七. 倍数
1.A be …times as much/many as B
eg. The annual rainfall of Hunan is 5 times as much as that of Sichuan.
2.A doubles/is half/triples B A是B的两倍,一半,三倍
eg. The annual rainfall of Jidda doubles that of Janta, but is only half the amount of rain Kuwait receiveseach year.
附一 圆盘比例型图表 例: 一个圆盘显示了大学生在food, books, transportations, entertainment, clothes, unknown中的开销,它们各自占的比例依次是60%,3%,5%,10%,10%,12%,要求你描叙这个圆盘图。 描述:
The above pie chart consists of 6 segments, the largest one representing food, which accounts for 60% of the total. Clothes and entertainment each takes up 10%. 5% goes to transportation and 3% books. All the rest expenses, 12% of all ,is spend on unknown items.
总结写作模式:
…pie chart consists of…segments, the largest one representing…,which accounts for …of the total.…each takes up….…goes to….All the rest…, …of all,……. .
八. 原因结果
1….(结果)…, owing to (原因) [owing to 为分词结构]
2….(结果)…, attributableto(原因) [attributable to为形容词短语]
3….(结果) lie in the fact that(原因) [ 同位语从句 ]
4….(结果)result from(原因) [句型一般]
5. It is precisely because (原因)…that (导致结果)… [强调结构]
6. …, as a result, …(导致结果)… [as a result做插入语]
7. (原因)be responsible for(结果) [常见句型]
8. (原因),which in turn(结果)
eg. They give rise to unfair competition, which in turn throws originalbusinesses into a commercial panic.