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6.增/减百分比的口译 “增/减了百分之几”英语和汉语的含义一致，都表示净增或净减百分数。英汉增/减百分数的表示法有以下几种： 1）增/减了……% increase/rise/grow…% decrease/drop/fall/sink …% 或者 increase/rise/grow/go up by …% decrease/drop/fall/go down by …% Between 1986 and 1987, Nikes sales dropped 18 percent and profits sank by more than 40 percent as a result of competition with Reebok. 与“锐步”鞋业竞争的结果， 耐克（鞋）从1986到1987年的销售额下降了18%，利润下降了40%多。 By putting out more than one new shoe style everyday on average, in 1995 and 1996, Nikes sales and profits grew 71 percent and 80 percent respectively；meanwhile, Nikes closest rival Reebok grew just nine percent in the same period. 靠平均每天推出一个以上新（鞋）款式，1995到1996，耐克的销售额和利润分别上涨了71%和80%。而同期最接近耐克的竞争对手锐步只上涨了9%。 Procter Gamble just raised prices on its paper products by as much as 8%. (美国) 普罗科特—甘布尔公司刚刚把他们的纸制品价格提高了8%。 Spending on non-durables-----everything from soap flakes to razors to tennis shoes-----rose 30% last year. 去年非耐用品，从皂片、剃须刀到网球鞋的消费上升了30%。 In the fiscal year of 2000, ending on March 30, export slumped 11.3 percent in Taiwan, 10 percent in Thailand, 9.9 percent in South Korea and 2.4 percent in Hong Kong. However, the Chinese mainland posted a respectable 7.5 percent rate in the first quarter. 在3月30日刚刚结束的2000财政年度，台湾的出口猛跌了11.3%，泰国10%、南韩9.9%、香港2.4%。然而，中国大陆却公布了第一季度7.5%的可观增长。 In America, the number of people engaged in farming as their principle of occupation fell to 961,560 in 1997, down 8.7 percent from 1992, while the number between (the age of) 25 to 34 fell 28 percent. 在美国以农业为主要职业的人数1997下降到961，560人，比1992下降了8.7%，而年龄在25到34岁的人数下降了28%。 2) 与……相比，增/减了……% increase/rise/grow /go up by …% (as) compared with /as against / as opposed to / over… decrease/drop/fall/go down by …% (as) compared with /as against / as opposed to /over… 1999年，普通高校招生规模比上年扩大了47.4%。 University and college enrollment in 1999 increased by 47.4 percent over the previous year. 同1997年相比，1998年工业排污减少了11.6%；家庭排污增加了2.6%。 Compared with 1997, the discharge of industrial wastewater dropped by 11.6 percent, while that of domestic sewage ros