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Unit 4 As you can see from this graph. - Coggle Diagram
Unit 4 As you can see from this graph.
Talking about visuals
The first rule of preparing effective visuals is that they should be clear and easy for the audience to follow. However, sometimes it is necessary to explain to explain a more complicated visual and it is always necessary to point out the most important information
Explaining a visual
Let's now look at the next slide which shows ...
First, let me quickil explain the graph.
You can see that different colours have been used to indicate ...
Highlighting inforomation
I'd like to start by drawing your attention to...
What I'd like to point out here is ...
Let's look more closely at ...
I think you'll be surprised to see ...
Talking about trends (verb tenses, adjectives, and adverbs)
We use the past simple to talk about a movement or trend which happened in the past and is now finished, Signal words for the past simple are last month/year, in January, from 1997-2001, during the oil crisis, etc.
In April the rate of unemployment rose to 5 million.
Between May and July our export business almost doubled.
In 2003 alone China's car production increased by 85%.
We use the present perfect to talk about a movement or trend which started in the past but is not yet finished. Signal words are since (since August), for (for five years), this month/year or expressions with over (over the past six months)
The number of German investors has declined since 1998. (It is still declining ...)
The US economy has grown rapidly over the past four months. (It is still growing.) Note the difference between rise and raise.
to rise (without an object)
Petrol prices rose again in May.
The number of tourists has risen to 2.6 million.
to raise sth (with an object)
The oil industry raised prices last year.
The European Central Bank has raised interest rates.