{"id":146,"date":"2008-08-18T14:09:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T06:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/?p=146"},"modified":"2020-12-15T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T11:44:44","slug":"bep-115-adv-study-notes-presentations-describing-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2008\/08\/18\/bep-115-adv-study-notes-presentations-describing-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 115 ADV (Study Notes) &#8211; Presentations: Describing Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode from our e-Book on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/ebooks\/presenting-for-success\/\"><strong>language of presenting in English<\/strong><\/a> (free for Premium Members), we&#8217;ll look at how to describe the trends show by a chart or graph. <\/p>\n<p>A trend is the general direction or tendency of a metric or measurement &#8211; upward, downward, flat, fluctuating, peaking, bottoming out, and so on. So, you&#8217;ll be learning how to use these and many more terms for describing your charts and graphs in fluent, vivid sentences so that you can present your data with maximum impact.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/listening-quiz\/\"><strong>Listening Questions:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <script> function showhide(id){ \tif (document.getElementById){ \t\tobj = document.getElementById(id); \t\tif (obj.style.display == \"none\"){ \t\t\tobj.style.display = \"\"; \t\t} else { \t\t\tobj.style.display = \"none\"; \t\t} \t} } <\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('358'); return(false);\"><strong>1) <\/strong>Which company has the largest share of the market at the beginning of 2006? <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"358\" style=\"display: none\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong>Pat says &#8220;Sirus has the biggest slices of the pie.&#8221; This is an idiomatic expressions meaning Sirus has the largest share of the market.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('359'); return(false);\"><strong>2) <\/strong>How does Pat describe his own company&#8217;s performance in 2006?<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"359\" style=\"display: none\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong>Pat says Ambient was &#8220;struggling,&#8221; or trying hard, to &#8220;catch,&#8221; or equal, CallTell. Despite added competition from CallTell&#8217;s new budget models, Ambient was able to &#8220;hold its ground,&#8221; or maintain its share of the market.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('360'); return(false);\"><strong>3) <\/strong>How big is the &#8220;others&#8221; group share of the market in Spring 2007? <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"360\" style=\"display: none\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong>The combined &#8220;others&#8221; group had grown to over 25% of the European market by Spring 2007. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<table width=\"630\" height=\"286\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\" scope=\"col\" height=\"32\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Premium Members <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" width=\"416\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Online activities <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/aMember\/signup.php\" target=\"_blank\">(Members \/ Free Trial)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"66\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/podpress_trac\/web\/146\/0\/BEP115ADV-Trends2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/images\/podcasts72.jpg\" alt=\"MP3 free download business English podcast lessons - workplace English training dialogs, examples phrases, explanations and ESL speaking practice\" height=\"56\" width=\"56\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/podpress_trac\/web\/146\/0\/BEP115ADV-Trends2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Podcast<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/exercises\/BEP115QIZ.html\">Describing Trends &#8211; 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