1、Vocabulary learning-By Catherine Leel 图图 表表 题题 词词 汇汇lAccording to the lAs shown in the lAs can be seen from the lWe can see from the lIt is manifest(obvious,apparent)that lTo be (exact,precise,specific)上上 升升、下下 降降l 表示表示“上升上升”的词的词l climb,rise,increase,improve,grow,leap,go up,expand,aggrandize,ascend,
2、mount,edge up,creep upl 表示表示“飙升飙升,急速上升急速上升”的词的词l jump,soar,rocket,surge,escalate,swell,shoot upl l表示表示“下降下降”的词的词l decline,decrease,drop,fall,slide,slip,descend,dip,ebb,reduce,go down,sink,descendl表示表示“剧降剧降”的词的词 crash,collapse,plummet,plunge,slump速速 度度 快快lRapidlSharplDramaticlApacelPrecipitouslDrasti
3、cllargelsteeplWhile policy makers struggle to define and implement appropriate legislation,development of the most destructive kind has continued apace over vast areas.速速 度度 慢慢lGraduallGentlelSteadylSlow 幅幅 度度 大大 小小lMarkedlSignificantlSubstantiallNoticeablelModestlSlightlModeratelConsiderablelThe nu
4、mber of people using this station fluctuates over these 16 hours.l稳定在一个水平上lNumbers in the following two hours level off at just under 300 people.lThe number of marriages remained stable at this level over the next decade.最最 大大 值、最值、最 高高 点点lReachlHitlAmount tolArrive atlRegisterlStand atlUp to最最 大大 值
5、值lPeak lPeak atlCrestlToplTiplSummitlMaximumlHighest pointlThe frequency of riots rises dramatically as the weather gets warmer,hitting a peak around 27 degrees centigrade.lFood consumption of stages increases during the winter,reaching a peak in February.lIt falls again to a low point in May,then r
6、ises to peak in September,before dropping to another minimum in November.最最 小小 值值lBottomlMinimumlthe lowest pointlHit the trough占多少占多少(后面跟(后面跟%百分数或者数字)百分数或者数字)lAccount forlRepresentlConstitutelMake uplOccupy预测预测、大约大约、分别分别lExpectlPredictlProjectlForecastlEstimatelAboutlAroundlApproximatelylRoughlylJust overlJust under The gap was increased further in 1990 when the figures rose to 10.5 years and 3.5 years respectively.