（4） 过渡句型
a. 承上启下，使新观点不致显得过于突兀、武断
It is true that most jobs are a series of more or less unpleasant chores， but it doesn't follow that that's all they are.
That is true， no doubt， but it is not his whole story by any means.
It is fairly well known that Vitamin C is indispensable to health. But it is probably less well known that taking it excessively may do harm to the human body.
This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.
b.引用图表内容时的过渡句型。图表作文经常使用as 从句做解释性描述的过渡。
As is revealed in the graph， …
As the survey results show， …
As we could find out later in this unit， his plan was not quite as he had expected.
This table provides several important points of #parison between the two universities. As can be indicated in the table， the housing space for the staff of A in 1995 was 34 500 square meters， which nearly doubled the B's corresponding figure.
（5）描写曲线走势的常用句型。曲线的走势可用上升、下降、保持平稳、有所波动等用语来描述：
Before 1970 the birth rate remained level. Then in 1970 it fell till it reached 30 per thousand.
The birth rate in this region rocketed to the highest peak in 1963.
Although prices fluctuated between 1962 and 1972， overall the trend was downward.
The economy went up and down in a zigzag way.
After a steady decline for a whole decade the country's fertility rate shows signs of leveling off.
（6）描述图表常用的概括性句型
这种句子通常用于文章或段落的开头和结尾：
This table provides several interesting points of #parison between A and B.
The two graphs depict the same thing seen in two different ways. The first diagram simply records… The second graph throws a new light on…
The key findings taken from the surveys are as follows：…
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