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Stocks and Shares Translate the following into English 优先股的股东在公司里没有选举权。 普通股的股利是由董事会根据赚得的利润量确定的。 Translate the following into English 当你的定单填好后，你就和其他所有的交易商一样，加入交易所的交易群。 现在在香港股市上上市的公司中有4%是大陆公司。 How to read market listings? Look at the following extract from the Nasdaq-amex stock market listings. Match the letters a-f with the explanations below. How to describe market trends Economic cycle How to describe general trends How to describe in detail using verbs and nouns? Words and phrases to describe an increasing trend Words and phrases to describe a decreasing trend Words and phrases to describe a horizontal trend Verbs of change: match the words with the graphs.  Verbs of change: match the phrases with the graphs.   Verbs and nouns of change Most verbs also have noun forms. They are generally the same, for example: to climb - a climbto fall - a fall However, there are some exceptions Adjectives and adverbs to describe the manner of change Adjectives which modify nouns, and adverbs, which modify verbs, can also be used to give us more information about the trend, for example, the speed of the change. For example: The year started with a steady decline in sales and stabilized in September. Sales increased slowly during January and then declined steadily until the end of the financial year Choose the correct words or expressions to describe trends. 1. The price of gold ______________ since 1999. A.has declined B.a decline C. declined D. declining 2. The number of people watching television rose steadily throughout the day. There was ______________ at 7.30 p.m. when twelve million people were estimated to be watching. A. a rocket B. peaked C. a peak D. rocketed 3. Sales of sun cream produced by the Lobster Red Corporation __________ by 200,000 in July 2001 compared to the same period in the previous year. A. fell down B. fell C. a fall D. falled  4. After a poor summer, the usage of the sports centre __________ when the students returned from