1.形容词adj.副词adv的比较级,最高级

形容词,副词的比较级和最高级是基本内容,例如

1)单音节词,比较级+er,最高级+est

例外: good, better, best; bad, worse, worst

有些单音节词,最后一个字母需要双写再+er, est,如: big, bigger, biggest.

2)多音节词,比较级more+adj./adv.原形,最高级most+adj./ adv.原形

例外: Pretty, prettier, prettiest,Clever, cleverer, cleverest

2.最高和最低

在图表写作时,有时候要对图表的最高点或最低点进行描述:

3.比较

最高和最低时对图表的一个部分进行描述,当对图表的两个部分进行对比时:

1)比较相同和不同的基本词汇

例句

(1)相同:

The sales volumes of beer and wine are almost equal.

The sales volume of beer equals to that of wine.

(2)不同:

The sales volume of beer is different from that of fruit juice.

The sales volume of beer is high, however, that of fruit juice is low.

2)用于比较的一些苦丁用法

(1)as many…as

twice as many…as

four times as many…as

not as many…as

例句

Three times as many people travel by car by bus.

People who travel by cars are three times as many as those by bus.

(2)more/less

far/much/many/substantially/considerably/slightly + more/ less

例句

Substantially more people travel by car than by bus.

Car is substantially more common than bus.

Considerably less people travel by bus than by car.

Bus is much less common than car.

巧妙掌握比较和对比的技巧,相信图表题不再是一个难题!