2016年BEC考试高级口语基础讲解五

　　Here are some common idiomatic expressions in business news writing that you may find helpful.

　　商业新闻写作中惯用的表达方式

　　To describe an upward trend 描述增长趋势

　　an increase / to increase a gain / to gain

　　a growth / to grow a leap / to leap

　　a surge / to surge a soar/ to soar

　　a rise / to rise a hike / to hike

　　To describe a downward trend 描述下降趋势

　　a dip / to dip to a decline / to decline

　　a drop / to drop a decrease/ to decrease

　　a collapse / to collapse a cut / to cut

　　a slip / to slip off a slump / to slump

　　To describe a steadiness 描述平稳走势

　　²After falling sharply in the previous two years, the jobless rate has hardly moved since April. August joblessness stood at 8.2% and the annual pace of weekly earnings slowed to 3.25%,…

　　²In Sydney, stocks ended little changed in subdued trading as investors awaited direction from Wall Street after its sell-off last week, as well as new Australian economic data to be released Tuesday.

　　²Measured against the currencies of the major industrial countries, the dollar is likely to hover about where it is for several calendar quarters at least.

　　To describe the extend of change 描述变化幅度

　　Big change: markedly, greatly, considerably

　　Small change: fractionally, marginally, slightly

　　Fast change: quickly, suddenly, rapidly

　　Slow change: slowly, gradually, gently