As can be seen clear ly f rom the gr aph , the differ ence in the number s of people working in the three major employment sector s in the U .K . economy in the early 1980s was r elatively small , with about 4 million worke rs in engineering , 5 million in agriculture and 5 .5 million in the se rvice indust ries .

　　However , the period 1980-1990 saw significant changes in the relative sizes of these th ree employment sector s . There was a r apid decline in employment in agricultur e, with the number of workers dropping by more than 80% . On the other , employment oppor tunities in the service indust ries in- creased sharply , especially after 1986 , wher eas the engineer - ing sector experienced a gr adual but constant decline .

　　Trends in the above gr aph clear ly indicate that the se rvice indust ries will continue to employ the la rgest number of people at least for the next few yea rs , 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 sector s was much smaller than ten years befor e and ther e does n’t seem to be any likelihood for improvement in the near future . So , students who a re going to graduate soon may need to prepar e to seek employment elsewher e .

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　　結構分析：

　　·Inte rpret the graph

　　· Pr edict the t r ends

　　* engineering

　　* service industries

　　* agriculture

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　　內容分析：

　　本文是一篇圖表作文, 適合于六級或考研。學習本文時應注意寫圖表作文的常用句子和詞語以及過渡詞, 這樣才能使文章既連貫又有層次感。注意看文中的劃線處。

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　　萬能句型：

　　drop by . . . % 下降百分之⋯⋯

　　rapid decline 急劇下降

　　inc rease s harply 明顯上升

　　. . . doesn’t seem to be any likelihood for improvement似乎沒有可能改善