The charts below give information about the purposes of passengers flying from four different airports in the UK in 2016. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

本次考试题目为静态饼图,展示了2016年英国四个机场旅客出行目的的数据分布。
开头段直接改写题干即可,概述段需提炼主要特点,主体段 1描述Gatwick Airport和Heathrow Airport的数据(两个机场中“Holiday”占比高),主体段 2则描述Luton Airport和Stansted Airport的数据(Visiting friends 占比高)。
Paragraph1-Introduction
The pie chart compares the distribution of travel purposes among passengers departing from Gatwick, Luton, Heathrow, and Stansted airports in the UK in 2016.
Paragraph 2-Overview
In general, visiting friends and holidays were the two primary reasons for travel across all four airports. 相反, travelling for other purposes was 不受欢迎的 at each airport.
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At Gatwick and Heathrow airports, holiday travel constituted the largest share of passenger trips, 分别占据 54% and 37% . Visiting friends represented the second most common purpose at these two airports, with 30% at Gatwick and 33% at Heathrow. Business travel comprised a smaller but notable proportion (14% at Gatwick, 26% at Heathrow), 而其他原因were negligible, 只有2% and 4%.
Paragraph 4-Body 2
The reverse situation can be found at Luton and Stansted airports, where 拜访朋友是乘坐飞机的主要原因 , making up 50% and 48% of journeys respectively. Notably, the proportion of passengers travelling for holidays or other reasons was identical at both airports, standing at 36% and a mere 2% respectively. Besides, 在这两个机场,约有13%的旅客是出于商务目的出行。
大作文
Nowadays, some consumers are less influenced by advertising than in the past. What are the reasons? Is it a positive or negative development?(2023.1.7旧题重考)
本次大作文考察的是广告类/综合类题型, 要求考生分析“当下广告对消费者影响力减弱的原因以及这一现象的利弊”。审题注意比较限定“than in the past”, 扣题作答。综合类题目结构相对简单,开头段引入话题+回答题干问题,主体段1回答原因,主体段2分析利弊,结尾总结主体段的内容即可。
思路参考:
“广告影响力下降”主要有两个原因。,消费者现在有更多渠道获取信息。 过去,广告几乎是产品的信息来源。而现在,借助互联网,他们可以轻松查看电商平台的用户评价、专业博主的测评,并使用比价软件。因此,人们更信任这些客观的第三方意见,而非广告中的宣传语。第二,广告的过度饱和催生了消费者的“审美疲劳”。 在广告无处不在的今天,人们每天被海量的营销信息轰炸,这导致他们对广告变得麻木,甚至产生本能抗拒。其结果是,许多消费者会下意识地忽略大部分广告。
这种现象无论从个人还是行业层面来看,都属于积极发展:从个人角度而言,消费者不再因广告诱导冲动消费,而是依据真实需求和产品品质做决策,既能节省不必要开支、合理分配可支配收入,也能避免购买到劣质产品;从行业角度来说,广告影响力下降倒逼企业将资源从广告投放转向产品研发、品质提升与服务优化,推动市场形成“以品质取胜”的良性竞争格局,终让消费者享受到更优质的产品与服务。
Paragraph 1-Introduction 引入话题 +写作目的
While advertising remains pervasive, its power over consumers has diminished compared to previous decades, a trend attributable to several key factors which, in my view, signify a beneficial shift.
Paragraph 2-Body 1-Answer to Question 1-Reasons
Reason 1: 现在的消费者have unprecedented access to 信息渠道
Extension: (对比论证)过去,广告通常是primary or sole source of 产品信息。而现在, 互联网让 modern shoppers能够轻松查阅user reviews on e-commerce platforms, 观看detailed evaluations from professional bloggers as well as 使用price-comparison tools. Consequently, 人们are inclined to更信任这些objectively third-party opinions而不是persuasive claims made by advertisers.
Reasons 2: The sheer over-saturation of营销信息导致了消费者fatigue.
Extension: (因果论证)Bombarded with countless commercial messages across 数字和实体空间,人们变得increasingly desensitized. 这种constant exposure 会导致许多人本能忽略或者actively block out 大部分广告,thereby diminishing their impact.
Paragraph 3-Body2-Answer to Question 2- Positive development
Topic Sentence:This phenomenon is, on balance, a positive trend both for individuals and the market as a whole.
Argument 1:从个人的角度来说,reduced susceptibility to advertising enables rational consumption.
Supporting evidence: discerning buyers不太可能make impulsive purchases driven by clever marketing,反而更倾向于make decisions依据genuine demands. 这不仅帮助个人避免不必要的开支,更好地manage their disposable income,but also shields them from substandard products that might have been glorified by advertisements.
Argument 2: prompt businesses to focus on the quality of product
Supporting evidence:传统广告影响力的下降迫使企业 shift their focus and resources. Companies are incentivized to invest more in genuine product innovation, quality enhancement, and customer service improvement to 赢得消费者信任。这fosters a healthier market environment where竞争由产品价值和品质驱动rather than merely by marketing budgets, ultimately benefiting消费者能够享受到更优质的产品和服务。
Paragraph 4 – Conclusion
Therefore, the waning power of advertising, driven by diversified information channels and marketing fatigue, represents a positive shift towards more rational consumption and quality-driven competition.