seeking employment in UK

　　英国就业率

　　As can be seen clearly from the graph, the difference in the numbers of people working in the three major employment sectors in the UK economy in the early 1980s was relatively small, with about 4 million workers in engineering, 5 million in agriculture and 5.5 million in the service industries.

　　However, the period 1980-1990 saw significant changes in the relative sizes of these three employment sectors. There was a rapid decline in employment in agriculture, with the number of workers dropping by more than 80%. On the other, employment opportunities in the service industries increased sharply, especially after 1986, whereas the engineering sector experienced a gradual but constant decline.

　　Trends in the above graph clearly indicate that the service industries will continue to employ the largest number of people at least for the next few years, while the engineering sector will need somewhat fewer workers in the next decade. On the whole, the total number of employment offered in these three sectors was much smaller than ten years before and there doesn't seem to be any likelihood for improvement in the near future. So, students who are going to graduate soon may need to prepare to seek employment elsewhere.

　　作文结构分析：

　　·interpret the graph

　　·predict the trends

　　* engineering

　　* service industries

　　* agriculture

　　作文内容分析：

　　本文是一篇图表作文, 适合于六级或考研。学习本文时应注意写图表作文的常用句子和词语以及过渡词, 这样才能使文章既连贯又有层次感。注意看文中的划线处。

　　单词词组：

　　drop by...% 下降百分之

　　rapid decline 急剧下降

　　increase sharply 明显上升

　　...doesn't seem to be any likelihood for improvement 似乎没有可能改善