雅思小作文的占比没有大作文高,但是如果能拿到满分或者接近满分的话,对于总分还会有蛮大的贡献的,同时拿分上来说小作文也会容易些。
关于小作文的语言表达如果要丰富些,WSJ, Economist 等财经相关的报道里面其实蛮多的。以下是几个例子
# 来自于Atlantic的一个纯数字描述的例子
对应的文字
Take whatthe S&P 500has done since the beginning of June. First,itfellabout 10 percent in a couple of weeks, then itrose18 percent over the next two months. Then itfell sharplyagain, 16 percent in little more than a month, butclambered back upby about 15 percent by the beginning of December, before finallyfalling a relatively mild6 percent or so by the month's end. There were no earthshaking economic developments over that stretch of time. Yet Goldman Sachs now judges that 2022 will go down as the sixth-most-volatile year since 1929.
可以积累几个上升、下降和几个表示程度的表达。
另外这个组合动作的句式也可以模仿下
Then it fell sharply again, 16 percent in little more than a month,butclambered back up by about 15 percent by the beginning of December,beforefinally falling a relatively mild 6 percent or so by the month's end.
# 一个来自于Economist 的曲线图[讲的是social media的使用情况]
Among young audiences, it crushes the competition. Americans aged 18-24 spend an hour a day on TikTok,twice as long asthey spend on Instagram and Snapchat, andmore than five times as long asthey spend on Facebook, which these days is mainly a medium for communicating with the grandparents... [可以积累下表示比较的表达]
WSJ 和 NYT 也有很多关于图表描述的内容,主要也是集中在财经板块。
来自于WSJ 最近一期。
多读,多模仿,多写。