表格题

 

　　The table below give information about Favorite Pastimes in different countries.

 

　　Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

 

　　Write at least 150 words.

 

　　Thinking Analysis

 

　　该图主要比较各国之间休闲活动在不同国家30-50岁人群中所占的百分比。我们按照纵向进行对比，很容易发现澳大利亚的各项值都十分典型（除reading项外）。按照这一思路，我们只需挑选出每个休闲活动中有代表性的国家和对应数值进行详细说明，其他数值概括一下即可。

 

　　此类图表建议考生应按照地域进行比较，并根据数值大小对数据进行分类，再抽取较大或较小的典型值进行说明即可。

 

　　Model answer:

 

　　This table clearly presents and compares favorable pastimes in eight different countries. The pastimes, across the top of the table, are analyzed in relation to each country.

 

　　As can be seen, about 60% of Canadians, Australians and Americans like watching television. On the other hand, this figure is quite low for China where only 15% of people watch television. Predictably, Americans like music at 23%, whereas only 2 to 5% of people in the other countries feel the same way. 20% of people in England enjoy sleeping as a pastime whereas in Canada and the USA, for example, the figure is only 2%. Interestingly, the Chinese like hobbies the most at 50%, as opposed to only 20% in France. It isn’t surprising that the highest percentage of beach-lovers is in Australia and the USA at 30%.

 

　　It seems that pastimes of people of different nationalities may be influenced by a number of factors such as the socio-economic situation or the climate. These factors influence cultural differences between different nationalities and make cross-cultural experiences more interesting. (175 words)

 

　　Lexical Resource

 

　　favorable adj.讨人喜欢的

 

　　pastimes n. 消遣方式

 

　　in relation to 关于，涉及

 

　　predictably adv. 可预见地

 

　　feel the same way 有同感

 

　　as opposed to 与……截然相反，对照

 

　　socio-economic situation 社会经济状况

 

　　cross-cultural adj. 跨文化的