小作文基础语料课件.ppt

Plus+++:Connecting Sentences Afterwards; Subsequently; From then on; From that time onwards; After increasing steadily from a little over 15 million to about 20 million, Iphone sales decreased slightly to less than 20 million in Oct 2011. From that time onwards, it soared to a high of up to 40 million before falling substantially to just 25 million in Oct 2012. Plus+++:Connecting Sentences The subsequent period; The following period After increasing steadily from a little over 15 million to about 20 million, Iphone sales decreased slightly to less than 20 million in Oct 2011. The subsequent period brought a sustained growth of over 25 million in its figure to a high of up to 40 million in Jan 2012, followed by a substantial drop. Plus+++:Connecting Paragraphs Similarly; A similar trend takes place in...; After increasing steadily from a little over 15 million to about 20 million, Iphone sales decreased slightly to less than 20 million in Oct 2011. The subsequent period brought a sustained growth in its figure to a high of up to 40 million in Jan 2012, followed by a substantial drop. A similar trend took place in the sales of Ipad. There was a minimal decrease of less than 5 million in its sales from Jan 2011 until Apr 2011 when the number rised substantially to nearly 15 million in Oct 2012, irrespective of some wild fluctuation. Plus+++:Connecting Paragraphs However; By contrast; On the contrary; As opposed to...; As opposed to an upward trend, however, a period of sustained decline of over 15 million was recorded in the sales of Ipod, with the number hitting a low of just 5 million in Oct 2011, and despite a substantial climb, its sales underwent another period of significant drop to below 5 million in Oct 2012. Academic Writing Task 1 Going up-上升 Verb Noun To increase An increase To rise A rise To grow A growth To climb A climb Plus+ To soar to An upward trend To rocket to An upsurge Sales go up. Subject + Verb Iphone sales increased. Iphone sales rose.