在应对数据图,进行数据对比时,考生是这样写的:
From the second quarter of 2021, the number of monthly Facebook users was roughly 3 billion, which was higher than all the other social networks.
☆ 考生犯了一个非常常见的错误:比较结构中的两个比较对象不可比。比较对象A是the number of users,而不叫对象B是other social networks,大家不妨思考一下如何调整?
解析:比较对象要实现一致,或进行两个the number of users的对比,或进行两类social network的对比,若发现比较级前后重复用词了,那么后者单数用that复数用those指代,如the number of A is larger than that of B。
改写如下:
With roughly 3 billion monthly users as of the second quarter of 2021, Facebook was the biggest social network worldwide.
☆ 改写后的句子将数据前置为一个with伴随状语结构,起到解释说明的作用,具体结构是with+数据+具体时间点;
☆ 将“用户人数最多”切换为“全球最·大的社交网络”,提升措辞丰富灵活度;
☆ as of 自…以来