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You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.The line graph below shows the sales of Children’s books, educational books and adult fiction from 2002 to 2006 in a European country.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
请在20 分钟内完成此项写作任务。
下列曲线图显示2002 年至2006 年儿童图书、教育图书以及成人类小说在某欧洲**的销售情况。
通过选择与阐明主要特点概括图示信息,并对相关内容进行比较。
文章不少于150 字。
The graph compares the numbers of three types of books that Australians enjoyed reading from 2002 to 2006.Among them, educational books have undergone the largest degree of fluctuation, while adult fiction has remained generally stable throughout these years.
The year 2005 saw the biggest changes taking place in both educational books and children’s books.To illustrate, the number of educational books grew dramatically in 2005, peaking at 15,000,000.In contrast, the number of children’s books slumped steeply, reaching the bottom of 4,000,000.Since then, however, the number of educational books began to drop to a great extent, reaching 8,000,000 in 2006.But children’s books resumed their popularity from 2005 and finally jumped to 10,000,000 a year later.Comparatively speaking, adult fiction books experienced a slight decrease around 2003.Its number remained steady from 2004 to 2005 and then slackened a little in 2006.
In conclusion, the numbers of educational books and children’s books preferred by Australian readers far outweigh that of adult fiction books during the four years.Meanwhile, great changes have occurred in people’s preference for educational books and children’s books ever since 2005.
参考译文:
该图表比较了2002 年至2006 年澳大利亚人喜欢阅读的3 种图书的数量。其中,教育图书的波动幅度*大,而成人类小说这3 年来总体保持稳定。
2005 年,教育图书和儿童图书的变化*为显著。具体来说,教育图书的数量在2005年急剧增长,多达1500 万册。与之相反,儿童图书的数量急剧下降,跌至400 万册。然而,从那时起,教育图书的数量开始大幅下降,降至2006 年的800 万册。但是,从2005 年开始儿童图书再度受到人们的欢迎,并*终在1 年后上升至1000 万册。相比较而言,成人类小说数量在2003 年经历了轻微的下滑,2004 年至2005 年保持稳定,随后在2006 年又出现小幅下挫。
总体来看,在这4 年中,澳大利亚读者喜爱的教育图书和儿童图书的数量远远超过了成人类小说的数量。同时,自从2005 年,人们对教育图书和儿童图书的偏好程度发生了巨大的变化。