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 platea u；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，而乙工厂的利润百分比却略有所下降。

The turnover of last year rose astonishingly, whereas that of this year fell markedly.去年的营业额大幅度上升，而今年的营业额显著下降。

After a steady decline for almost a whole decade, the country’s fertility rate shows signs of steady rise.该国的生产力经过近20年逐步下滑，现在有迹象表明在逐步上升。

From the bar chart we can learn that there has been a steep fall in market share of our products in this region in recent three years.从柱形图我们可知，我公司产品在该地区的市场占有率最近三年大幅度下降。

According to the table, from 2006 to 2007 there had been a dramatic decrease in investment in this area.根据该表格，该地区从2006年到2007年的投资大幅度下降。

According to the graph, in the city there was a very significant drop in the number of people who went to and from work by bicycle between 2005 and 2006.该曲线图表明，2005年与2006年之间该城市骑自行车上下班的人急剧下降。

As (is) indicated in the drawing, the year 2006 has witnessed an ever-increasing funds for training.如图所示，2006年培训费用看涨。

The profit in December accounted for nearly 20% of the total.十二月的利润占总利润的近百分之二十。

The production in 2005 dropped sharply to only 500 tons.2005年的生产量急剧下降至仅500吨。

The number of car production fluctuated slightly from June to July of 2007..2007年六月到七月的轿车生产量略有波动。

There was hardly any change in the figures of cars sold between June and October.六月到十月之间轿车的销售量几乎没有变化。

The profit percentage in June reached a peak at about 20%.六月的利润百分比达到顶峰，约为20%。

The profit percentage in June reached the bottom at only 2%.六月的利润百分比掉入最底谷，只有2%。

注意：表示上升或下降多少用“by”,表示上升或下降到多少用“to”，例如：Our company increased the profits by 20% in the first quarter of the year but there was a fall of five per cent in group turnover.我们公司今年第一季度利润上升了百分之二十，但集团公司的营业额下降了百分之五。

The price of our product has been reduced to $88.我们产品的价格已削减至88美元The company liquid funds climbed to US$18m in the previous quarter.公司的流动资金上一个季度上升到一千八百万美元。

ABC Company turnover fell 5 per cent to US$20.66bn from US$21.8bn in the first three months of last year despite a substantial rise in the volume of recorder sales.ABC公司的营业额下跌了5%, 从去年前三个月的218亿美元下降到206亿美元，尽管其录音机的销售量有很大的增长。

15.7 表示倍数的句型：The figure of labor from rural areas has increased about twice compared with that in 2005.与2005年相比，农村的劳动力数目大约增加两倍。

The business was down by 30% on the previous year.与头年相比，业务量下降了30%。

Your luggage is almost four times as heavy as mine.你的行李是我的行李的近四倍重。

Kuwait oil wells yield approximately 500 times more than U.S. oil wells.科威特油井的产量是美国油井产量的近500倍。

The percentage of profit doubled from July to October.七月到十月的利润百分比翻了一番。

The diagram shows that the output of steel in our factory has risen by 30% this year against last year.该图表明，我厂的钢产量今年比去年增加了30%。