雅思小作文1 + 外刊句式积累
英语表示倍数的方法
数字 + times 整体词性是 adv.
倍数后面不需要加 of 介词
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数字 + times + as + 原级 + as + 比较对象
Unemployment among blacks was twice as high as that for white.
New drivers have twice as many accidents as experienced drivers.
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数字 + times + 比较级 + than + 比较对象
Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company.
Young people were several times more likely to be out of work than older members of the workforce.
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数字 + times + the size/length/depth/height/width/quatity/amount/etc. + of + 比较对象
The soil contains 30 times the acceptable level of radioactivity.
Air pollution in the city had reached five times the acceptable levels.
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数字与 -fold 后缀连用构成形容词或副词
This is a ten-fold increase in five years.
The population in this area has increased fourfold.
外刊句式积累
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The speed by which some mega-cities are growing has slowed.
The speed/rate by/at which … has slowed.
这句中 by 原本是 跟着 growing 的 The speed some mega-cities are growing by which has slowed. by 翻译译为“了”增长“了”
这个句式用来代替我们日常这样的写法：Some megacities are growing slowly.
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This daily parade of combustion engines clogs the city streets and thickens the air, making Jakarta the world’s third-most-polluted city after Bangkok and Mexico City.
parade n. （节日）巡游、游行；阅兵场 v. 游行、列队经过
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The city has been gaining population at a rate of nearly seven percent a year since 1975, and it will be the world’s second-largest city (after Tokyo) by 2015.
at a rate of
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The boost in citations ranged from 10.8% for North American scholars up to 172.8% for scientists from eastern Europe.
range from A to B 注意A、B是同样本质的东西
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One notable outlier, the United States, was ranked highly for scientific impact by the analysis, despite scoring poorly on openness.
outlier n. 异类（远离主流的人或事物）
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The U.S. unemployment rate, at 4.3% in July, remains a far cry from its pandemic-era peak and is low by historical standards. But it has gradually drifted upward over the past year, fueling rumblings about a potential recession on horizon.
A remain/be a far cry from B: A 和 B 差得很远
drift v. 漂流、漂浮、漂移（被风或水流带着，核心是缓慢移动）；（雪或落叶）被吹成一堆 n. 漂流、漂浮、漂移、缓慢移动；（整体的）意图、含义；（雪、树叶）堆；矿道
rumble v. 发出持续低沉共振的声音（隆隆声、雷声）n. 持续低沉共振的声音（隆隆声、雷声）
rumblings 这里将隆隆声引申为私下议论的声音，表示隐忧或争论
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The national unemployment rate neared 15% in April 2020, the highest since the Great Depression, which was the worst downturn in the history of the industrialized world.
near v. 接近、达到
downturn n. （经济、商业）低迷、下滑、衰退
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At the Monday lows, the S&P 500 was down nearly 10% from its recent all-time high. The Nasdaq Composite’s pullback reached full-fledged correction territory of beyond 10%.
fledge v. （小鸟）长出羽毛能飞、羽翼丰满
full-fledged adj. 成熟的、充分发展的、完全成型的、达到最大状态的
作文
题目
The chart below shows the proportions of graduates from Brighton University in 2019 entering different employment sectors. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
写作
第一句，换词法：The pie chart below illustrates the career choices for graduates finishing university in 2019.
第一句，换词法：The pie chart below illustrates the involvement of students graduating from Brighton University in various fields for career.
第一句，非谓语动词：The pie chart illustrates the career choices for graduates in Brighton University, depicting specifically the percentages of students who worked in various industries and sectors.
Overall, the largest majority of students have chosen service industries as their major career path, with 33 percent of graduates. Meanwhile, Charity and Sport sector, accounting for 0.3% and 0.1% respectively(with a total of merely 0.4%), have been the least popular choice for these grduates.
Meanwhile the other outlier, Charity and Sport sector, only accounted for 0.3% and 0.1% each, which makes them the least popular choice for these graduates.
As for other sectors, to begin with, the manufacturing industry attracts a large number of graduates as 16.3% are involved in it, making this sector the second-most-preferable after Service industries. Education and politics are the next in demand with 12.1% and 14.2% respectively. What’s more, the proportion of students who picked science and technology as their professional field was nearly at the same level as that of transportation and warehousing, which is around 7.5 percent. Next, there is a career path, civil service, which is essential for our society and therefore became 5.6% of students’ professional premier direction. Lastly, what the pie chart also mentioned for some students was that 2.8% of students are in some unknown sectors.