2017年考研英語寫作經(jīng)典作文范文：西安人日常支出變化

    Directions: Study the following table carefully and write an essay of 160 -- 200 words within 30 minutes. Year Item19951996199719981999 Food66%61%48%41%36% Clothing9%10%12%15%18% Recreation4%5%8%9%11% Others21%24%32%35%35% Total100%100%100%100%100% 　　Statistics in People's Daily Expenses in Xi'an 　　范文 　　What is shown in the table above indicates that dramatic changes have taken lace in the people's daily expenses in Xi'an from 1995 to 1999. The expenses on food have declined by 30% while those on clothing and recreation have increased respectivily by 9% and 7%. The statistics of rise and fall seem to exist in isolation but closely related to one another. 　　There are two factors accounting for these changes. Development in economy is an essential one in the five years. The increased income resulting from economic growth plays an important part in the less expense on food. Hence, a small percentage of total income is enough to cover food expense. Another one is the changes in life style. When foods presents no worry to the average, people begin to focus more of interest on handsome appearance and happy leisure time. As a result of such a shift, spending on clothing and recreation increased year after year. 　　From the analyses made above, we may come to the conclusion that people's living standards in Xi'an have been constantly improved between 1995 and 1999. With the further growth in economy and more changes in life style, the tendency indicated in the table will continue in the table will continue in the better direction. 　　譯文： 　　上表中顯示的數(shù)據(jù)表明，從1995年到1999年，西安人的日常支出發(fā)生了很大變化。食物支出下降了30%，服裝和娛樂支出分別上升了9%和7%。上下波動(dòng)的數(shù)據(jù)似乎獨(dú)立存在，但是相互之間卻緊密聯(lián)系。 　　造成這些變化的因素有兩個(gè)。這五年中的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展是一個(gè)不可或缺的原因。經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展帶來的收入增長(zhǎng)，對(duì)食物支出的減少起到了很大的作用。因此，工資總額的一小部分足以支付食物的費(fèi)用。另一個(gè)因素是生活方式的改變。當(dāng)普通人不再擔(dān)心食物時(shí)，人們開始把更多的興趣集中到漂亮的外貌和快樂的休閑時(shí)間。這種轉(zhuǎn)變的結(jié)果是服裝和娛樂的支出逐年提高。 　　根據(jù)上面所做的分析，我們可以得出這樣的結(jié)論：西安人的生活水平在1995年和1999年期間一直在改善。隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)的進(jìn)一步增長(zhǎng)和生活方式的更多改變，表中顯示的趨勢(shì)將繼續(xù)向好的方向發(fā)展。