Organizing the Details 组织细节信息
T he most difficult question that candidates have to ask themselves when it comes to details is how to organise the data.If candidates just write a shopping list of what is in the question and don't try to tie it together,their score on task achievement will drop.Taking a look at the question below,try to distinguish the general trends from the specific details:
说到细节信息，很多考生认为难点在于如何组织数据。如果考生只是把题目中的数据像列购物清单一样罗列出来而并没有尝试将数据分组，那么他在任务完成度的得分将直线下降。看看下面这道题，尝试从细节信息中发现大致的趋势：
The chart below shows the percentage of young people at university in six different countries in 2000 and 2007.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
In order to understand the data and write a good overview,first we need to group the data.To do this it is useful to round numbers up or down to approximate values.When grouping and trying to find patterns,approximations are much easier to deal with.Here's how we can group these data points:
为了全面地理解数据从而写出一个优质的总览，首先我们需要给数据分组。最好的办法是把每个国家的增长或减少情况标示出来。在分组和寻找规律时，不追求严格一致，大致相同即可。下面是我们将这些数据分组的方法：
Can you start to see groups of information forming now?It is much easier to see these groups when you use approximations rather than just focusing on the raw data.In the chart above we can see that there are three groups which are:increase,equal,and decrease.With these groups in our back pocket we can already write an overview which will push out task achievement score firmly to a six and beyond.That overview might look something like this:
现在你是否发现分组已经自然形成了？在分组时，使用近似值比盯着原始数据看有效得多。在上表中，我们看到有三个组别，分别是上升、稳定和降低组。有了这三个分组做后盾，我们已经为写出一个优质的总览打好了腹稿，这会让我们的任务完成度得分稳拿6分甚至更高。总览可以这样写：
From the table we can see that broadly speaking there are three main trends for people attending university in these six countries.The first is an increasing trend which we can see in the UK,Italy,and Poland.In Finland and Norway there was little or no change,whereas in Spain there was a decreasing trend in university attendance for young people.
That wasn't so difficult,was it?A strong overview like this guarantees at least a six for task achieve-ment.You don't need to add any figures or data to begin with,talking about the general trends is enough.Compare the overview above to this low-scoring overview below:
不难吧？一个类似于这样的优质总览会让你的任务完成度得分确保至少6 分。作为文章开篇，你不需要插入数据，讨论大趋势即可。下面是一个低分例文，请用它与上面例文作对比：
The chart shows the proportion of youngsters at university in six nations in 2000 and 2007.Italy increased by 20%,Spain decreased by 5%,the UK increased by 10%,Poland increased by 25,Norway decreased by 1%,and Finland stayed the same.
Which one do you like better?The second one gives a very short introduction,and then jumps into boring details.This one will score either TA 4 or TA 5.Moving on,we can start to mention the relationship between the figures.Not only will this help nail our key features,but it is also a great change to show off our comparative language,for example:
你更喜欢哪一个？第二个答案在开篇一句简单的介绍之后，就跳到了枯燥的数据汇报之中。这个答案在任务完成度的得分将为4分或5分。接下来我们开始分析数据之间的关系。分析数据不仅有助于我们快速找到细节特点，还是一个秀出我们掌握语言比较技能的绝佳机会。例如：
The greatest increase was observed in the percentage of Polish university students,jumping by twenty-five percent to eighty percent.That increase was five percent greater than Italy's at twenty percent,which in turn was double that of the United Kingdom with a ten percent increase.
Levels of Norwegian and Finnish students showed little to no change stalling at sixty-five and seventy percent respectively,but still remained amongst the highest in the chart.
To finish off the task,we have to look for the most surprising feature/s of the chart:
为了给这篇文章画上一个圆满的句号，我们需要寻找这个表格中最抓人眼球的特点：
What stands out most is the percentage of Polish students which exceeded both Norway and Finland to first place in 2007.
VOCABULARY&PHRASES 词汇&短语
● Little to no change
There has been little to no change in the number of mature students attending university.
There has been little to no change in levels of pollution in Chinese cities.
● What stands out most is…
What stands out most is sales of green tea have halved,while coffee sales have doubled.
What stands out most is the average age of mothers has increased in the last decade.
● Which in turn
Sales of chocolate ice cream were five times greater than vanilla,which in turn were double that of strawberry.
Three times more people owned cats than dogs,which in turn were five times more popular than rabbits.
● Jumping from A to B
Average salaries increased rapidly between 1990 and 2010,jumping from $16,000 to $24,000.
The price of oil grew quickly,jumping from $80 per barrel to $100 per barrel.