第一节小作文常用词汇句型
? 读数据
? up to/as much as 多达...
在1980年和1985年间房价跌了40%。
House price fell as much as 40% between 1980 and 1985. ? only、no more than仅仅 网站经济仅占国家GDP的1%。
The web economy represents a mere 1% of the country’s GDP. ? top、exceed超过
在2006年出口超过了100亿美元。
Exports topped /exceeded $10 billion in2006. ? less than少于、more than多于 超过1/3的英国人口经常难以入睡。
More than one third of the British population has trouble sleeping from time to time. ? above、below
鱼的消费量在50g以下。
The consumption of fish was below 50 grams. ? remaining剩余的
药品占了公司收入的30%，货物占了40%，车占了剩下的30%。
Medicine represented 30% of the company’s revenues，merchandise（货物产品）40% and vehicles the remaining 30%.
? an all-time high/low历史最高/低值 油价在2010年到达历史最高值。
The price of oil reached an all-time high in 2010. ? ranging...from...在...范围内
价格不稳定，在20美元到40美元之间。
The price was volatile，ranging from $20 to $40. ? respectively分别地
世界耕地退化是由放牧和滥砍滥伐所致，这两个因素分别占25%和40%.
Animal grazing and deforestation constitute 25% and 40% of the world’s land degradation respectively. ? peak at到达最高点
英国的犯罪率在1999年是最高的，差不多是9%。 Britain’s crime rate peaked at 9% or so in1999.
? equal to sth相等 男女生人数相等。 ? 倍数
? double、triple、quadruple大了2、3、4倍
租金，作为家庭费用的一部分，在1974年和1998年之间提高了两倍。
Rent as a percentage of the household expenditure doubled between 1974 and 1998.
? double、twice、triple是2、3倍
这个公园覆盖面积是1400英亩，是老公园的2倍。
This park will cover 1400 acres，twice（adv.） the size of the old park. 这个城市的犯罪率是国家平均水平的3倍。
This city had an accident rate triple the national average.（adj）=three times as much as ? 年龄
? aged between...and...
45到54岁年龄的人占了国家人口的53%。
People age between 45 and 54 represent 53% of the country’s population. The population is ageing/aging. ? with age随着年龄的增长
随着年龄的增长去看电影的普及度随之下降。
The popularity of going to the cinema decreases with age.
? 其他：aged under 30、aged 60 years and above、in the 60s、from the early 50s、、
at the age of 5；
? 排列 ? rank排名
在1999年，澳大利亚产生的家庭垃圾排第二，次于美国。
In 1999，Australia ranked second，behind the USA in domestic waste generation. ? top领先
该城市位于国家最受欢迎旅游景点的前列。
The city topped the list of the country’s most popular tourist attractions. ? ahead of、followed by在...之前
经济学是最受欢迎的科目，其后是体育课。
Business was the most popular subject，followed by physical education. ? climb/jump/fall from...to...
公交车作为交通工具从第三名上升到第二名。
Buses climbed from third to second as a means of travel. ? 平稳或波动
? stand at、stabilize at、remain steady at保持平稳 手机的价格在三年内保持不变。
XXX remained steady for three years in a row（连续）. 直到2008年失业率都维持在一个很高的水平。
The unemployment rate remained stabilised at a high level by 2008. ? fluctuate波动
失业率仍然很高，在12.5%和20%之间波动。
The jobless rate remained high，fluctuating between... ? fluctuation
尽管是波动的，但整体趋势是上升的。
Despite the fluctuation，the general trend is upward. an upward movement in property prices
downward adj. ? 读时间
? during/over the period在...期间 离婚率在20年期间居高不下。
The divorce rate remained high throughout（介词，贯穿整个时期） the twenty-year period.
? between...and...、from...to...
在1995到2000年期间经济发展加速了。
The growth of the economy accelerated during the period from... ? at the beginning of、by the middle of、by the end of 在20世纪60年代早期，国家大概1/3的人口都吸烟。 At the beginning of the1960s，around one third of the country’s population were smokers. 在20世纪中叶，地下铁路系统建好了，每年服务超过100万的乘客。
By the middle of the 20th century ，the underground railway systems were built to serve more than one million passengers per year. 资源的消耗量在今年年底下降了。
Expenditure on resources dropped by the end of this year. ? for...years in a row连续...年 游客的数量连续5年都在增加。
The number of tourists increased for five years in a row.
实战演练
The diagrams below present the estimates and projections of world population from the US Census Bureau，进行总结和比较。
The table below describes the proportion of smokers in males and females between the age of 15 and 20 in Britain，总结和比较。 Year Males
1970 10% 1975 22% 13% 1980 35% 22% 1985 37% 34% 1990 36% 37% 1995 30% 32% 2000 28% 27% Females 5%
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