今天，给大家带来一个IELTS雅思城镇规划类小作文的原创范文。
题目：
- Model Answer 高分范文 -
The line graph showsthe midyear populations of China, India, and the USA,measured inmillions,from1950tothe year 2000.
Overall,allthree countrieswitnessed an increaseintheirpopulations,withChina and India bothincreasing at nearlythesamerate; whereas,America’s populationgrowth ratewasmuchmoresubduedand wasfar less than the other twonations.
In 1950, China’s populationstood at approximately580 millionandIndia’s 200 millionless,(1)avariancethatrose only slightly to250 millionby the end of the whole period.Likewise,the United Statesalsohadroughlythe same difference with Indiain 2000 asat the beginning of the period,but whose population number onlyincreased slowly throughoutthe fifty years.
Theonlysignificant deviation from theparalleltrend ofChina and Indiawas between the years1959 to about 1963, when Chinaregistereda brief period ofstagnantpopulation growth,standing at650 million for those four years,which thereafter,resumedclimbing.
Conversely,the United Statessaw anextremelygradualyetconsistent increase tojustbelow the300 millionmark,(2)almosta full billionfewerpeoplethanChinaby the turn of the century.
- Essay Analysis 范文解析 -
Standard Task 1 Phrases雅思小作文地道表达积累：
- The line graph shows 该线图展示了
- measured in 以……为单位
- the year 2000
- Overall, 总体来说
- witnessed an increase 见证了增长
- increasing at near enough 大约增长了
- far less than 比……少得多
- stood at approximately 大约处于
- rose only slightly to 轻微增长
- by the end of the whole period 整个期间的末期
- increased slowly 缓慢增长
- parallel trend of 平行的趋势
- was between the years
- registered a brief period of 短时间
- standing at 处于
- resumed climbing 恢复增长
- saw an 见证了
- gradual 逐渐的
- consistent increase to 持续增长
- below the ___ mark 低于……
- at the turn of the century 在世纪之交
Vocabulary 高分地道词汇:
- growth rate 增长率
- subdued 低缓的
- variance 差异
- significant 显著的
- deviation 偏差
- registered 展示出
- stagnant 停滞的
- resumed 继续；恢复
- extremely 极其；非常
- mark (point) 标记
Cohesion (C&C words and phrases)把这些简单的词用好，在"连贯与衔接"方面轻松拿分：
- from + year + to
- Overall,
- their
- , with
- same
- ; whereas,
- much more
- far less than
- the other two
- and
- less
- that
- only
- by the end of the whole period
- Likewise,
- also
- roughly
- , but which only
- , when
- , standing at
- those
- , which thereafter,
- Conversely,
- yet
- just
- , almost
- than
- Items to note -
(1) By following a noun or adjective with a comma and then ‘a’ (an), it allows us to further identify the noun. This is a common technique, called an ‘appositive phrase’ (同位语), that can also be used in Task 2, especially in the introduction for an opinion essay, where we can identify the topic as: ‘, a viewpoint I agree with...’
(2) Same as point one, but with the adverb ‘almost’ placed before the ‘a’.
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