图表作文着重说明事实，常常是通过对图表中所反映的具体数据的说明、分析、比较，对某种事物或现象的事实或变化情况等加以说明，并提出结论或看法。下面是编辑老师精心为大家准备了考研英语图表作文写作指导，希望对大家的英语写作有所帮助。

2015年考研英语图表作文写作指导

一、出题形式

例1题目：Changes in People’s Diet

Study the following table carefully and your composition must be based on the information given in the table. Write three paragraphs to:

1.state the changes in people’s diet(饮食)in the past five years;

2.give possible reasons for the changes;

3.draw your own conclusions.

You should quote as few figures as possible.

例2题目：Car Accidents Declining in Walton City

Remember that your composition must be written according to the following outline;

1.Rise and fall of the rate of car accidents as indicated by the graph;

2.Possible reason(s)for the decline of car accidents in the city;

3.Your predictions of what will happen this year.

Your composition should be no less than 120 words and you should quote as few figures as possible.

例3 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Health Gain in Developing Countries. Your composition must be no less than 120 words and you should base your composition on the following instructions(given in Chinese):

1. 以下图为依据描述发展中国家的期望寿命(life expectancy)和婴儿死亡率(infant mortality)的变化情况

2. 说明引起变化的各种原因

从以上例子可见，图表作文一般在题目中给出作文的标题和一个或几个统计表格、圆形图、曲线图或条形图，有时还用英文或中文提纲的形式给出提示，要求我们：

1)用文字描述图表，客观解释图表中所传递的信息，并找出某种规律或趋势;

2)就图表中所反映的某种趋势或问题分析其原因或后果。