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1、HowtoDescribeAProcessDiagramBygroup9（姜冉冉彭欢曹汉丽）Tobegin,lookatthisquestion:Thefollowingdiagramillustratestheprocessthatisusedtomanufacturebricksforthebuildingindustry.Summarizetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeaturesandmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Aprocesswillhaveanumbe
2、rofstagesthatareintimeorder. Soyoushouldstartatthebeginning,anddescribeeachstagethroughtothelastone.Intheexampleabove,thisisfairlyclear.Itbeginswiththediggingoftheclay,andendswithdelivery.Processesarenotalwaysthisclear,andyoumayhavetolookmorecarefullytospotthebeginning,andtherema
3、yalsobetwothingshappeningatthesametime.Soitisimportantthatyoulookatothersampleprocessestogetagoodunderstandingofhowtheycanvary.IntroducetheDiagramAswiththetask,youcanbeginbyparaphrasingtherubric:Thediagramexplainsthewayinwhichbricksaremadeforthebuildingindustry.Asyoucansee,thisha
4、sbeentakenfromthequestion,butithasnotbeencopied.Youneedtowriteitinyourownwords.HighlightthemainpointsAprocessdiagramisdifferenttoaline,bar,piechartortableinthattherearenotusuallykeychangesortrendstoidentify. However,youshouldstillgiveanoverviewofwhatistakingplace.Astherearenotren
5、dstocommenton,youcanmakeacommenton,forexample,thenumberofstagesintheprocessandhowitbeginsandends:Overall,thereareeightstagesintheprocess,beginningwiththediggingupofclayandculminatingindelivery.GivingthedetailNowyouneedtoexplaintheprocessdiagram,andtherearetwokeyaspectsoflanguagea
6、ssociatedwiththis:TimeConnectorsAprocessisaseriesofevents,onetakingplaceaftertheother. Therefore,toconnectyourstages,youshoulduse‘timeconnectors’. Hereistherestoftheanswerwiththetimeconnectorshighlighted(noticethatyousimplygofromthebeginningtotheendoftheprocess):Tobegin,theclayus
7、edtomakethebricksisdugupfromthegroundbyalargedigger.Thisclayisthenplacedontoametalgrid,whichisusedtobreakuptheclayintosmallerpieces.Arollerassistsinthisprocess.Followingthis,sandandwaterareaddedtotheclay,andthismixtureisturnedintobricksbyeitherplacingitintoamouldorusingawirecutte
8、r.Next,thesebricksareplacedinanoventodry
