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英语听力实用指南：报告撰写与引用来源技巧解析

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本文提供实用的英语听力指南，重点讲解如何撰写报告、引用信息来源、使用数据和统计，以及如何正确表达结论和预测未来计划。

小技巧:选中单词后按放大器可以翻译单词哦

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So far, we've talked about what to say when you hand out a document and how to direct people's attentions to important information. Now, we're going to focus on language that you would use to discuss that information. You'll be able to explain where you got the information, summarize what it says, draw conclusions or make predictions, and discuss future plans. Sometimes, a report isn't one you've written yourself. Then it's important to explain where the information or report is from. According to the International Chocolate Association, consumption of chocolate is growing. This is a report from the tourist bureau. We found a lot of data about chocolate consumption on the ICA website.

Students often ask me about the word data. Is it singular or plural? It can be either. If you're using it to mean information, then you can use it in the singular. The data is interesting. If you mean a series of facts or numbers, then you're thinking of many individual responses. In that case, it's plural. If you work in math or science, you will use it most often in the plural. The word statistics is always plural unless you're talking about a course or the field of statistics. The data is interesting. It shows how much visitors spend when they visit Seattle. The data are incomplete. We haven't finished our survey yet. Here are some statistics about chocolate consumption. Statistics is an interesting field.

Be careful about word order when you have a question word like where or how much within a statement. Look at the two examples. The first one is a question. Where should we open a new store? The second one is a statement and it has regular subject verb word order. We are discussing where we should open a new store. Here are some other examples. Notice the word order in the statements is subject verb. How much does it cost? I asked how much it costs. Where is the store? I don't know where the store is.

Okay, now you try it. Read the question that Renear chocolates asked in their survey. How will it be different in the report? Listen to the correct answer. We want to know how much you spend. We ask them how often they buy chocolate. We're trying to figure out where we should open a new store. Here are some phrases you can use to talk about conclusions you draw from the information. As you can see, pipe place market is the best place to be. This means that sales will probably be higher at the market. So, we think that the market is the best choice. If that's true, then the choice is clear. The market is the best place for us.

When you're drawing conclusions, if you're certain, you will to talk about the future. If you're less certain, frame the idea as a possibility with would or might instead of will. If we are at the market, people will buy our gift boxes to take home. If we were at the market, people would buy our gift boxes to take home. If we do that, we might get more orders later on our website.

部分单词释义

statistics
名词统计数字; 统计，统计学，统计法，统计资料; “statistic”的复数
plural
形容词复数的
名词复数; 复数形式; 复数词
1. 复数的；复数形式的
The plural form of a word is the form that is used when referring to more than one person or thing.
e.g. 'Data' is the Latin plural form of 'datum'.
data 在拉丁文中是 datum 的复数形式。
e.g. ...his use of the plural pronoun 'we'.
他对复数代词 we 的使用
2. 复数；复数形式
The plural of a noun is the form of it that is used to refer to more than one person or thing.
e.g. What is the plural of 'person'?
person 的复数形式是什么？
e.g. ...irregular plurals.
不规则复数形式
3. 多元的；多种群体的
A plural society or system involves different kinds of people.
e.g. Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates...
英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
e.g. His government has pledged to move the country towards a plural democracy.
他的政府已承诺要推动本国朝着多元民主的方向发展。
possibility
名词可能，可能性; 希望，可能发生的事物
1. 可能性；可能
If you say there is a possibility that something is the case or that something will happen, you mean that it might be the case or it might happen.
e.g. We were not in the least worried about the possibility that sweets could rot the teeth...
我们以前完全不担心吃糖果有可能会蛀牙。
e.g. Tax on food has become a very real possibility.
极有可能征收食物税。
2. （一种）可能；可能的事
A possibility is one of several different things that could be done.
e.g. The government now owns a lot of our land — one possibility would be to compensate us with other property...
政府现在占了我们的大量土地，一种可能是用其他地产来对我们作出补偿。
e.g. There were several possibilities open to each manufacturer.
每个制造商都可以有几种不同的选择。
3. 可能的事；能做到的事
You can say 'It is not beyond the realms of possibility' or 'It is not beyond the bounds of possibility' when you are stating something that you believe is possibly true, but which other people might consider unlikely or impossible.
e.g. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that the security services do bug important public figures.
安全部门完全有可能窃听重要公众人物的谈话。
Note that you do not use possibility in sentences like 'I had the possibility to do it'. The words you need are opportunity or chance. Opportunity is more formal. Later Donald had the opportunity of driving the car… The people of Northern Ireland would have the chance to shape their own future.
注意不要说：I had the possibility to do it，而要用opportunity或chance。opportunity一词比较正式，例如：Later Donald had the opportunity of driving the car（后来，唐纳德有机会开这辆车了），The people of Northern Ireland would have the chance to shape their own future（北爱尔兰人民会有机会决定自己的未来的）。
statement
名词声明; （思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现; （文字）陈述; 结算单
不及物动词（英国）对儿童进行特殊教育评估认定
及物动词申请（小孩）有特殊教育需要
1. (正式或明确的口头或书面)陈述，声明
A statement is something that you say or write which gives information in a formal or definite way.
e.g. Andrew now disowns that statement, saying he was depressed when he made it...
安德鲁现在推翻了那个说法，说那是自己在情绪低落时说的话。
e.g. 'Things are moving ahead.'— I found that statement vague and unclear.
“事情正在取得进展。”——我认为这个说法含糊不清。
2. (为某一场合特别发表的)官方声明，正式声明
A statement is an official or formal announcement that is issued on a particular occasion.
e.g. The statement by the military denied any involvement in last night's attack.
军方发表声明称其和昨晚的袭击无任何关系。
3. (嫌疑人或证人向警方提供的)陈述，证词
You can refer to the official account of events which a suspect or a witness gives to the police as a statement .
e.g. The 350-page report was based on statements from witnesses to the events.
这份 350 页的报告是根据各位证人对这些事件的证词写成的。
4. (意见或观点的)表现，表达
If you describe an action or thing as a statement, you mean that it clearly expresses a particular opinion or idea that you have.
e.g. The following recipe is a statement of another kind—food is fun!
下面的食谱是另一种观点的表现——食物可以带来乐趣！
5. 财务报表;结算单
A printed document showing how much money has been paid into and taken out of a bank or building society account is called a statement .
6. 证明(儿童)有特殊教育需求
If a child is statemented, social services staff write a document stating that the child has special educational needs, and the local education authority has to make sure that everything that is necessary is provided for that child.
e.g. Nearly a year later, it was agreed that Tom would be statemented...
近一年后，汤姆被批准将获得特殊教育。
e.g. I had eight statemented children in my class.
我的班里有 8 名需要接受特殊教育的孩子。
summarize
及物动词总结，概述
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 summarise
conclusions
结论；结束( conclusion的名词复数 )；推论；签订；