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Hi there. My name is Emma, and in today's video, I am going to talk a lot about the IELTS test, specifically writing task one.
大家好，我是Emma，在今天的视频里我要具体讲讲雅思考试的写作第一题。
I'm going to teach you about a certain thing you might see on the IELTS, and that's a pie chart.
我会教你们一个雅思考试中可能会出现的题目，那就是饼状图。
I'm going to explain what a pie chart is, and ways to talk about pie charts in order to improve your vocabulary mark for the IELTS.
我会给你们解释一下饼状图是什么，以及描述饼状图的一些方法，以提高你们在雅思考试中的词汇分。
Many students get really, really confused when they see graphs on the IELTS, and they get really confused trying to talk about numbers, specifically.
很多学生在雅思考试中看到图表时会很蒙圈，特别是试着讲述那些数字的时候很是困惑。
So, in this video, I'm also going to talk about how do we describe numbers when we're looking at pie charts.
所以在这个视频中我还会讲一下在看饼状图时应该如何描述那些数字。
How do we describe percentages? You know, and how can we make our vocabulary very varied? Okay?
我会讲一下如何描述比例，以及我们如何才能使我们的词汇变得很多样化。
So, let's get started.The first thing I want to do is talk about: What is a pie chart?
那我们开始吧。我想做的第一件事是讲一下：什么是饼状图？
So, I have here three different types of graphs.
我这里有三种不同类型的图表。
Three different graphs you might see on the IELTS, in the writing section, in the very first part of the writing section. Okay?
我列出的是你们在雅思考试写作部分的第一题可能会看到的三种不同的图表。
You might see a picture like this, like this, or like this.
你们可能会看到像这样，像这样，或者像这样的图片。
So, one of these looks like a pie, something you eat, which one do you think looks the most like pie?
这些里面有一个看上去很像一个饼，吃的饼，你们觉得哪一个看上去最像饼？
If you said this one, you are correct.This is what we are going to be talking about today.
如果你们说是这一个，那你们就猜对了。这就是我们今天要讲的。
We can call it either a "pie chart" or a "pie graph", both are correct.
我们可以叫它“饼状图”或“扇形图”，两个都是正确的。
You might also see this one, this is called a line graph; or you might see this, which is called a bar graph.
你们可能也会看到这一个，这个叫做线形图；或者可能会看到这个，这个叫做柱状图。
So, let me write that on the board, so, "pie chart", "line graph", and "bar graph".
我把它们的名字写到黑板上，"pie chart"（饼状图），"line graph"（线形图）和"bar graph"（柱状图）。
You might also see a process, a diagram, or maybe even a table on the IELTS, but for today, we are only going to be focusing on pie charts.
你们在雅思考试中可能还会看到流程图、示意图，或者甚至表格，但是今天我们只关注饼状图。
Okay, so what is a pie chart? A pie chart shows us percentages.Okay? So, if we look down here, I have here what I spend my money on.
好的，那么什么是饼状图呢？饼状图给我们展示了比例。如果我们往下看，我在这里有一个关于我的日常开支的图。
Okay? I want you to imagine each month, all the money I make, all my salary, this is what I spend it on.
我想让你们想象一下，我每个月挣的所有的钱，我所有的薪水都花在了这些事情上。
I spend some of it on rent, I spend some of it on food, I spend some of it on transport or transportation, and I spend some of it on fun.
我在房租上花了一些钱，在食物上花了一些，在交通上花了一些，还在娱乐上花了一些。
Okay? So, on the IELTS, you might have to describe something like this.
在雅思考试中，你们可能得描述像这样的事情。
It might be more complicated, sometimes you might actually have two pie graphs or pie charts that you might have to compare and describe, but in this case, let's start out a little bit easier.
也许会更复杂一些，有时候可能实际上有两个饼状图，而你们也许得比较并描述它们，但是在这里，我们就从简单点的入手吧。
So, I want you to imagine you're writing the IELTS, and you've been told to describe this pie chart.
