{"id":147,"date":"2008-08-25T15:50:43","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T07:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/?p=147"},"modified":"2020-12-15T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T11:44:44","slug":"bep-116-adv-study-notes-presentations-analyzing-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2008\/08\/25\/bep-116-adv-study-notes-presentations-analyzing-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 116 ADV (Study Notes) &#8211; Presentations: Analyzing Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Business English Pod episode, we&#8217;ll be completing our discussion of charts and graphs by studying language for making predictions and for supporting your predictions with analysis. We&#8217;ll also look at a couple of advanced ways to rhetorically emphasize a point. Rhetorical means using words effectively to get your message across. <\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s listening continues Pat&#8217;s presentation of the market trends for Ambient and its competitors. This time Pat is coming to the &#8220;real story&#8221; &#8211; the main point &#8211; of his presentation. As you listen, see if you can catch what it is.<br \/>\n<!--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('361'); return(false);\"><strong>1) <\/strong>What is the main focus of this part of Pat&#8217;s presentation? <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"361\" style=\"display: none\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong>At the beginning of this part of Pat&#8217;s presentation he says his main message is to  &#8220;to share our success in meeting ? our targets ? for revenue per unit or RPU.&#8221;<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('362'); return(false);\"><strong>2) <\/strong>What happened in 2005 that caused the trend in RPU to &#8220;break out&#8221; of &#8220;existing trend lines?&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"362\" style=\"display: none\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong>Pat says the RPU trend broke out, or started to increase rapidly, after &#8220;the first mass market WAP phones hit the stores in the 2005 holiday season.&#8221;<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('363'); return(false);\"><strong>3) <\/strong>What is Pat&#8217;s prediction for Ambient&#8217;s RPU in 2007?<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"363\" style=\"display: none\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong>Ambient has set a target of increasing RPU by 10% from 2006 &#8211; 2011. 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