The World Turns Gray课件.ppt

The World Turns Gray;Pie chart;Line graph;Bar chart;Table;Flow chart (流程图 );Organigram (组织结构图) ;Types of Chart;Describing Change ;3. An end to movement To flatten out / level off 4. No change To remain constant / stable / unchanged To stay the same / at the same level To maintain / hold / keep;5. Degree of change Dramatically / sharply / considerably / significantly / moderately / slightly e.g. Sales have fallen considerably. 6. Speed of change Rapidly / quickly / suddenly / gradually / steadily / slowly e.g. Sales went up rapidly. ;7. Sentence patterns: Trend / tendency / inclination: The visits increased quickly from about 12 to 53 million from 1979 to 1999. There was an increase in the visits from about 12 to 53 million from 1979 to 1999. An increase in the visits is seen from about 12 to 53 million from 1979 to 1999. ;How to describe line graph;Between 1955 and 1960 mortgage interest rates remained fairly constant at around 5%. Over the next decade they climbed steadily to reach around 8.5% in 1977. During the next ten years there was a dramatic rise culminating in a maximum of 20% in 1987. From then to 1995 the rate fell sharply back to the pre 1977 level of around 8.5%. Levels fluctuated over the next 3 years, varying between 8.5 and 11%.;;;The graph compares the unemployment rates in the U.S. and in Japan over a span of 6 years from March 1993 to March 1999. As can be seen from the graph, during this period of time, the unemployment rate in U.S. revealed a trend of gradual decline, whereas that in Japan witnessed an opposite tendency, namely, a steady rise. ;Obviously, there was a dramatic increase with the unemployment rate in Japan between 1993 and 1994, rising from about 2.5% to 3.75%. Nevertheless, the following year experienced a slight fluctuation. From March 1995 to the middle of 1998, there was a stable growth accompanied by occasional fluctuations. Particularly in 1998, it peaked at approximately 5.