1.叙述表格/图表

(1)组成： consist of.., be made up of.., be composed of..,

(2)比例： account for%,  represent%,  make/take up %….

(3)上升(by..to…)，增加，提高：

a. 普通：increase, grow, rise, expand

b. 渐渐上升：climb, edge up, ascend, trend up. 

c. 猛增，激增：jump, surge, soar, proliferate (数量), leap, shot up 

d. 词组： achieve an increase in….by…to…

         Continue its upwards trend; trend up 

         On the rise,  on the increase.

         On consecutive rise

n. 名词： increase, rise, growth, expansion,  

ascendance渐渐增加, 

slight increase, rise, growth in..  

bump-up(突然增加), proliferation(激增),jump, leap, surge, boom

 (4)减少，下降，减缓

a. 普通：decrease, fall, drop, reduce, shrink, (shrinkage)

b. 逐渐变少：slide, dwindle, decline, edge down

c. 骤减：collapse, slump, plummet, plunge 

d. 经济衰退，停顿：slump, collapse, stagnate, stagnant, stagnation, 

sluggish, sluggishness, slack, 

crisis, recession, slowdown, downturn, 

e. 词组： fall off, drop off, go down, continue its downward trend, trend down, on the decline, on the downturn. 

(5) 保持平稳，不变：

       Remain stable,/steady,/unchanged

       Level off vi  上升，或减退至平稳水平

       Subside vi  减退至平稳水平  standstill n/adj 停滞不前

 (6) 起伏波动： 

Rise and fall, 

fluctuate slightly/dramatically, 

fluctuate between….and…, a minor fluctuation, 

small rises and falls/fluctuations.  

(7)形容趋势程度

a. 剧烈，显著，明显

      Dramatically, sharply, considerably, rapidly, suddenly, greatly, alarmingly, significantly, enormously, steeply, massively, incredibly, hugely, amazingly, substantially; at an alarming rate; by a wide margin.

b. 缓慢/逐渐

       Gradually, steadily, slightly, gently, marginally, slowly, moderately, in a moderate way, by the least amount.

 (8)表示倍数：

a. (使)增几倍于： double, triple,  quadruple【'kwɔdrupl】， 

b. adv.adj 几倍的，几倍地：fivefold, sixfold, sevenfold….

c.  ad. 几倍：　twice, three/four/five times….

e.  几分之几： 2/3： two-thirds, etc.  (at a fraction of…)

(9) 比较数据as…as…

a. three/four times as many. 做主语或定语成分

     Eg. approx.20% more people preferred the diet cherry version and nearly three times as many preferred the diet strawberry version.

b.“A + be + XX times + as +adj + as + B”。

     eg. This tree is three times as tall as that one.

     Eg. His father is twice as old as he.

c.“A + be + XXtimes + 计量形容词比较级 + than + B ”

     eg. The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River.

        =The Yangtze River is almost three times as long as Pearl River.   

Eg. The dictionary is exactly five times more expensive than that one.

d. .“A + be + 倍数 + the + 计量名词 + of + B ”

     eg. The newly broadened square is four times the size of the previous one.

         新扩建的广场是未扩建时的四倍大。

e.“The + 计量名词 + of + A + be + 倍数 + that + of + B ”

      eg. The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one.

 (10) 从不同方面分析数据; in view of the turnover…., In terms of growth,…就营业额方面来说。。。，就增长方面来说；