VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S+R]
Homework
review the pdf + write a description for this graph
Today we focused on:
how to describe graphs
Speaking exercise
strategy when talking about graphs:
1: how to read it
2: general overview
3: specific if relevant + comparison
4: patterns if relevant
describe trend + speed
It increased slowly
It decreased quickly
to talk about increase :rise / increase / go up / uplift /
The sales increased by 3%
to talk about fast increase: rocketed / climb / surge / soar
Sales soared by 50%
to talk about decrease : fall / decrease / decline /
Customers decreased by 5%
to talk about a fast decrease: plummet / plunge / drop
Our sales plunged by 40% because of the virus
Vocabulary
to publish (v) release for article or book
They published a new article on their website
to release (v): make something available
Iphones are usually released in September
potential (adj/n) : something that hasn’t happened yet
There are 10m potential customers in China.
while to compare 2 elements at the same time
In North America it accounted for 20% while in Asia it only accounted for 10%.
to account for (v) : represent
Advertising accounted for 21% of the market
market size (n) : total amount of the market
The market size in North America was 177m in 2016.
inventory (n) stock 库存
We keep an inventory in case something happens to the supply chain
pattern (n): something that repeat itself
There are patterns in their ads
Grammar
from … to …
from 2010 to 2013 sales decreased by 100m
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