雅思写作示范及技巧讲解

雅思写作示范及技巧讲解Task1:Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.Thetablesbelowaretheresultsofresearch,whichexaminedtheaveragepercentagemarksscoredbyboysandgirlsofdifferentagesinseveralschoolsubjects.Writereportforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationbelow.Youshouldwriteaminimumof150words.Boys:SubjectAgeMathsScienceGeographyLanguagesSports763%70%63%62%71%1065%72%68%60%74%1369%74%70%60%75%1567%73%64%58%78%Girls:SubjectAgeMathsScienceGeographyLanguagesSports764%69%62%62%65%1065%73%64%67%64%1364%70%62%65%62%1568%72%64%75%60%作者建议:ThisIELTStask1exampleisquitedifficultbecauseitpresentsthestudentwithalotofdata,andbecausethesignificanttrendsinthedataarenotoverlyobvious.Let'shavealookathowwemightgoaboutorganisingtheinformationinthetablesintoatask1answer.1.First,weneedtobeawareofallofthevariablesthatmakeupthedata:thescores(percentageaverages),theschoolsubjects,theagegroupsandthegenderorsex.2.Nowweneedtosorttheinformationintosomesortofsense:a.)Thefirstthingtodowithanytableistofindthehighestandlowestnumbers.Lookingatthesetableswecanseethatboystendedtoscorehighlyinsportandlowlyinlanguages,andthatgirlsontheotherhandtendedtoscorehighlyinlanguagesandlowlyinsport.Thisisthefirstandmostobvioussignificantfeatureofthetables-theboys'strongsubjectisthegirls'weaksubjectandviceversa.b.)Butacomparisonofsubjectscoresbetweenthetwosexesrevealsonlylimitedsignificance.Wecanseethatformostofthesubjectstheboysandgirlsgotsimilarscores.Boysscoredslightlyhigheringeography,butbytheageof15thescoreswerethesame.So,allthatwecansayaboutthechartsintermsofthedifferencesbetweenboysandgirlsbysubjectisthat,besidessportandlanguages,theywerenegligible(notimportant).c.)Thenextlogicalstepthen,istolookcloselyatthescoresforthedifferentagegroups.Whenwedothiswefindthatsomeinterestingpatternsemerge.Forallofthesubjects,excepttheweaksubjectforeachsex(languagesandsports),thescores,betweentheagesof7and15,increasedoverall,forbothsexes.Butifwelookatthescoresfortheyearsbetweenthesetwoweseethattheimprovementwasnotconstant,andthatataparticularagethescoresformostsubjectsfell.Also,theageatwhichthisoccurredwasnotthesameforboysandgirls.Thispatternseemstorevealthatbothboysandgirlswentthroughaslumpinacademicperformance,butatdifferenttimes,whichiscertainlyaninterestingfeatureofthedatainthetables,anddefinitelyneedstobementioned.Thelargestdifferencebetweenscoresfortwodifferentagegroups(Languages-10%;65-75%13-15yrs)shouldalsobenoticed.3.Thenextthingtodoistotakeouranalysisofthedataandmakeaplanforourreport.Aplanforthesetablesmightlooklikethis:a.)Introductorysentence-tableshows:percentagescoresforschoolsubjects(list),differentages(list),differentsexes.b.)Highestandlowestsubjectsforboys/girls-sport/languages-oppositesc.)Othersubjectsverysimilar-subjectsbysexnottoosignificantd.)Moresignificant-agegroups-allsubjectsincreased(overall)-exceptforslumps(listsubjectfigures)-differentagesforboys/girls-13-15/11-13e.)Concludingsentence-boysperformedbetterinsport,girlslanguages-bothsexesexperiencedperformanceslumpbutatdifferentages.4.Afteraplanhasbeenmade,wecanwritethereportincorporatingthefactsandfiguresfromthecharts.Lookathowthishasbeendonebelow.Keepinmindthattheanswerbelowisquiteextensive,andthatoftenbecauseoftimeanswerswillnotbeasdetailedasthis.Inthosecasestheleastsignificantinformationshouldbediscarded.InthiscasetheleastsignificantinformationisthataboutboysbeingslightlyhigherinGeography,andthepartaboutthegreatestdifferencebetweentwoparticularagegroups.Noticethewaydatahasbeenincorporatedbelow.Theprepositionsandotherusefultermsareinitalics.Task1写作示范:ThetablesshowaveragedpercentagescoresachievedintheschoolsubjectsofMaths,Science,Geography,LanguagesandSportbychildrenaged7,10,13,and15accordingtosex.ThesubjectsforwhichthehighestaveragescoreswererecordedwereSport,at78%(boys),andLanguages,at75%(girls).Thestrongestsubjectforeachsexwasrevealedtobetheweakestfortheoppositesex,withthesetwosubjectsalsocomprisingthelowestrecordedscores,at60%and70%respectively.Apartfromthesetwosubjectstheperformanceofboysandgirlswascomparativelysimilar.BoystendedtoscorehigherinGeography,withscoresrangingfrom63%to70%,whilescoresforgirlsrangedbetween62%and64%.However,itissignificantthatattheageof15bothboysandgirlsalikeaveragedascoreof64%forthissubject.ThedifferencesbetweenthesexesforscoresforMathsandSciencewerenegligible.Itismoreinterestingtoobservethepatternsthatemergewhenthedataisexaminedintermsofagegroups.Ingeneral,forbothboysandgirls,childrentendedtoimproveastheygotolder.Forboys,betweentheagesof7and15,improvementcanbeobservedintheserangesofscores:Maths(63-67%),Science(70-73%),Geography(63-64%),andSport(71-78%).Forgirls,itcanbeobservedinthesescoreranges:Maths(64-68%),Science(69-72%),Geography(62-64%),andLanguages(62-75%).Theincreaseinscoresforgirlsforthislastsubject,Languages,wasthegreatestoverallimprovementacrossthedifferentagegroups,anditsrisefrom65%to75%alsoconstitutedthegreatestmarginbetweenscoresforanytwoparticularagegroups.TheexceptionstothegeneraltrendwereLanguages,inwhichscoresforboyssteadilydeclinedfrom62%at7yearsto5