职场中混的人都知道，做汇报时，用图表这样直观的工具来辅证自己的观点会更有说服力。中文对你来说可能是小Case，对于做惯了各种复杂图表的表哥表姐来说，简直不能更简单,如果面对的是外国同事和老板，又必须用英语，你还能侃侃而谈吗？
➤First quarter: Sales remained fairly steady throughout the months of January to March.
*季度：销售额从1月份到3月份一直都保持平稳。
➤Second quarter: There was a down turn in the second quarter with the sales falling to 150 million at the end of June.
第二季度：销售额出现下降趋势，6月底降到1.5亿。
➤Third quarter: Sales rocketed in July and reached a peak at the end of September.
第三季度：7月份销售额陡增并于9月底达到峰值。
➤Fourth quarter: With the beginning of October, sales plummeted due to a significant drop in demands. A further decline continued into November and leveled off through the end of the year.
第四季度：从10月初开始，由于需求的显著减少，销售额骤然下跌。11月份销售额持续下降，在年底趋于平稳。
Words and Phrases 单词短语学习
quarter: one of four equal parts of something 四分之一，这里是“季度”
remain: to stay in a state 保持；继续
fairly: to quite a large degree 在很大程度上
steady: a situation continues and is not likely to change 稳定的
throughout: during a whole period （某个阶段内）自始至终
downturn: something becomes worse 衰退
fall: to move downward 下降；落下 fall to: 降至
rocket: to increase very quickly 飞速增加/上涨
peak: the strongest, most fully developed point 顶峰；峰值
plummet: to decrease quickly by a large amount 暴跌
drop: fall, decrease in amount/level （数量等）下降
decline: decline in something means it becomes less in quantity 下降
level off: to stop increasing or decreasing 趋向稳定
Get 以下表达，给英语汇报增点料！
increase slightly 略微增长 increase dramatically 显著增长
decrease slowly 缓慢减少 decrease abruptly 急速减少
fluctuate mildly 轻微波动 fluctuate wildly 大幅度波动
nosedive to an all-time low 暴跌到空前最低点
start a spectacular ascension 开始惊人的上升/上涨
reach a record high 创历史新高
continue to skyrocket 继续飞涨
dip （轻度、暂时的）减少；下降
slide 逐渐降低
plunge 急降；突降
soar 高涨；猛增；剧增
jump 暴涨
go up 上升；增长 go down 下降；减少
rise rapidly 猛增；剧增 stay the same 保持不变
a sharp increase 急剧上升 a gradual decrease 缓慢减少
a dramatic and sudden fall 暴跌；猛降
看完是不是恍然大悟？其实并没有你想象中的那么难！就是描述状态/趋势的词汇+简单的句式就搞定了！掌握这些词汇表达，你就知道如何举一反三了！