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