量和不变量
- Details 1
不要第3段写第一幅图,第4段写另一幅。体现出对比,分数更高。
- Details 2
- Vocabulary:
- 标题: Simon雅思写作网课笔记——小作文篇
- 作者: jkm
- 创建于 : 2024-08-24 23:41:00
- 更新于 : 2024-08-24 22:13:02
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