三．常用句式

　　在命题作文一节中列举的一些常用句式，大部分都可以用在漫画类作文中，考生可以根据自己的需要选用。这里再列举几个常用于描述漫画的句式。

　　1． The cartoon/picture briefs/depicts/shows…

　　例句：The cartoon briefs the history of commercial fishing in the 20th century.

　　2． In the picture, …

　　例句：In the picture, an American girl looks so pleased in the richly decorated Chinese national costumes.

　　3． Looking at the picture, …

　　例句：Looking at the picture, many people cannot help laughing. …

　　4．…。This is what the picture indicates.

　　例句：It is not unusual for Chinese children to get money from their parents, grandparents or relatives during the Spring Festival. … This is what the picture indicates.

　　5． The two pictures here illustrate…

　　例句：The two pictures here illustrate how a flower in a greenhouse is destroyed when exposed to a storm.

　　6． In the first picture, …. While in the second one, …

　　例句：In the first picture, a lonely small boat, in spite of the good catch, does not disturb the fishes that are swimming leisurely. While in the second one, the sea is over-crowded with fishing boats, and a lonely fish, desperately trying to escape, finds no place to hide.

　　7．As depicted in the picture/As we can see in the picture/As can been seen from the picture/As is shown by the drawing, …

　　例句：As can be seen from the picture, the car breaks stops on the way and cannot move any further.

　　8．It is most likely that by drawing the pictures, the artist intends…

　　例句：It is most likely that by drawing the pictures, the artist intends not only to tell us the story of fish but also to set us thinking more about nature.

　　(一）常用句式

　　以下是图表作文常用的表达法：

　　1． According to the figures shown in the table/graph we can see/conclude that…

　　例句：According to the figures shown in the table, we can see that great changes have been taking place in people’s diet over the period from 1988 to 1998.

　　2． We can see/We have noted/It can be seen from the table/chart/graph that…

　　例句：We have noted from the graph that there is a wide gap between the top ten universities both of China and of the world.

　　3． The graph/table/chart shows/indicates/reveals/points out that…

　　例句：The chart reveals that the number of road accidents is spiraling upward every year as more and more highways are constructed all over China.

　　4． As is shown/can be seen in the chart/graph/diagram released by the government…

　　例句：As we can see in the diagram released by the government, the rapid growth of population has resulted in the extinction of many wildlife species.

　　5． After considering the information in the graph/table/chart, we might conclude that…

　　例句：After considering the information in the graph, we might conclude that the energy structure in rural areas has been greatly improved over the past 15 years.

　　6.The chart/graph/table shows a minimal/slight/slow/steady/marked/dramatic/sharp/sudden increase/rise/decline/reduction/fall/drop in…compared with those of last year/10 years ago/last century…

　　例句：The graph shows a marked decline in the number of wildlife species compared with that of last century.

　　7． This year, the products of…dropped to half/was cut in half/doubled/tripled.

　　例句：This year, the products of cotton doubled.

　　8． The number of … grew/rose/dropped from…to…

　　例句：The number of car accidents grew from 3691 in 1985 to 8245 in 1995.

　　9． No increase is shown in …; then came a sharp increase of …

　　例句：No increase is shown in 1988; then came a sharp increase of 8 million.

　　10．Sth. is twice/three/half as large/high/much as sth. else.

　　例句：The production of cotton is twice as much as that of wheat.

　　11．The table/chart/graph represents the development and changes in …

　　例句：The table represents the development and changes in agriculture structure in the past 30 years.

　　12．By comparison with…, it dropped/ fell/ decreased from…to…/ by…

　　例句：By comparison with 1990, it dropped by 15 percent.

　　13．There appeared an even more stable/consistent/steady tendency to rise/drop.

　　14．The curve has leveled off/stayed the same/remained unchanged for 2 years and the trend will be continuing.