那么，我想让你们假设自己正在做雅思试卷，题目要求你们描述一下这个饼状图。
What are you going to say about it? Okay?Well, the very first thing you should do is you should think about: what does it all mean?
你们要说些什么呢？你们应该做的头一件事是，你们应该思考一下：这都是什么意思？
And by that, I mean: think about how much percent is each thing?
我那么说的意思是：你们要思考一下每一项的百分比是多少。
Okay? So, for example, for cost of living, how much is this? What size does this look like?
知道了吗？比如生活成本，这一项所占的比例是多少？这一块的面积看上去像多少？
Although we can't be sure, because I'm not the best artist and this is not a perfect circle, I would say this is about 50%.
虽然我们没法确定，因为我不是最好的画家，而且这也不是个完美的圆，但是我会说这大概是50%。
Okay? And this, what does it look like to you? Maybe 25%, so, food is around 25%, transport we might say...let's say 15%.
那这个呢？你们觉得这个是多少？也许25%吧，所以食物的比例是25%，交通的话......我们就说它是15%吧。
And fun, maybe 10%, although, we're not sure.
还有娱乐，也许10%吧，不过我们也不确定。
So, on the IELTS you might see something like this, you might actually have the percentages written, so you already know what it is, or you might actually have numbers.
在雅思考试中你们可能会看到像这样的图表，实际上可能会标明比例，所以你们就已经知道它是什么了，或者甚至可能有数字。
Okay? So, this might actually be money, and so it might actually say, like, $500 to rent, $200 to food, and so forth.
知道了吗？那么，这可能是钱，所以这也许显示，有500美元用于房租，200美元用于食物，等等。
Okay, but the first thing to do is really think about what are the percentages here.
但是要做的第一件事是仔细思考这里的比例是多少。
Okay, so to begin a sentence when we're talking about the pie chart, these are three different sentences that are very great...
我们在描述饼状图时，有三个不同的句子可以用于开头，
really, really good sentences to use on the IELTS when you're talking about pie graphs.
在雅思考试中描述饼状图时使用这三个句子非常好。
The first one is: "According to the chart", you can also say: "We can see from the chart", or "We can see from the pie chart", "The chart shows that", okay?
第一个是 "According to the chart"（根据图表所示），也可以说"We can see from the chart"（我们从图表中可以看出）或者 "We can see from the pie chart"（我们从饼状图中可以看出）"The chart shows that"（图表显示）。
So these are good ways to open up the sentence, and then to actually talk about what you see here.
这些都是给句子开头的很好的方式，接着就可以实际讲讲你们在图表上看到的内容。
Okay, so we're now going to talk a little bit about how do we talk about percentages.So, I want you, again, to look at rent, we decided this is about 50%.
好了，现在我们来稍微讲讲如何描述比例。我还是想让你们来看看房租这一项，我们把它定成了大约50%。
So, which of these three ways can I write this on the IELTS?
那么，下面三种形式中哪一种可以用在雅思考试中呢？
Should I write it: "fifty percent", should I write it "fifty per cent", with a space, should I write it "50%" as a number, or should I write it as "half", because 50% is half the total?
我是应该写成"fifty percent"，写成"fifty per cent"，"per cent"中间空一格，还是应该写成数字"50%"，或者写成"half"呢？因为50%就是总数的一半嘛。
What do you think is the best way to write it?Well, the truth is all of these are good. Okay?
你们觉得哪一个是最好的形式？实际上这所有的都很好。
You will see "percent" written as one word, and also two words; both of these are fine.
你们既会看到 "percent"写作一个单词，也会看到它被写作两个单词，这两种都是对的。
You can write it as a number, or you can also write it as half.These are all great ways to write about pie charts.
你们可以把它写成一个数字，或者也可以写half（一半）。用这些形式来描写饼状图都很棒。
So, let's get a little bit more into how to talk about numbers and pie charts.
我们来多讲讲如何描述数字和饼状图吧。
Okay, so let's look at some good sentences you can use when describing numbers and percents.
