Reading (Business English Presentation)

8/12/2019 Reading (Business English Presentation)

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When we talk about pie charts

We use the percentages that each

section represents

OR

We talk about the size of each

section compared to one or all of

the others.


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Using percentages:

Sometimes it is easy to tell bysight what percentage a section

of the chart represents


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A

B

The chart below is split into two

sections.

A full pie chart would be 100% (this is

always true) So in this chart - each section

represents 50%


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A

B

If this was a chart about Market Share,

we could say that the market was divided

50/50 between A and B.

Or we might say:

A has a 50% market share.

OR

B has a market share of 50%.


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A

B

Of course, most pie charts worth talking

about arent split evenly in two.

Looking at the new chart we could say:

A hasjust over 50% of themarket share.

OR

B hasjust under 50% of

the market share.


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Just to clarify, easy percentages to talk

about from sight are:

50%50%


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Just to clarify, easy percentages to talk

about from sight are:

75%

25%


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But we can also say

HALFHALF


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or:

THREE

QUARTERS

A QUARTER


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Of course, we often see pie charts

that are not split into 25%, 50% or75%. In these instances we can

use descriptive and comparative

words.


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2

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Lets pretend that this pie chart representsturnover by department

We can say the following about the chart

Dept. 2 accounts for more

turnover thanDept. 3

Dept. 2 accounts for less

turnover thanDept. 1

Dept. 3 has the lowest

turnover

Dept. 1 contributes more

than halfof the turnover

Dept. 1 accounts for mostof the turnover


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2

3

Lets pretend that this pie chart representsturnover by department


Dept. 3 contributes the

lowest amountturnover

Dept. 3 has the lowest

turnover

Dept. 1 contributes the

highest percentage ofturnover

Dept. 1 has the highest

turnover


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Lets look at another chart. Lets pretendthis one represents sales by product.


Product 2 and 3 combined account for less than half of

the company sales.

Product 1s sales

represent less than aquarterof the total sales.

Product 3 accounts for

over half of the sales. 12

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Lets look at a pie chart that shows acompanys staff by age.

Breakdown of Staff by Age.

16-25

26-35

36-45

46-55


The majorityof employees are 36-45

Mostpeople who work for the

company are over 26 years oldThose aged 16-25 only

account for a small minority

of our employees


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So as you can see pie charts are very

useful for showing us how things break

down.

There are many different ways we can talk

about the information they contain.

But they only really help us to talk about thebreakdown of a situation at any one point in

time.


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What if we want to look at how something

has changed over time?


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Take a look at the bar graph below

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1

2

3

4

5

Jan Feb

Profit

Turnover

What can we say about the turnover and

profit?

What kind of words should we use?


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0

1

2

3

4

5

Jan Feb

Profit

Turnover

Lets look at first.We can say that profit has:


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We can say that turnover has:


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1

2

3

4

5

Jan Feb

Profit

Turnover

Now lets look at .


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Lets take a look at some line graphs

I have given each table thedescription for one of the

following line graphs.

Shout out when you think

your tables graph isdisplayed.


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Is this your line graph?


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Describing Line Graphs

Notice that instead of saying line we

could say:

Sales

Productivity

Profit

Turnover

Budget

Etc.


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When something is at its highest point

we can say

It reached its apex It peaked


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When something doesnt rise or fall for

some time we can say

It has levelled out It has plateaued

It has bottomed out (low)

It has stabilised (after fluctuation)


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When something goes up at a steep

angle it is

Rising rapidly (a rapid rise)

Rising sharply (a sharp rise)

A rapid increase

A sharp upturn


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When something goes up at a shallow

angle it is

Rising slowly (a slow rise) Rising steadily (a steady rise)

A steady increase


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When something goes down at a steep

angle it is

Falling rapidly (a rapid fall)

Falling sharply (a sharp fall)

A rapid decrease

A sharp downturn


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When something goes down at a

shallow angle it is

Falling slowly (a slow fall) Falling steadily (a steady fall)

A slow decrease


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When something goes up and down a

lot in a short space it

Is fluctuating Is unstable


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Hopefully this presentation has

helped you understand how we talk

about graphs


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