1.  描写fluctuations

(1)from/starting off at…, XXX increased to.. during.. and remain stable at.. during.., only to decrease to.. during…

(2)XXX increased/soared from xx to XXX in… followed by a sharp drop to…in…

(3)soar again, fall back to, drop back to…and then maintained this position throughout ….

(4)it started around XX in xx, increased slowly to XX in.., and then fell to XXat the end of the year. 

(5)It stayed stable at around XX during xxx and xxx, then decreased to XXX in…,before recovering at/to XXX at the end of … 

2.  对比，比例的描写

(1)倍数关系描写（见1）;

(2)分数关系：one/a fifth of, 8 out of 10, at a fraction of… 

(3)组成：consist of, be made up of…, be composed of…

(4)比例： account for.., represent, take up.., 

(5)对比：compared to, in comparison with…, relative to…, the ratio is….

Eg. Female executives dominate in the age group between 24 and 39, where the ratio is 42 to 10. (The first representing the number of women and latter, men ).

Eg. It decreases half in group 60 to 69 where 10 women hold top position in comparison to/with 21 men. 

Eg. The graphs shows the number of cars per 100 people over the period 1980 to 2020 relative to the growth of the world’s population. 

3. 大小的比较

(1)差：spread(差价), margin, split, difference, 

     差额为正/负：xxx remained positive/negative

(2)占多数，a. XXX dominate in the XX group/amongst…. 

      b. In the age range above…, XXX are in /sliding / majority. 

(3)超过: a. XXX exceeded/outstrippedXXX but not by the same margin,  

       b. XXX exceeded XX by XX percent, outnumber xxx by XXX. 

       c. exceed XX-level. With the earnings exceeding XXX. 

(4) 比例相等：a.  an equal number of both…and…

        b.  XXX take an equal proportion in …. 

(5) 从小到大描述数据：followed by

      Eg. 44% of our sales income came from US, followed by Europe(26%), and south America(19%) 

(6)排序的描写： ranked No.1/2; The second /third largest…; be in the first/second/third place.

4. 表示预测的句子; be likely to…/is expected to…./is supposed to…/is estimated to../is projected to…/will/will be

5.  叙述受访者态度

(1)XXX received XX positive responses and XX negative responses..

(2) XX people gave a positive response/comment on..

(3)Asked about…., XX people responded positively/negatively whereas XX people say sth negative about it. 

(4) XX of xx respondents complained about….while XX though it positively, /thought it to be satisfactory

6. Distribution

(1)  xx%, more than half XX, XX out of XX…

(2) the respondents are almost equally divided between XXX and XX(different stances)

(3)XX and xxx take a similar proportion in XX group/range

7. data and compare的中心句

(1)The company employs almost an equal number of executives of both sexes. However, there are remarkable differences depending on the age range considered. 

(2)The overall result of this international survey on planned IT expenditure for the next year shows significant differences between Europe and Aisa. 

(3)The situation in XX, however, is quite different. 

(4)however, the XX vary greatly on the XX…