三招灵活描述商业英语图表

可能你也曾试过，在会议上或撰写报告时，以英语去描述不同的图表趋势，尤其是销售业绩及市场调查等。或许有些人会认为这是小儿科英语，但若要他们准确地描述，并同时没有文法错误时，这轻视的态度往往令他们在众人前出丑。

上星期我们提及过，图表的四大趋势，分别是“上升”、“下降”、“波动”及“不变”。在描述图表时，我们还可运用三大核心句型。同时，我们亦可利用不同的形容词和副词来修饰走势的程度。

这星期，我们不妨看看怎样灵活地运用名词、动词和短语来描述不同的趋势，及参考一些实用的句式，以便大家描述图表时可手到拿来。

在形容四大趋势时，我们可灵活运用名词、动词及短语，而尽量做到用字不太重复。例如：如要多次表达上升时，开头可用“there was a significant rise.

”（名词），接着可用“it increased substantially.”（动词），最后便可用“it showed an upward trend.”（短语）。

正因为趋势不外这四种，如不停重复使用”increased”的话，虽然能把数据准确地传递，但却非常乏味，把本来已经是沉闷的报告变得更加闷气，加速读者或听众在办公时入睡。

以下是一些用来描述图表的常用实用句式，供读者参考：

1. the table/ graph/ pie chart shows (reveals, illustrates, demonstrates, depicts, describes, indicates)…

2. according to the table,..

3. as shown in the graphs,..

4. it can be seen from the figures/ statistics that...

5. it is clear/ apparent from the figures/ statistics that...

6. on the top of the list is...which accounts for 75% of…

7. at the bottom of the list is...which constitutes 10% of ..

8. the figure reached the highest/ lowest point in...

9. a has about/ approximately/ exactly/ precisely the same number/ proportion/ amount of…as b.

10. the difference between a and b lies in..

11. the number increased/ rose suddenly/ dramatically/ rapidly/ substantially/ considerably/ sharply from...to...

12. during 2013–2014, there was a sudden rapid/ dramatic/ substantial/ considerable boom in the number of computer tablets from...to...

13. the ten-year period from 2000 - 2010 witnessed/ saw a steady growth of mobile phones from...to...

14. the number of…increased/ rose/ fell/ dropped/ declined/ decreased by 15%.

15. the number of mobile phones was roughly/ about/ approximately doubled/ tripled between 2004 to 2014.

16. we can conclude from the chart that...

17. in short/ in brief/ in conclusion, .

18. to conclude/ to sum up, it seems clear that...

19. it is clear/ apparent from the chart/ graph/ table/ diagram that…

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