职场中混的人都知道，做汇报时，用图表这样直观的工具来辅证自己的观点会更有说服力。中文对你来说可能是小Case，如果面对的是外国同事和老板，又必须用英语，你还能侃侃而谈吗？

 

定个小目标：搞定这张图！

 

对于做惯了各种复杂图表的表哥表姐来说，简直不能更简单，有木有？好，先不要看下文。给你3分钟时间，想想该怎样用英语描述这张图表中的信息。

 

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 3分钟已过，看答案吧！

以下是我们拥有多年商务经验的外教给到的示范描述，很多给力的表达，好好学学吧！

 

➤First quarter: Sales remained fairly steady throughout the months of January to March.

第一季度：销售额从1月份到3月份一直都保持平稳。

 

➤Second quarter: There was a down turn in the second quarter with the sales falling to 150 million at the end of June.

第二季度：销售额出现下降趋势，6月底降到1.5亿。

 

➤Third quarter: Sales rocketed in July and reached a peak at the end of September.

第三季度：7月份销售额陡增并于9月底达到峰值。

 

➤Fourth quarter: With the beginning of October, sales plummeted due to a significant drop in demands. A further decline continued into November and leveled off through the end of the year.

第四季度：从10月初开始，由于需求的显著减少，销售额骤然下跌。11月份销售额持续下降，在年底趋于平稳。

 

看完是不是恍然大悟？其实并没有你想象中的那么难！就是描述状态/趋势的词汇+简单的句式就搞定了！掌握这些词汇表达，你就知道如何举一反三了！往下看！

 

Words and Phrases 单词短语学习

 

quarter: one of four equal parts of something 四分之一，这里是“季度”

remain: to stay in a state 保持；继续

fairly: to quite a large degree 在很大程度上

steady: a situation continues and is not likely to change 稳定的

throughout: during a whole period （某个阶段内）自始至终

downturn: something becomes worse 衰退

fall: to move downward 下降；落下 fall to: 降至

rocket: to increase very quickly 飞速增加/上涨

peak: the strongest, most fully developed point 顶峰；峰值

plummet: to decrease quickly by a large amount 暴跌

drop: fall, decrease in amount/level （数量等）下降

decline: decline in something means it becomes less in quantity 下降

level off: to stop increasing or decreasing 趋向稳定

 

Get 以下表达，给英语汇报增点料！

increase slightly 略微增长    increase dramatically 显著增长

decrease slowly 缓慢减少    decrease abruptly 急速减少

fluctuate mildly 轻微波动    fluctuate wildly 大幅度波动

 

nosedive to an all-time low 暴跌到空前最低点

start a spectacular ascension 开始惊人的上升/上涨

reach a record high 创历史新高

continue to skyrocket 继续飞涨 

 

dip （轻度、暂时的）减少；下降 

slide 逐渐降低

plunge 急降；突降

soar 高涨；猛增；剧增

jump　暴涨

 

go up 上升；增长        go down 下降；减少

rise rapidly 猛增；剧增   stay the same 保持不变

a sharp increase 急剧上升 a gradual decrease 缓慢减少

a dramatic and sudden fall 暴跌；猛降

 

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