那我们来看看你们在描述数字和比例的时候可以使用的一些好句子吧。
So, again, we have the same pie chart, we have rent at 50%, food is about a quarter, transportation is about 15%, and fun is at about 10%.
还是一样，我们用的饼状图还是同一个，房租是50%，食物大约四分之一，交通15%，娱乐大概10%。
So, I've written up some sentences to describe rent. Okay?So, what I can say is: "Rent makes up half of the living expenses."
我已经写了一些描述房租的句子。我可以说："Rent makes up half of the living expenses."（房租占了生活费用的一半）。
And notice the verb I use, here: "makes up".Okay? So, this is a phrasal verb, "makes up" is great to use when you're talking about pie charts.
注意一下我在这里使用的动词： "makes up"（构成/占......比例）。看到了吗？这是一个动词词组， 在描述饼状图的时候用"makes up"非常棒。
If I wanted to talk about food, I could say: "Food makes up 25% of the living expenses.", "Transport makes up 15% of the living expenses." Okay?
如果我想描述食物，我可以说"Food makes up 25% of the living expenses."（食物占了生活费用的25%），同样也可以用来描述交通："Transport makes up 15% of the living expenses."（交通占了生活费用的15%）。
We can also change the sentence around, so that instead of "half" being in the middle, we start with the percent.
我们也可以把句子掉个个儿，这样我们就可以把比例放在开头，而不是放在句子中间。
"Half of the living expenses are rent.", so, this is essentially the same sentence, but reversed.
比如"Half of the living expenses are rent."（一半的生活费都花在了房租上），这本质上还是同一个句子，只不过顺序换了一下。
"Rent makes up half of the living expenses.", "Half of the living expenses are rent."
原来的句子是："Rent makes up half of the living expenses." 换了顺序之后是："Half of the living expenses are rent."。
We can also say: "Rent accounts for 50% of the total", or "50% of the living expenses".
我们还可以说"Rent accounts for 50% of the total"（房租占了总数的50%）或者"50% of the living expenses"（生活费的50%）。
So, again, we have a really, really nice verb that's great whenever you're describing a pie chart: "accounts for".
又出现了一个无论什么时候描述饼状图时都可以用的很好的动词："accounts for"。
It means the exact same as "makes up", okay?Could I change this to "half"? Yes.
它的意思和"makes up"完全一样。我能不能把这个比例词换成"half"？可以啊。
Could I write "fifty percent", not using numbers, but with letters?Yes, I could spell out "fifty percent", it's all the same; it means the same thing.
可不可以写成"fifty percent"，不用数字，而是写成字母形式？可以啊，可以拼写成"fifty percent"，都是一样的，意思都一样。
There is, however, one thing you should be aware of.In English, we do not like to start sentences with numbers.
但是，有一件事你们应该意识到。在英语中，我们不喜欢用阿拉伯数字作为句子的开头。
So, for example: "50% of the living expenses is rent.", this is...this is not good, we don't like to start out with a number.
比如："50% of the living expenses is rent."（50%的生活费花在了房租上），这......这不好，我们不喜欢用阿拉伯数字开头。
It would be better to actually write it out. Okay? Just like that, okay, excellent.
切切实实用字母把它拼写出来更好，知道了吗？就像那样，很好。
So, again, these are great sentences to use when you're writing about pie charts.So, now let's look at some ways to talk about numbers.
再说一遍，这些是在描述饼状图的时候可以使用的绝佳句式。现在我们来看看描写数字的一些方法。
We've already talked about 50%, we've talked about how it can be called half, and how...the different spellings of 50%.
我们已经讲过了50%，我们已经讲过了它可以写成"half"，讲过了50%的不同英文拼写。
So, now, let's look at some other different ways to talk about percents.
那么现在我们来看看描写比例的一些其他方式。
I have down here the word "a third", so, if this is my pie chart, a third, there are three pieces, would be about this, which is around 30 to 35 percent is a third. Okay?
