雅思写作：Task1柱状图考官范文（26）

　　The graph below shows the changes in maximum number of Asian elephants between 1994 and 2007.

　　Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

　　Sample Answer:

　　The given bar graph provides information on the number of elephants in different countries between 1997 and 2004. As is presented in the graph, India and Myanmar were the two countries where maximum number of elephants inhabited and the total number of elephants decreased over time.

　　As is presented in the bar graph, elephants mostly lived in Asian countries like India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand. In 1997, approximately 10 thousand elephant lived in India which was the largest number among the given countries. Myanmar is the second largest country for elephants’ inhabit. Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China had about 1000 elephant in 1997 while Malaysia, Sri Lanka Thailand had about 3000 elephants in 1997. The least number of elephants were in China in 1997. After 7 years, in 2004, the number of elephant in all countries decreased except Laos. The number of elephant in India fell to 7500 in 2004 while this number decreased to 4800 in Myanmar and only to 1200 in Thailand. Cambodia is the only country where the total number of elephant increased while the number reached to an alarming number of less than 500 in China.

　　In summary, India, Myanmar and Thailand had the largest number of elephant among the given countries and except Cambodia and Laos, these numbers had decreased in all other countries only in 7 years time which is alarming for the existence of this species.