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【Business notes】
数字问题
In Episode 6, Malcolm and Lee are discussing the after-effects of the transport strike and the percentage of goods that the packaging company will be able to deliver.
在这一节当中，Malcolm和Lee讨论了一下运输工罢工后的后效，以及装运公司可以运输的货物比。
Lee: …. They’ve already loaded up with the 60% of goods they promised us. But they haven’t got the capacity to load up the missing 40%; that’s going to have to come in 24 hours.
When dealing with figures, there can be some confusion as to how to correctly describe them.
小数的表示方法有很多：
16.5 sixteen point five
17.38 seventeen point three eight (not thirty eight)
注意，小数点后面的数字，要一个一个地读：
0.63 zero point six three or nought point six three (British English)
0.05 zero point oh five or nought point oh five
当我们表达趋势的时候，我们要注意当中的介词：
Profits rose 11% to $2.7 billion.
Profits have gone up from 3 million to 4 million euros.
Our business grew by 10% last year.
There’s been a decrease in annual sales of 1 million dollars.
Last year profits stood at 2.5 million pounds.
表达趋势的时候，要注意的动词：
Sales have increased from $5m to $7m.
Sales doubled in the last quarter.
Profits halved because of the recession.
Sales reached a low point of $1m in April.
Sales plummeted in August.
Sales levelled off towards the end of the year.
