人们对各种水果派的喜好

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on people’s preference for different fruits based on the statistics provided in the pie chart below. Please give a brief description of the pie chart first and then make comments on it. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

审题立意

1. 导语解读：要求考生根据图表数字就“人们对不同种类水果的偏好”这一话题进行简述，并对各种水果的喜好占比情况进行评析。

2. 图表解读：图表中提供了人们对5种不同水果派喜好的占比情况。苹果派最受欢迎，南瓜派次之，樱桃派第三。胡桃派和椰子派不怎么受人喜爱。

3. 文章立意：图表中的数字反映了人们对不同水果的喜好程度。水果本身特点，如味道、口感及文化因素可能是其主要原因。

写作思路

1. 第一段简要描述图表，然后由数字得出人们对不同水果偏好的结论。

2. 第二、三段为主体段落，通过不同的数字占比情况，评析其背后的原因。

参考范文

Based on the statistics provided in the pie chart, we might conclude that people like apple pie most, then pumpkin pie, next cherry pie, but pecan pie and coconut pie are not so popular. 1 The pie preferences reveal people’s preference for different fruits. 2

The flavor and taste as well as cultural background could account for people’s preference for different fruits. 3 Apple pie is the most popular, making up 36%. The popularity could be attributed to the following reasons: apples are one of the most common fruits, easy to store and available all around the year; traditionally apples symbolize good things, and famous remarks, such as “apple of one’s eye”, “an apple a day keeps doctors away”, can also account for that.

Pumpkin pie takes the second place, making up 30%. As we know, pumpkin is often associated with Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other special occasions. The most unpopular fruit pie goes to coconut cream. Maybe because of its light flavor only 3% of the total people like it. Then pecan pie, maybe a little oily, is the last but one, accounting for 8%. Nearly a quarter of people like cherry pie for its sweetness and juice. 4

根据饼图中提供的数据，我们可以看出人们最喜欢的是苹果派，其次是南瓜饼、樱桃派，但是核桃派和椰奶派不太受欢迎。对于水果派的偏好可以揭示出人们对于不同种类水果的喜好。

水果的清香、味道和文化背景都是人们喜欢不同水果的原因。苹果派占36%，是最受人们欢迎的。其受欢迎的原因可能有以下几点：苹果是最常见的水果，全年可以食用且容易储存；传统上，苹果象征着美好的事情，还有一些英文中的名言，如“掌上明珠”、“每天吃个苹果，医生远离我”等都能说明这一点。

南瓜派位居第二，占30%。众所周知，南瓜经常与感恩节、圣诞节以及其他一些特殊的场合联系到一起。最不受欢迎的水果派是椰奶派。也许是因为它味道淡，所以只有3%的人喜欢。核桃派可能是太油腻而位居倒数第二，占8%。近四分之一的人因为樱桃的香甜多汁而喜欢樱桃派。

范文点评

1. 开篇简要描述图片中数字反映出的信息。

2. 由数字信息揭示水果派的偏好反映了人们对于不同种类水果的喜好。

3. 第二段首句概括性地说明人们对不同种类水果的喜好背后的原因。

4. 分几个方面分别解释人们对各种水果喜好的原因所在，层次分明，逻辑清晰。

要点用法

statistics n. 统计；统计学

pie chart 饼状图

pumpkin n. 南瓜

pecan n. 山核桃

coconut n. 椰子

flavor n. 味道

make up 占；组成

popularity n. 普及，流行

attribute to 归因于

apple of one’s eye 掌上明珠

take the second place 占第二位

be associated with 与……有关系

句法点评

1. Apple pie is the most popular, making up 36%.

此句中make up意为“组成；占……”。另外，account for, occupy是图表分析中常用的比例占比的表达。

2. The most unpopular fruit pie goes to coconut cream.