長條圖（Bar chart）在 Task 1 Academic 出現約 25%。它跟折線圖最大的差別是——沒有時間流動，所以不能用 rose / fell。要用比較語言。
先判斷：水平分組還是垂直分組？
看這張題目的長條圖前，先問自己：
- X 軸是什麼？ 類別（國家、產品、年齡層）or 時間（年度）？
- 每組幾條？ 一條（single bar）or 多條（grouped / stacked）？
決策：
| X 軸 + 條數 | 歸類策略 | |-----------------------|------------------------------------| | 類別 + 單條 | 從高到低分組（top 2 vs bottom 2） | | 類別 + 多條（群組） | 每個類別內部比較 | | 年度 + 多條 | 當折線圖寫（用 rose/fell） |
比較語言（Band 7 必備）
絕對值差距
- Group A spent twice as much as Group B.
- Female participation was three times higher than male.
- The figure for Japan was roughly double that of Korea.
相對比較
- ...considerably higher/lower than...
- ...compared with...
- ...in comparison to...
- ...whereas / while...
排序
- The most popular option was X, followed by Y, with Z the least chosen.
- X ranked first at 45%, ahead of Y and Z at 30% and 20% respectively.
150 字範文
題目：The bar chart shows the average hours per week spent on five leisure activities by three age groups in Taiwan (2023).
The bar chart compares the weekly time, measured in hours, that three Taiwanese age groups — 15-24, 25-44, and 45+ — devoted to five different leisure pursuits in 2023.
Overall, younger people spent the most time on digital entertainment, while the oldest group favoured more traditional pastimes, with clear generational contrasts across all five activities.
Those aged 15 to 24 dedicated around 18 hours per week to gaming and streaming video — roughly three times the figure for the 45+ group, which sat at just 5 hours. Social media usage showed a similar pattern, averaging 12 hours among the youngest, compared with only 4 hours among the oldest.
By contrast, reading and outdoor exercise were considerably more popular with older respondents. The 45+ group read for 8 hours weekly, double the 4 hours reported by the youngest, whereas outdoor exercise drew 6 hours from those over 45 and barely 2 hours from the youngest age group.
兩個高頻陷阱
陷阱 1：把相同的數字描述兩次
如果你已經在 overview 講過「年輕人花最多時間在遊戲」——下面段落不要再寫一次。挑新細節講。
陷阱 2：漏掉某個類別
五個類別至少每個提到一次。如果只寫四個——評分員會扣 Task Achievement。寫完檢查：五個類別都出現？三個年齡層都出現？
練習題
用這張描述練寫 150 字：
Average monthly salary by industry in Singapore 2023: Finance NT$230k, Tech NT$210k, Medical NT$180k, Education NT$120k, Retail NT$95k.
結構：
- 句 1：paraphrase
- 句 2：overview（Finance 最高，Retail 最低，差距超過兩倍）
- 段 2：高薪三個產業比較
- 段 3：低薪兩個產業比較