Part B

48. Directions:

    Write an essay based on the chart below. In your writing you should

    1) interpret the chart, and

    2) give your comments.

    You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)

参考范文

What is clearly presented in the above pie chart is the factors that consumers in a certain city in 2017 will take into consideration when they are choosing restaurants. From the chart, we can see the features, the services and the environment of the restaurant are the main focusing factors when they choose a restaurant, respectively accounting for 36.3%, 26.8%, and 23.8%.

It’s somewhat surprising that price is not the priority when customers choose a restaurant, the reason of which is worth studying. To begin with, the living standards of people have improved, which boosts consumers’ purchasing power. As a result, customers become more interested into the characteristic restaurants with high quality services and fine environment. Furthermore, “eating well” has been valued by more and more people. Instead of cheap but awful food, the present consumers prefer to enjoy their meals. Thus, the specialties and the unique dining experience are both favored by them.

All in all, this trend is likely to continue in the future. Restaurants that want to attract more customers should think seriously about this phenomenon and take actions to respond to it.

参考译文

上面的饼形图清晰地列出了2017年某市的顾客在选择餐厅时会考虑的因素。如图表所示，餐厅的特色、服务和环境是人们选择餐厅时的主要关注因素，分别占到36.3%，26.8%和23.8%。

顾客在选择餐厅时并不会将价格列为首要考虑因素，这样的结果有点令人吃惊，也值得探究原因。首先，人们的生活水平提高了，这也提高了顾客的购买力。因此，顾客对于那些有着高质量服务和良好环境的特色餐厅变得更加感兴趣。其次，越来越多的人注重起“吃得好”。比起那些便宜又难吃的食物，当今的顾客更喜欢享受食物，因此特色菜和独一无二的用餐体验受到了他们的偏爱。

总的来说，这种趋势在未来可能会持续下去。那些想要吸引更多顾客的餐厅应该对此趋势认真考虑，并采取措施应对它。

题目分析

这是一篇图表作文，写图表作文时，并不一定要把图中的所有项目和数字都列出来，如果因素太多，也可选择有代表性的几个进行描述。此篇作文要求考生先描述图表，然后对此进行解读。通过观察图表可以发现，“价格”这一因素并不是消费者选择餐厅时的最主要关注因素，因此可以围绕这一点展开论述。

文章大纲

第一段：描述图表，并列出主要因素所占百分比。

第二段：陈述为什么会造成这种现象，并给出两至三个原因。

第三段：强调这种趋势在未来很可能会持续，餐厅要对此作出回应。