DESCRIBING A COMPANY

- Good morning, ladies and gentleman and welcome to my presentation of X sales in the year X.
DESCRIBING CHARTS

- As you can see, 2011 was a rather turbulent year for us, with a lot of ups and downs- (After launching our product) There was a gradual rise in sales in January from 0 to just under 1,000.
- Following a slight fall in February, we commenced an advertising campaign wich resulted in sales rocketing by
8,000 from around 2,000 to a peak of 10,000.
- There was a small decrease at the end of March before sales levelled off and remained constant throughout April
and May.
- In July, sales dipped to approximately 7,000 but improved in August to reach 8,000.
- Unfortunately, sales then plummeted, dropping dramatically between September and October by 7,000 unit,
bottoming out and hitting a year low of 1,000.
- Luckily, sales began to recover, nonetheless unsteadily and with frequent fluctuation.
- In the late December sales stood at 4,000; and the good news is: It looks as if well avoid bankruptcy!
Launch a product: lanzar un producto
A gradual rise in sales: un crecimiento gradual
A slight fall: una leve cada
Sales rocketing: to rise extremely quickly or make extremely quick progress towards success.
A small decrease = a slight fall
Sales levelled off: to make or become flat, even, steady etc (estabilizarse)
Remain constant: changeless
Sales dipped: to slope downwards (descender, bajar)
Improve = increase
To reach: alcanzar
Plummet: to fall or drop swiftly (caer en picado)
Drop dramatically = plummet
Bottoming out: to have reached the lowest point in a continuously changing situation and to be about to improve.
Hit: alcanzar
Unsteadily: de manera insegura
Sales Stood (STAND-STOOD-STOOD): aguantar
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TENDENCIAS AL ALZA:
VERB

NOUN

rose risen

a rise

ve improved

an improvement

ase increased = (To go up = To ascend = To gain)

an increase

er recovered

a recovery

(a peak) reached (a peak)

a peak

t (if the rise is very quickly)

a rocketing

TENDENCIAS A LA BAJA:
VERB

NOUN

e declined

a decline

fell fallen

a fall

ase decreased (To fall =To dip = To drop = To decline = To descend)

a decrease

met plummeted plummeted (to decrease rapidly)

m out
SITUACIN DE ESTABILIDAD:
VERB

NOUN

off

Levelled off

in steady / constant

Remained steady

TIPOS DE CAMBIO:

ADJECTIVE

ntiagudo)
oving fast) There was a rapid increase in sales
pinado, inclinado) There is a steep fall in..
t

here was a slow drop in sales

o change)

ADVERB
dramatically
Sharply
Rapidly Sales increased rapidly
Steeply Sales fell steeply
Significantly
Slightly
Slowly Sales dropped slowly
Steadily

USE OF PREPOSITIONS:
FROM / TO: To describe the direction of movement.
BY: To describe de difference.
AT: Describe a static point on the graph
OF: To give any quantity following a noun

There was an increase FROM 2m TO 5m. It increased BY 3/ There was an increase OF/BY 3m. sales peaked/
bottomed out AT 5m/ Sales currently stnd AT 3m. There was an increase OF 2m.

The pie chart shows the percentage of graduates from Bluesky University in 2006, entering different employment sectors.
Most of the graduates have entered to the tertiary and secondary economic sectors, which are service industries and
manufacturing industry. For the first sector, there is a percentage of 33% of the graduates, and for the other one, there is
a proportion of 16.3%. These two areas account for 49.3% of the population studied. These figures are followed by the ones
related to the sector of education (with 14.7% of the total) and the sector of politics & government, with an amount of 12.2%.
After these, the next employment sectors with a moderate proportion of graduates are the entertainment area with 7.8%, the
science & technology sector with 7.3%, and the civil service area with 5.6%. The sectors with fewer people are the charity sector
(0.3%), and the sport sector (0.1%). The remaining 2.8% belongs to other sectors which are not included in the chart.
Nouns/Sustantivos

Pie chart: Tipo de grfica, grfica circular

Pecentage of: Porcentaje de (seguido por un nmero)

Proportion of: Proporcin de (seguido por un porcentaje)

Population : La poblacin

Figures: Nmeros, cifras

Of the total: Del total (precedido por un porcentaje)

Amount of: Una cantidad de (seguido de un nmero o porcentaje)

People: Personas

Adjectives/Adjetivos:

Studied: Estudiada/Estudiado

Moderate: Moderado (a)

Fewer: Menos

Remaining: Restante

Verbs/Verbos:

To show: Mostrar

There is/ There are: Haber

To account: Representar

Adverbs/Adverbios

Most of: La mayora

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