我在下面这里写了"a third"（三分之一），所以，如果这是我的饼状图，这里有三块，那么"a third"就是30%到35%左右。
I can also talk about "a quarter", which would be about 25%.Okay? If we looked up here, food is about a quarter.
我还可以说"a quarter"（四分之一），那大概是25%。懂了吗？看这里，食物所占比例大约是"a quarter"。
We can also talk about "two thirds", this is where it gets a little bit confusing.
我们还可以说"two thirds"（三分之二），这个地方开始有点令人困惑了。
So, a third is, like I said, we have one out of three, here we have two out of three, which is about 66%, so, two thirds would look like...one third, two thirds.
"a third"，就像我说过的，是三份中的一份，这里我们有三份中的两份，也就是66%左右，所以"two thirds"看上去就是......这是"one third", 这是"two thirds"。
Okay? So, this is one third and this is two thirds.
所以这是"one third"，而这是"two thirds"。
When we talk about quarters, we can also talk about three quarters, where instead of talking about this little piece, we're talking about the rest of the pie.
当我们讲到四分之几时，我们还可以说"three quarters"（四分之三），也就是我们讲的不是这一小块，而是饼状图剩余的所有部分。
So, whereas this is one quarter, this in red is three quarters. Okay?
所以，这是"one quarter"，而红色的部分是"three quarters"。
We can also talk about "a fifth", so, if the pie has five parts, 20% would be a fifth.
我们还可以说"a fifth"（五分之一），所以如果这个饼状图分成了五个部分，20%就是五分之一。
Okay? So, in red is a fifth, or we can also talk about "a sixth".
所以红色的部分就是a fifth，或者我们还可以说"a sixth"（六分之一）。
If we have one, two, three, four, five, six, six slices, six equal slices, if I color in one of these, that becomes a sixth.
如果我们把饼状图六等分，如果我把其中一块涂上颜色，那么那一块就成为了a sixth。
Now, one thing to note: when we talked about "half", we don't use an article, we don't say: "a half". Okay?
有一点要注意：我们在讲"half"的时候前面不加冠词，我们不说"a half"，知道了吗？
Notice there is no "a" here, when we talk about "a third", "a quarter", "a sixth", "a fifth" - we do have "a" there. Okay?
注意这里没有"a"，但是当我们说其他分母，比如"a third", "a quarter", "a sixth", "a fifth"，前面是要加"a"的。
So, you don't need "a" with "half", but you do need it if you're talking about "a third", "a quarter", "a fifth", or "a sixth".
也就是说，"half"前面不加"a"，但是讲到"a third", "a quarter", "a fifth"或者"a sixth"时是需要加上"a"的。
Okay, excellent. So, now let's talk a little more about percents.
好的，非常好。那我们现在再稍微多讲讲比例。
Okay, so I made a little bit of a mistake in one of my drawings, a fifth, I think I drew actually just four slices, here, there's one, two, three, four, five.
我在其中一幅图里犯了个小错误，五分之一那张图，我好像其实只画了四块，我数数，一、二、三、四、五。
So, if I colored in one of these, this slice would be a fifth. Okay?
如果我在这其中一块涂上颜色，那这一块就是"a fifth"了。
So, now what we're going to do is we're going to talk about another way to boost your vocabulary mark when you're talking about numbers and pie charts.
现在我们要讲讲在你们描述数字和饼状图时能够提高词汇分的另一种方法。
So, I have here a new pie chart.This is about what I like to drink, and what I drank today. Okay?
我这里有一个新的饼状图。这个是关于我喜欢喝的东西以及我今天喝了的东西的。
So, if you look over here, 42% of what I drank today was tea, I love tea.25% of what I drank was coffee, and 33% of what I drank was milk.
看这里，我今天喝的东西中42%是茶，我很爱喝茶。我喝的东西中25%是咖啡，33%是牛奶。
To be honest, I also drank water and juice, but to make this simple, we'll just stick with these three. Okay?
