7.圖表句型

　　1)From the figures given in the graphs, we learn that the average housing space for city residents increased to 10 square meters in 2000.

　　2)As is shown in the table, there exists a big difference between the life expectance in the developed countries and that in the developing countries.

　　3)According to the charts, China’s higher education has been developing rapidly with the growth of the gross domestic product.

　　4)The number of single people establishing their own households reached/hit 14 percent in 2000.

　　5)From the table we can see that within half a year of 1998, a total of 532 people became the victims of traffic accidents, of whom 460 were injured and 72 killed.

　　6)From the graph we can see that there were a total of 142 fire accidents in the city in 1999, most of which were caused by defective electrical appliances, smokers and children playing with fire.

　　7)From the chart we learn that the proportion of part-time education has increased substantially in the last 5 years.

　　8)The curve graph shows that the percentage of family income has declined sharply, accounting for only 13 percent of the total.

　　9)Forest coverage was reduced from 28 percent of total land area in 1954 to 12 percent in 1998.

　　10)There is a sharp increase in the expenses on housing and medical care, increasing by 8% and 6% respectively.

　　11)Asia ranks first both in area and in population among the seven continents. Europe is second to Asia in population, but in area it is the last but one.

　　12)The number of death and injury was more than 3 times greater than that of the July.

　　13)And in August as many as 39 car accidents were reported, indicating an increase of about 79 percent as compared with the number of January.

　　14)The population rose rapidly until it reached 600 000 in 1990. Since 1990 the growth has continued but the population has risen relatively slowly.

　　15)Before 1970 the birth rate remained level. Then in 1970 it fell until it reached 30 per thousand in 1930.

　　16)After a steady decline for a whole decade the country’s fertility rate shows signs of leveling off.

　　8.表示“使…….變得…”的句型

　　make+賓語+形容詞

　　make+形容詞+for sb to do sth

　　1)The widespread introduction of information technology will make our work and life more convenient and more beautiful.

　　2)Most importantly, we should increasingly heighten our environmental awareness and make our world a better place to live in.

　　3)Modern transportation means make it very convenient for people to travel far away from home.

　　4)Advanced medical science has made it possible for human beings to lead a much longer life and suffer less from different kinds of diseases.

　　9.so that句型

　　1)They are so eager to master new skills so that they can be qualified to the job market.

　　2)There are so many people, bicycles, cars in the streets that you will sometimes feel it difficult to move along.

　　10.非限制性定語從句

　　1)Some people may be addicted to netsurfing, which impairs their physical and mental health.

　　2)Lakes and rivers are becoming seriously polluted, which aggravates (worsens) the shortage of fresh water.

　　3)The increasingly high divorce rate will cause a series of problems, which deserves great public attention.

　　11.用分詞結構擴展內容

　　1)People, not realizing that water resources on the earth are limited, waste a great amount of water every day.

　　2)Citizens have the right to know the truth and supervise the celebrity, thus forming a kind of public opinion.

　　3)Having placed great expectations on their son, they couldn’t hold back huge disappointment and anger when they learnt their son’s failure to pass the test.

　　4)With the improvement of living standards, more and more people begin to buy cars to meet the needs of work and life, thereby worsening the traffic problems.

　　12.用并列結構陳述內容

　　1)I love my parents because they give me life, have sacrificed a lot in bringing me up, and are always there for me whenever I need them.

　　2)Most men would like their spouses to be young and beautiful whereas women often put emphasis on their spouses’character, education, profession, income or family background.

　　3)I realized I’d grown up when I knew I should be responsible for my own actions, make decisions for myself, and work to earn my own living expenses.