首先:in the first place, to begin with, first of all

然后:in the following stage, afterwards, from then on, after that

同時(shí):at the same time, meanwhile, simultaneously

最后:in the final stage, at last, finally, eventually

此外,在描寫過程步驟時(shí),一些恰當(dāng)?shù)膭釉~是非常重要的,如在對“the glass bottle recycling”這個(gè)過程的描寫中,一些動詞:recycle, transport, grind, flow等都是非常準(zhǔn)確的。

3. 如果要避免流程圖的描寫變成流水帳,那么在語言上的一些改寫和變化是非常重要的。下面,將為大家介紹兩類常見的句子間銜接的方法:

before, after which, following which, followed by

The glass bottles are sent to a collecting point by customers, after which, they are transported to a cleaning plant.

to do, doing, done, 定語從句

The glass bottles are sent to a collecting point by customers ready to be transported to a cleaning plant.

The glass bottles which are sent to a collecting point by customers are then transported to a cleaning plant.

地理變遷圖Map

相對流程圖而言,地理變遷圖的難度會低于流程圖。

難點(diǎn):

1. 物體太多,不知如何有序描寫

2. “建造”這個(gè)動詞的多樣表達(dá)

筆者也相應(yīng)的來一一解答存在于考生中的關(guān)于地理變遷圖的疑問。

1. 地圖題的描寫思路,可以按照方位順序來描寫其在所給時(shí)間段中的變化,如變多,變少,消失,新建等。考生還需掌握一些方位詞的表達(dá)方法:

in the north, to the north, above the river, on the edge of the garden, at the southwestern corner, along the river bank

2. 在地圖題中,無疑會出現(xiàn)很多新出現(xiàn)的建筑,所以考生必須要用很多表示“建造”意思的動詞來對其描寫。

建造:build, construct, establish, set up, can be found

出現(xiàn):emerge, arise, appear

只要考生在備考時(shí)充分掌握了以上介紹的兩類圖形的應(yīng)對技巧,以及兩類圖形必備的詞匯和句型,相信考生對付這兩類題型會胸有成竹。