在考研即将来临的时间里，作文是我们每位考生应该重点复习的题型。“临阵磨枪，不快也光”，这个阶段一定要熟记框架功能句，在考场上用其将整篇作文串联起来。以下就是高老师为大家整理的英语二大作文功能句，希望大家牢记并反复运用。
【1】首段描图
1)图表第一句话模板
(1)From the chart, it can be inferred/estimated that...
从图中我们可以推断/估计......
(2)As is clearly demonstrated/illustrated/exhibited/manifested in the chart above,... while/in contrast… Based on the figure/number/statistics/percentages in the chart，we can find that…
如图所示……根据图表/数字/统计数字/表格中的百分比/图表/条形图/成形图可以看出……基于上述数据/数字/数据/百分比，我们可以发现……
(3)The chart reveals/unveils a noticeable trend in current China that...
本图为我们揭示了中国当前一个引入注目的趋势，即......
(4)The above chart clearly mirrors/echoes a noticeable trend that...
上图清晰地反映了一个趋势，即......
(5)Emerging from the chart is a noticeable trend that...
图中涌现出一个趋势，即......
2)描述数据变化趋势模板
(1) The population(数值内容) increased(v.)(趋势) rapidly(幅度adv.) from 100(初始值) in 2000 (年份) to 1000(终值) in 2008(年份).
(2) There was a rapid(幅度adj.) increase(趋势n.)in the population (数值内容) from 100 in 2000 to 1000 in 2008.
(3) The past years from 2000 to 2008 witnessed/saw a rapid(幅度) increase(趋势) in population (数值内容) from 100 to 1000.
表趋势的词：
①上升/增加：
• v. increase-increased; jump-jumped; rise-rose, grow-grew; soar-soared
• n. growth; rise ; increase; jump
②下降/减少:
• v. decrease-decreased; decline-declined; drop-dropped; fall-fell;
• n. decrease; reduction; decline; drop
③保持不变/平稳:keep/stay/remain +adj.(unchanged/stable/steady);stay at the same level
表示数据变化幅度：adv.
①快/大:(急剧地：dramatically, drastically, sharply, steeply);(巨大地：hugely, enormously, vastly, considerably, substantially, radically, significantly);(显著地：markedly, remarkably, noticeably, strikingly)
②慢/小：steadily, smoothly, slightly, slowly, gradually, moderately, mildly
3) 描述百分比数据模板
Eg. 有40%的毕业生选择考研。==选择考研的毕业生占总人数的40%。
(1)Forty percent undergraduates choose to take the entrance examination for graduate students.
(或study for a master degree)
(2)The percentage of ...is 40 percent.
(3)The number of students choosing further study accounts for/ takes up/occupies 40 percent.