Transcript Week 7: Figure Switching Chinese

Week 8: Figure Switching
Chinese-English
Cecilia He
Oct 23 2012
Tasks for Today
 Useful expressions
 “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases
 CI 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 phrases
1) To indicate upward movement

rise

increase

grow

ascend

augment

climb

mount

pick /go/creep/edge/level up
2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases
2) 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 phrases
4) To indicate a rapid downward movement
 slump
 dive
 crash
 plummet
 plump
 plunge
 collapse
2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases
5) 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 phrases
6) To describe fluctuation
 fluctuate
 swing
 oscillate
 rise and fall
 be instable
 to undulate
 frequently changed
3. CI Practice