二、用于描写图表和数据的常用句型
        1. It has increased by three times as compared with that of 1998.
        2. There is an increase of 20% in total this year.
        3. It has been increased by a factor of 4 since 1995.
        4. It would be expected to increase 5 times.
        5. The table shows a three times increase over that of last year.
        6. It was decreased twice than that of the year 1996.
        7. The total number was lowered by 10%.
        8. It rose from 10 -15 percent of the total this year.
        9. Compared with 1997， it fell from 15 to 10 percent.
        10. The number is 5 times as much as that of 1995.
        11. It has decreased almost two and half times， compared with