英语常用图表描述句型.docx

15.5常用图表阐释语：（1）表示“图表所示”句型：As is shown in the chart…如图所示As can be seen in the table…从表中可知As the graph shows…该曲线图表明The above table illustrates…该表格显示The first column represents…第一栏代表The second row demonstrates that…第二行表示See Figure (Table) 2 请看图（表）2（2）表示上升的动词：.increase, rise, go up, grow, climb, rocket, soar, rebound, ascend. Leap upwards, jump, speed up, surge, shoot up （3）表示下降的动词：.go down, fall, drop, decline, abate,decrease, slump, diminish, descend, plummet (fall quickly), shrink, slip, slide, take a plunge, dive，sink, slow down, （4）表示快速的副词：rapidly, quickly, sharply, dramatically, surprisingly, fast.（5）表示程度的副词、短语：considerably, a great deal, very much, a lot, rather, somewhat, quite a lot, a bit, a little, slightlysignificantly, markedly, noticeably, exactly, precisely, almost, nearly, roughly, approximately.（6）表示缓慢、逐步的副词、短语：steadily, gradually, small increase, slightly, moderately, slowly.（7）表示达到顶峰、平行向前等短语： to peak a high point at…, reach a peak at…, reach a plateau；reach the bottom at…, to bottom a low point at…,drop to the bottom at…, to level off；keep constant, stay the same, remain steady, remain the same/constant, stabilize.(8) 表示状况的单词、短语：erratic movements (unstable trend), fluctuations, trough (the lowest point), to the bottom, upward trend, downward trend.15.6 图表描述例句：Sales stood at the lowest level in March.三月份的销售额呈最底水平。The company sold 13,953 vehicles in the mainland in Jan., up from 8,294 units in the same period of last year.元月份在中国大陆公司销售了13,953辆车，与去年同期相比多销售了8,294辆。The growth of Honda’s sales more than tripled that of total sales of vehicles produced in the mainland last month 上个月本田汽车的销售量超过在中国大陆生产的汽车的销售量三倍之多。Honda’s sales in the mainland surged by 74.8% year-on-year to 215,000 units in 2004.本田汽车在中国大陆的销售量增长74.8%，递年增长，至2004年销售量达215,000辆。The sales totaled $800,000 last month.上个月总销售额为八十万美元。Factory A’s profit percentage increased steadily, despite some minor fluctuations, whereas that of factory B fell slightly.尽管稍有波动，甲工厂的利润百分比逐步上升，而乙工厂的利