IELTS 11, TEST 2, WRITING TASK 1 sample answer BAND 7.5

IELTS 11, TEST 2, WRITING TASK 1 sample answer BAND 7.5

The charts below show the proportions of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. 图表省略，请参照剑11, test 2, writing task 1

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These two pie charts reveal the percentages of UK students who could use other languages expect for English in 2000 and 2010.

第一段：题目改写。Pie chart, 饼图。原文show 可替换成 describe, illustrate, depict, reveal, tell, let us know 等等。Proportion = percentage 注意复数。British = UK. 原文 speak 可替换成 use, with, take, obtain, master 注意时态。In addition to 替换为 other than, except for.

It is notable that in 2000 Spanish was a dominant second language(30%), while 20% students did not speak any other language. Other than that, 15% of British students used French as well as the same amount of those using another language. German speaking students and those with two other languages were only 10% respectively.

第二段：陈述第一个饼图的内容，把项目从大到小进行说明。记得最大和最小的数据一定要讲，中间的可以看数字取舍。高级词汇 dominant, 统治地位的；respectively, 各自地，分别地。连接词，while, 然而；other than that, 除此之外；as well as 像...一样。语法多样性，形式主语，it is... ；并列句 while；现在分词短语作定语，those using = those who used

In 2010, the percentage of British students taking Spanish as a second language increased to 35%, which ranked the first as it was in 2000. However, students who did not have a second language decreased to

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