其实我还喝了水和果汁，但是为了简单点，我们就还是按照这三个来，好吧？
So, imagine you get a pie chart like this, now, again, on the IELTS, usually they're a little bit more complicated.
假设你们在试卷上看到了像这样的一个饼状图，还是那句话，雅思考试中的通常会更复杂一些。
But just to learn from, imagine you were given a pie chart like this.
但是我们现在只是在学习，假设你们看到了像这样的一个饼状图。
How could we describe it? Well, again, a great sentence to use is: "According to the pie chart", or "As we can see from the pie chart,".
我们该如何描述它呢？还是一样，有个很棒的句式可以用："According to the pie chart"或者"As we can see from the pie chart,"。
Tea...okay? It says here 42%, "Tea accounts for 42 percent of the total". Okay?
这里茶所占的比例是42%，所以就可以说："Tea accounts for 42 percent of the total."（茶占了总量的42%）。
And again, if I want, I can write it as a number, I can even go like this and get rid of the word "percent", there's different ways I can do it, they're all correct.
同样的，如果我想也可以把它写成数字的形式，甚至可以写成这样，把"percent"这个单词去掉，有很多不同的表达方式，它们都是正确的。
Now, one thing you can do is you can add words in order to...to be a little bit more specific, and to help your vocabulary score.
你们可以做的一件事是加上一些单词让它变得更详细，帮助你们提高词汇分。
So, I have some words here: "exactly", "precisely", "around", "approximately", "nearly", and so forth.
我在这里给你们列出来了一些词："exactly", "precisely", "around", "approximately", "nearly"等等。
So, these can help you with your vocabulary mark to get a higher score.
这些词能帮助你们在词汇方面得到更高的分数。
So, if I'm talking about tea at 42% and I say it's 42%, I'm being exact, this is exactly what it is.
如果我讲的是42%的茶，我已经说了它是42%，已经很精确了，这就是它确切的比例。
So, I can use the word: "According to the pie chart, tea accounts for exactly 42% of the total."
所以我可以说："According to the pie chart, tea accounts for exactly 42% of the total."（根据饼状图所示，茶所占确切比例为42%）。
I could also use the word "precisely": "According to the pie chart, tea accounts for precisely 42% of the total."
我也可以使用"precisely"这个词："According to the pie chart, tea accounts for precisely 42% of the total."
Now, what if I'm just looking at this and 42% is too specific; I just want to be a little bit more general?
如果我看到这个觉得42%太具体了，我只是想要更笼统一点，该怎么办呢？
Well, if I don't want to be exact, I can use the words: "around", "approximately", "nearly", "close to", "roughly".
如果不想表达得很精确的话，可以使用下面这些词："around", "approximately", "nearly", "close to", "roughly"。
So, in this case, I'm not giving the exact number; I'm giving near that number.
这样的话我给出的就不是确切的数字，而是近似值。
So, instead of saying 42%, which tea is, I can change this to 40%, if I add one of these words, because it's not 40% exactly, but it's close enough.
所以，代替茶原本的比例42%，如果我加上这其中一个词，就可以把它变成40%，因为并不是确切的40%，但是足够近似了。
So, I can say: "According to the pie chart, tea accounts for around 40% of the total", or "nearly 40% of the total", "close to 40% of the total".
我可以说："According to the pie chart, tea accounts for around 40% of the total"（根据饼状图所示，茶所占比例约为40%），或者也可以用 "nearly 40% of the total"和"close to 40% of the total"。
One thing to note, here, on the IELTS spelling is very, very important.
在这里要注意的一点是，在雅思考试中，单词的拼写非常非常重要。
So, if you use the word "approximately", make sure you can spell it, because I know this is a tough word.
所以如果你们要用"approximately"，请保证自己能拼写对，因为我知道这是个很难的单词。
If you think you're going to panic and make a mistake, use "close to", it's easier, and not only that,
如果你们觉得自己可能会很慌，会出错，那就用"close to"，这更简单一些，不仅如此，
but you actually get one to two words added to the word count for this, so, you could say: "close to 40%".
