Week 8: Figure Switching Chinese-English Cecilia He Oct

Tasks for Today Useful expressions “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases CI practice

1. Useful expressions

3) Percentages: … accounts for X% of … … constitutes X% of … … makes up X% of … … comprises X% of … … forms/be X% of …

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases 1)To indicate upward movement rise increase grow ascend augment climb mount pick /go/creep/edge/level up

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases 2) To indicate downward movement fall decrease drop decline descend shrink reduce diminish go/level/edge/creep/slip down

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases 3) To indicate a rapid upward movement to surge to skyrocket jump leap shoot soar

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases 4) To indicate a rapid downward movement slump dive crash plummet plump plunge collapse

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases 5) To describe stability to stabilize to remain/maintain/keep + constant/stable/steady/fixed/unchanged/ the same to level out/off to stand/stay at to be even to hardly change

2. “Trendy” verbs/ verb phrases 6) To describe fluctuation fluctuate swing oscillate rise and fall be instable to undulate frequently changed

3. CI Practice