Week 8: Figure Switching

Chinese-English

Cecilia HeOct 23 2012

Tasks for Today

Useful expressions“Trendy” verbs/ verb phrasesCI practice

1. Useful expressions

1. Useful expressions

3) Percentages:

… accounts for X% of …

… constitutes X% of …

… makes up X% of …

… comprises X% of …

… forms/be X% of …

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases1) To indicate upward movement

2) rise

3) increase

4) grow

5) ascend

6) augment

7) climb

8) mount

9) pick /go/creep/edge/level up

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases2) To indicate downward movement fall

decrease

drop

decline

descend

shrink

reduce

diminish

go/level/edge/creep/slip down

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases

3) To indicate a rapid upward movement

to surge

to skyrocket

jump

leap

shoot

soar

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases4) To indicate a rapid downward movement slump dive crash plummet plump plunge collapse

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases5) To describe stability

to stabilize

to remain/maintain/keep + constant/stable/steady/fixed/unchanged/ the same

to level out/off

to stand/stay at

to be even

to hardly change

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases6) To describe fluctuation

fluctuate

swing

oscillate

rise and fall

be instable

to undulate

frequently changed

3. CI Practice