Task 1 Academic 的開頭是一個公式:[chart type] + [verb] + [data subject] + [time/place]。
題目原句大多是:The graph shows the number of... 你不能抄。要 paraphrase。
兩種改寫元素
元素 1 · 圖表名稱
| Original | 安全的 Synonym | |----------|----------------| | graph | line graph / line chart | | chart | bar chart / column chart | | diagram | process / illustration | | table | table(不改,table 沒同義字) | | pie chart | pie chart(不改) |
重點:如果原題說 graph——改成 更精確的名稱(line graph 或 bar chart),比亂換 synonym 安全。
元素 2 · 動詞
這才是真的可以 paraphrase 的地方。以下 10 組。
10 組 Task 1 動詞 synonym
每組分 Safe(100% 可換)跟 Risky(意思會微變)。
組 1 · show
| Safe | Risky | |------|-------| | illustrate | reveal(有「揭露」感,像偵探) | | present | demonstrate(像「證明」,太強) | | display | expose(負面) | | depict | — |
Safe: The chart illustrates the number of tourists...
Risky: The chart demonstrates the number of tourists... (暗示資料在「證明」什麼)
組 2 · give (information about)
| Safe | Risky | |------|-------| | provide (information about) | supply(像供應物資) | | offer | — |
Safe: The table provides information on...
組 3 · present
| Safe | Risky | |------|-------| | set out | — | | lay out | exhibit(像博物館) |
組 4 · compare
| Safe | Risky | |------|-------| | contrast(略偏向「對比差異」) | weigh up | | draw a comparison between | — |
Safe: The two charts draw a comparison between...
組 5 · summarise
| Safe | Risky | |------|-------| | give an overview of | encapsulate(太文學) | | outline | — |
組 6 · describe
| Safe | Risky | |------|-------| | outline | characterise | | set out | portray(像描繪人物) |
組 7 · illustrate
| Safe | Risky | |------|-------| | show | exemplify(太抽象) | | depict | — |
組 8 · depict
| Safe | Risky | |------|-------| | show | portray(多半用在人物/場景) | | illustrate | — |
組 9 · 時間描述語(給 "between X and Y")
| Original | Safe Paraphrase | |----------|-----------------| | between 1990 and 2020 | from 1990 to 2020 / over a thirty-year period / during the period 1990-2020 | | in 2015 | in the year 2015 / during 2015 | | each year | annually / on a yearly basis |
組 10 · 數量描述語
| Original | Safe Paraphrase | |----------|-----------------| | the number of X | X figures / the amount of X(只用在不可數) | | the percentage of | the proportion of / the share of | | how many X | the total X | | how much money | the sum / the expenditure |
組合起來 — 五種開頭範例
題目:The graph shows the number of tourists visiting Spain from 1990 to 2020.
開頭 A(基本安全)
The line graph illustrates the number of tourists who visited Spain from 1990 to 2020.
開頭 B(換動詞 + 時間片語)
The line chart presents tourist arrivals in Spain over a thirty-year period between 1990 and 2020.
開頭 C(noun→verb)
The line graph depicts how the number of tourists arriving in Spain changed between 1990 and 2020.
開頭 D(數量描述換掉)
The line chart provides information on annual tourist figures for Spain from 1990 through to 2020.
開頭 E(結構改寫)
Presented in the line graph are tourist numbers for Spain across a three-decade span from 1990 to 2020.
(倒裝——Band 7.5+ 等級,但要確定文法對。)
高風險動詞——不要用
| Original | Risky synonym | 為什麼不用 | |----------|---------------|------------| | show | reveal | 暗示資料在「揭露秘密」 | | give | supply | 像物資供應 | | present | exhibit | 像美術館 | | compare | juxtapose | 太文學 | | describe | portray | 多半用在人物 |
本週練習
找三個 Task 1 題目,用不同的動詞 + 時間片語寫開頭。然後自己比較:
- 開頭有沒有抄題(用不同字換過一遍?)
- 有沒有加任何資料不包含的資訊(不要加 as shown below 類的——已經內含)
- 文法是否正確(冠詞、時態、主謂一致)
搭配閱讀:Task 1 Academic 折線圖寫法、Academic 搭配。