四． 圖表作文
　　范文1
　　Directions:
　　Study the following graph carefully and write an essay in which you should
　　1) Interpret the graph.
　　2) Give your comments.
　　You should write 160-200 words neatly.
　　
　　圖表
　　
　　What Jobs Do College Graduates Want To Do
　　College students have a clear idea about their future occupation and boys are to some extent different from girls in their choice as is seen from the graph.
　　The most striking contrast is in the occupation of teaching: 45% of girl students would like to become teachers after graduation whereas only 5% of boys want to do this job. What boys like to do most is to become managers (40%) and the second largest group is to be businessmen (30%). Girls also like to pursue these two professions, with a percentage of 15% and 25% respectively choosing these two jobs. 15% of boys want to become lawyers while 10% of girls preferring this profession.
　　Teaching is preferred by females as it provides a more regular and purer life. Women�餾 patience also fits the job well. Boys consider working as scientists, managers, businessmen and lawyers more demanding and stimulating, so more boys want to show their talents in these fields. One thing worthy of note is that the numbers of girls wanting to do business is not small. This shows that girls also want to do the challenging and exciting jobs.
　　譯文
　　大學生對于未來職業有很清楚的想法，從上表中可以看出男生和女生在一定程度上有所不同。
　　比較大的區別是在對教師職業的選擇：45％的女生愿意在畢業后從事教師職業，而只有5％的男生愿意從事這一職業。男生比較喜歡的職業是管理人員（40％），其次是生意人（30％）。女生也非常喜歡這兩種職業，比例分別為為管理人員（15%），生意人（25％）。有15％男生和10％女生畢業后愿意從事律師職業。
　　女生之所以選擇教師職業，是因為這一職業更加穩定和單純。女性的耐心也非常適合這個職業。男生認為科學家、管理人員、生意人和律師更加高要求和刺激，所以更多男生愿意在這些方面展示他們的才華。值得一提的是女生選擇生意人的比例很高。這顯示了女生也愿意做有挑戰和刺激的工作。
　　
　　范文2
　　Directions: the table below shows the information about the metro system in six cities. Write a descriptive essay. You should write 160-200 words.
　　
　　LondonParisTokyoWashingtonLos AngelBeijing
　　Year186318871904189520011980
　　Capacity
　　(million)5481,0781,4347098845
　　Distance110054614911412350
　　The above table describes the situation regarding underground transportation in London, Paris, Tokyo, Washington, Los Angel, and Beijing. The major cities founded their subway system in the 20th century, which was in Tokyo, Washington, and Paris. London firstly completed its underground work and began to operate in 1863. The latest time that Los Angel had had its subway was after 139 years.
　　London has the longest underground railway distance, which is almost a time than Paris. Tokyo, Washington and Los Angel have similar datum which are 149, 114 and 123 kilometer respectively. Beijing only contains 50 kilometers of route length.
　　Though the longest route is London, the most carrying capacity is Tokyo�餾 subway system. It carried about 1434 million passengers each year, while 548 million people in London at the same time. The figures in Washington are not achieved 100, only 70 each year. Beijing only carries 45 million people which is the lowest carrying capacity in all cities.
　　譯文
　　上面的表格描述了倫敦、巴黎、東京、華盛頓、洛杉磯和北京這六個城市的地下鐵交通情況。東京、華盛頓、倫敦這些大城市在20世紀就完成了地鐵的建造。倫敦的地鐵比較早完工，并于1863年開始運行。比較近的洛杉磯是在139年后才有了地鐵。
　　倫敦的地鐵線比較長，幾乎是巴黎的2倍。東京、華盛頓和洛杉磯的地鐵長度差不多，分別為149公里、114公里和123公里。北京的地鐵的長度只有50公里。
　　盡管倫敦的地鐵線比較長，但是東京地鐵的載客量卻是比較大的。東京地鐵每年的載客量為1434億人，而倫敦僅548億。華盛頓的載客量還沒有達到100億，只有70億。北京地鐵的載客量只有45億，在所有城市中比較低。