Vocabulary

...experienced a marked increase in the proportion of...
the others saw a corresponding decline
significantly/significant
Overall, it can be seen that
the majority of the income
In detail
with regard to expenditures
respectively
It is measured in percentages
the percentage of GDP from IT was almost twice that of the Service Industry.
IT remained at a higher rate throughout this time.
it dropped slightly from 1994 to 1996.
increased quite sharply
It is evident that
throughout the whole time frame.
followed a fairly similar pattern
all remaining at (均保持在)
approximately (大约地)
In contrast
which far exceeded that of the other
The graph illustrate the number of books that were loaned out (借出) from ...
that fiction was by far the most popular type of book.
which represented the highest level of borrowing of the four.
followed very similar patterns
then gradually increasing to finish at 150.
there are seven stages in the process, beginning with the digging up of clay and culminating in delivery.
To begin
Following this
In the subsequent stage
but much less on clothing and entertainment.
a quarter (1/4, 25%)
spend the least
ranging between 11% and 15%.
it decreased steadily to a level of 70%
after dipping to a low level of 40%
rate gradually increased to 60% by 2010
climbed rapidly .... it had reached 45%
it was very slow, rising from about 2% to around 8% over the period
with the remaining
to a lesser extent
A further (另外)
curriculum (web.课程)
smaller/larger proportion/share
twice/10 times as many as
there were corresponding drops in expenditure
the gap between them shrank to around 1%
While IT remained the larger of the two sectors
Overall, the process consists of X stages, beginning with... and ending up with... `