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There's no more poignant word than 'almost'.

I almost got the opportunity.
I almost passed the threshold.
I almost succeeded.

But the point was, I missed out, every time.

近期在準備雅思, 練習了一篇essay, 來自劍橋11裡的題目, 讓同樣在為雅思奮鬥的同學們參考囉! 這篇8分的essay裡頭清楚展示如何使用簡單的句型比較數據, 這些用法大家熟悉後也都能運用自如, 做圖表題也不用緊張得不知如何下筆才好。

 

題目:
The charts below show the proportions of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

答案:
The pie charts compare the percentages of the students at a British university who were capable of speaking English and/or other languages in 2000 and 2010.

It is clear that the proportion of the students at the university who had proficiency in one more language in addition to English increased over the 10 years. In contrast, the percentage of students who could only speak one language (English or French) decreased over the same period, while the figure for students with a Spanish proficiency accounted for the majority of language learners in both 2000 and 2010.

In 2010, a total of 35% students spoke at least one more language in addition to English, which was slightly higher by 10 % compared to its corresponding figure (25%) in 2000.

The proportion of students only speaking German remained at 10% in 2000 and 2010. On the other hand, the figures for students excelling at either English or French decreased over the same period, with the former figure declining from 20% to 10% and the latter from 15% to 10%.

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Score: 8

下一篇會寫更細一些的解題技巧以及文法/句型解析, 大家會想看嗎?

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