考研英语二大作文:移动支付
今天,复习一篇图表。
首先,必须说明,考研英语(一)大纲中关于作文的部分明确有四种命题形式,分别为:提纲作文、情景作文、图表和图画作文。
尽管近些年考研英语(一)作文部分除1999和2000年为图表作文外,2001-2017年的这17年中所考的均为图画作文,但大纲中有图表作文的提法,如果考图表作文,虽然是小概率事件,但也属于规定范围内容。因此,英语(一)考生适当了解一下图表作文,是应该的。
当然,英语(二)自诞生之日起,所考的均为图表作文。其实图表作文和图画作文的除第一段外,其他内容区别大吗?基本没有。就算第一段,其本质也差不多,图表是以数字来展示社会现象,图画是以漫画来展示社会现象,这就像你男朋友今天换了件衣服,难道你就不认识了吗?本质上,还是你男朋友。
Directions:Write an essay based on the following chart. In your writing, your should
(1)interpret the chart, and
(2)give your comment and predict the future trend
You should write about 150 words neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)
中国移动支付用户数量的变化(单位:亿)
(图片来源:互联网)
This is a column chart which clearly illustrates the striking changes in the number of users to utilize mobile payment from 2012 to 2014 in China. In 2012, the number was only 55 million, and then, it surged remarkably, reaching its peak at 300 million in 2014.
Apparently, this scenario can be naturally associated with the great popularity of mobile payment among Chinese people, but what resulted in this trend? For one thing, in recent years, China was characterize by the speedy advance in science and technology, especially in artificial intelligence and image recognition, which provided a solid scientific basis for paying by scanning QR codes. For another, compared with before, the price of smart phones became much lower and a larger proportion of youngsters could afford smart phones, and thus, they could choose to pay by scanning codes. Of course, the Internet giants, like Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, have come to realize the significance of this tendency, and they took marketing strategies to attract more customers to utilize mobile payment.
I, as a customer, deem that an increasing number of shoppers will choose mobile payment, which brings us great convenience and helps us to purchase any articles without cash.
【参考译文】
这是一个柱状图,清晰展示了从2012年到2014年中国移动支付用户数量的显著变化。在2012年,这个数字仅仅是5500万,之后,该数字开始飙升至其顶峰,在2014年达到了3亿。
显然,这种情景能自然联系到移动支付在中国人民中受到的普遍欢迎,但是什么导致了这种趋势哪?一方面,近年来,科学技术的飞速发展是中国的突出特征,尤其是在人工智能与图像识别领方面,这为扫码支付提供了牢固的科学基础。此外,与过去相比,智能手机的价格降低,更多年轻人能够买得起智能手机,因此可以用于扫码支付。当然,像百度、阿里巴巴和腾讯这样的互联网巨头已经意识到了这种趋势的重要性,并且采取了促销策略来吸引更多消费者使用移动支付。
作为一名消费者,我相信越来越多的购物者将会选择移动支付,这将带给我们巨大便利帮助我们不带现金购买任何商品。