四年级英语作文我的教室8句（四级看图作文Percentageof）

四年级英语作文我的教室8句（四级看图作文Percentageof）As indicated in the graph the six cities include Calcutta Bombay (India); Shanghai Beijing (China); New York and Los Angeles (the U.S.A.) ranging from Calutta to Los Angeles downwards. That is to say in terms of percentage citizens in Calcutta spend the largest share of their income on food while those in Los Angeles spend the smallest portion the figures being 59% and 12% respectively. The

Percentage of Household Income Spent on Food

Directions: The bar graph below was released by World Resources 1994—1995. Write a passage of no less than 120 words entitled “Percentage of Household Income Spent on Food” describing the graph. Then according to Engel’s Law come to a conclusion.

Notes:1) Engel’s Law （恩格尔定律）— the assertion that the percentage of a family’s income spent on food decreases as its income increases.

2) The term was named after Ernst Engel （1821-1896） German economist.

Percent of Household income Spent on Food 1989

【范文】

Percentage of Household Income Spent on Food

This bar graph shows the percentage① of the household income spent on food in six megacities② in 1989.

As indicated in the graph the six cities include Calcutta Bombay (India); Shanghai Beijing (China); New York and Los Angeles (the U.S.A.) ranging from Calutta to Los Angeles downwards. That is to say in terms of percentage citizens in Calcutta spend the largest share of their income on food while those in Los Angeles spend the smallest portion the figures being 59% and 12% respectively. The other four figures are approximately③ 56% 55% 52%and16% in the cities’ order. As we can see in the graph the percentage gap between two cities of the same country is much less distinct than that among the different countries with the largest distance of some 47 percentages.

According to the Engel’s Law which says that the percentage of a family’s income spent on food decreases as its income increases a conclusion can be drawn from the graph that citizens in Los Angeles earn the most income compared with those in other cities and therefore live a relatively rich life which to some extent explains the financial power of the U.S.A..

【注释】

①percentage：百分比

②megacity：百万人口的大城市

③approximately：将近；几乎；大约

【点评】

本文是一篇根据图表提示展开的议论性说明文。这种题型的作文在过去的大学英语四级考试中出现过多次。作者根据指令要求，在对图表内容进行概括性陈述之后，做出自己的结论。

在第一段，作者用一句话概要地说明了图表的主要内容。在第二段，作者进一步结合图表提示，运用具体数据说明这六个大城市居民食品支出情况，并进行相互比较。在第三段，作者仅用了一个特长句，说明自己的结论，句式复杂，内容也很丰富。

参考文献：英语作文高分必背丛书：大学英语四级写作/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2005