你们实际上还多加了一两个字数，所以你们可以说"close to 40%"。
We could also say, if we're not being exact, we can say: "slightly above" or "just over".
如果不追求精确的话，我们还可以说："slightly above" 或"just over"（略高于）。
42% is a bit more than 40%, so, we can say: "According to the pie chart, tea accounts for slightly above 40%", or "just over 40%". Okay?
42%比40%多一点，所以我们可以说"According to the pie chart, tea accounts for slightly above 40%"（根据饼状图所示，茶所占比例略高于40%），或者用"just over 40%"也是一样的。
So, again, this shows that not only do you understand the numbers, but you're also using some very good vocabulary.
还是一样，这不仅显示出了你们很懂这些数字，也显示出了你们能使用一些很棒的词汇。
Now, imagine if I estimated a little bit higher, and I said this was...it's around 45%.
假设我估计的比例更高一些，我说这是......在45%左右。
What I can say is that: "According to the pie chart, tea accounts for slightly below 45%", or "just under 45%". Okay?
那我就可以说："According to the pie chart, tea accounts for slightly below 45%"（根据饼状图所示，茶所占比例略低于45%），或者也可以说"just under 45%"。
So, these are all great words to use, to add when you're talking about percentages.
在描述比例的时候，加上这些单词都非常好。
Now let's talk about a little bit more about percentages.Okay, so now let's look at some general ways to talk about percent.
现在我们再稍微讲讲比例。现在我们来看一些笼统地描述比例的方式。
We've already talked about specific, using words like "50%", "half", "a third".
我们已经讲过了用像"50%", "half", "a third"这样的表达来描述具体比例。
What about if you don't really want to speak so specifically?Well, I have here some different expressions you can use.
万一你们不是很想讲得那么具体呢？我这里有些你们可以用的不同的短语。
So, before we get to those, I have a new pie chart.Now, again, you will not see something this simple on the IELTS, this is very simple to help you learn.
在开讲之前我要画个新的饼状图。还是一样，雅思考试中是不会出现这么简单的题目的，这个之所以这么简单是为了方便你们学习。
So, imagine if this red, little slice, if this represents coffee, and imagine if this green represents tea, and this is how much...you know, how much I drink in a day.
假设红色的这一小块代表的是咖啡，绿色的部分代表着茶，这是......我一天喝的量。
So, I drink very little coffee, and I drink lots and lots of tea.
可以看得出来我喝的咖啡很少，喝的茶很多很多。
Okay? And you have to describe this, so, instead of saying the specifics, okay, you know, what we can tell from this is that this is a small amount,
你们要描述这个饼状图，那么，不说具体数字的话，我们从图中能看得出来的是这是很小的数量，
coffee is a small amount, and tea is a very large amount.
咖啡的数量很少，而茶的数量非常大。
So if we wanted to talk about this, we could use the words: "a small fraction".
所以如果我们想描述它，可以使用 "a small fraction"（小部分）。
So, this is a small fraction, "A small fraction of the total is coffee." Okay?
这就是很小的一部分，我们可以说："A small fraction of the total is coffee."（占总量很小的那部分是咖啡）。
We could also say: "a small percentage", we're not saying specifically what it is.
我们还可以说"a small percentage"（小部分），不说具体是多少。
"A small percentage is coffee.", "A small number is coffee.", "The lowest percentage is coffee.", "A very small percentage is coffee.", and "A very small proportion is coffee."
可以说："A small percentage is coffee.", "A small number is coffee.", "The lowest percentage is coffee.", "A very small percentage is coffee."和"A very small proportion is coffee."。
These, essentially, all mean the same thing, they're different ways to say a small amount, okay, or a small percent.
这些本质上都是一个意思，只是表达“少量”或者“一小部分”的不同方式。
So, we can also change up the sentence structure a little bit. Okay?
我们还可以稍微变换一下句子结构。
So, for example, if I start with coffee, I can say: "According to the pie chart, coffee makes up a small fraction of the total."
比如，如果以咖啡开头，我可以说： "According to the pie chart, coffee makes up a small fraction of the total."（根据饼状图所示，咖啡占了总量的一小部分）。
"Coffee makes up a small percentage of the total.", "Coffee makes up a small number of the total."
可以说"Coffee makes up a small percentage of the total."，"Coffee makes up a small number of the total."。
"Coffee makes up the lowest percentage of the total.", "Coffee makes up a very small percentage of the total.", and finally, "Coffee makes up a very small proportion of the total."
或者"Coffee makes up the lowest percentage of the total.", "Coffee makes up a very small percentage of the total."，还有最后一种："Coffee makes up a very small proportion of the total."
I can also add the percent, if I want to, here.
如果我想的话还可以在这里加上比例。
Okay? So it is good to be specific where you can, so you can always put in brackets, and the actual number.
情况允许的话尽可能详尽一些总是好的，所以你们可以加进去一对括号，然后在里面写上确切的数字。
Imagine if coffee is 10%, at the end of the sentence, I can put: " (10%)", or, I can write the word "at 10%".
假设咖啡的比例是10%，在句子末尾我可以加上" (10%)"，或者写上"at 10%"。
I could actually write out the word "ten percent", and say: "of the total at ten percent".
其实我可以把这个单词"ten percent"写出来，然后说"of the total at ten percent"（占了总量的百分之十）。
Or, if they didn't give me any percents, but imagine if this says two cups a day, and this says 20 cups a day,
或者，如果他们没有给出任何比例，但是假如题目上说了一天两杯，这里说一天20杯，
what I could also do is write down specifically if they gave you a number...what that number is.
那我也可以把具体的数字写下来，把他们提供的数字写出来。
So, sometimes they won't give you a percent, but they'll actually say an amount.
有时候他们不会给你一个比例，而是会给出一个数量。
If they say an amount, you can actually write in that amount.
如果他们给出的是一个数量，那你们其实可以写那个数量。
So, for example, if they said two cups a day, I could say: "Coffee makes up a small fraction of the total at two cups a day.", so that's also possible.
比如，如果他们说了一天两杯，那我就可以说："Coffee makes up a small fraction of the total at two cups a day."（咖啡以一天两杯的数量占了总量的一小部分），这也是可行的。
Now, what about if we wanted to talk about tea?
如果我们想描述茶应该怎么说？
Tea is a large fraction, so, we can use the exact same vocabulary, but change the word "small" to "large".
茶占了很大一部分，我们可以使用同样的词汇，只是要把"small"这个单词换成"large"。
So, we can say: "A large fraction of the total is tea.", "A large percentage is tea.", "Tea makes up a large number of the total.", "Tea makes up the lowest...the highest..."
我们可以说："A large fraction of the total is tea.", "A large percentage is tea.", "Tea makes up a large number of the total."（茶占了总量的很大一部分），或者"Tea makes up the lowest...the highest..."（茶所占比例最低.......最高......）。
In this case, we're not talking about large, but the opposite of "lowest" is "highest".
在这里我们讲的不是"large"，不过"lowest"的反义词是"highest"。
"A very...a very large percentage of the total is tea.", and "A very large proportion is tea."
还可以说"A very large percentage of the total is tea."和"A very large proportion is tea."。
Okay? So, these are great expressions to use when you are describing percents and percentages.
懂了吗？以上都是你们在描述比例的时候可以用的很棒的短语。
Okay, so thank you for watching this video, I would like to invite you to come visit our website at www. engvid. com.
感谢你们观看这个视频，我想邀请你们登陆我们的网站www. engvid. com。
There, you can actually do more practice questions and actually test yourself by taking our quiz to make sure that you understand this video, as well as so you can practice using some of these percentages and numbers.
在那里你们可以做更多练习题，通过我们的小测验来测试自己，确保自己弄懂了这个视频的内容，你们还可以练习使用其中一些比例和数字。
Thank you again for watching, and until next time, take care.
再次感谢你们的观看，下次见，保重。
