In this episode we're going to help you speak about the economy and discussing trends Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  We spoke about money vocabulary and the economy in Episode 46  Discussing Trends - upward and downward trends Verbs/Nouns - DOWN to decline/a decline to go down to drop/a drop to fall/a fall to decrease/a decrease to dip/a dip to slide - deslizar /a slide More extreme- to plummet to halve/a halving to plunge/a plunge to nosedive/a nosedive to tumble/a tumble ___________________________________________ UP to rise (intransitive = no object)/a rise to raise (transitive = with object)/a raise to go up to increase/ an increase to improve/ an improvement to grow/ a growth to recover (from a previous fall)/ a recovery to peak (to a maximum point)/ a peak More extreme- to shoot up to hockeystick (US) to skyrocket/ a skyrocketing (uncommon) *NOT a skyrocket to double, triple/ a doubling/tripling to rocket/ a rocketing (uncommon) *NOT a rocket to soar/ a soar ___________________________________________________ UP AND DOWN OR STABLE to fluctuate/ a fluctuation to level off or out/a level(l)ing off or out to hold steady to flatline/flatlining to even out/an evening out (but *NOT with your friends in this case!) Adjective + Noun phrases / Verb + Adverb phrases a significant increase/to increase significantly a slight drop/to drop slightly a noticeable decline/to decline noticeably a gradual recovery/to recover gradually a steep rise/to rise steeply a substantial growth/to grow substantially a sharp decrease/to decrease sharply a dramatic jump/to jump dramatically a moderate recovery/to recover moderately a steady improvement/to improve steadily Examples- There has been a steady rise in the number of unemployed people in recent years. The figures show a sharp decline in the number of homeowners this year. Compared to last year’s figures, this year has seen a significant increase of 40% so far. We can see a slight drop of 2% compared to last week, according to theses statistics The figures show (that) the number of homeowners has declined sharply this year. The chart shows how car sales have plummeted since the crisis by 67%. The table shows (that) the amount has flatlined at 8 million tonnes. As the graph demonstrates, a dramatic price increase/increase in price occurred last month. In recent years the percentage of homeless people in Spain has risen sharply. There has been a slight improvement in our team’s ball possession this season. As you can see from the diagram, the ratio of men to women is currently 2:1 (two to one). Sales rose by 10% from 32,000 to 32,320. This meant an increase of 320. The present fluctuation in prices makes future predictions difficult. The amount of plastic polluting the seas looks set to continue rising, according to the figures. Half of all those interviewed said they had bought 2 or more handheld devices over the last 5 years. Italki ad read: Effective 1 to 1 personal teaching Native, International (native speakers) Convenient (learning at home, technology) Affordable (cut out the middlemen, great pricing) Italki gives 100 italki credits (ITC) to each paying student that registers. To find out more, go to: inglespodcast.com/italki/ We want to say thank you to italki for sponsoring Aprender Inglés con Reza y Craig ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a question for us or an idea for a future episode? Send us a voice message and tell us what you think. www.speakpipe.com/inglespodcast Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. If you would like more detailed shownotes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast Our lovely sponsors are: Lara Arlem Zara Heath Picazo Mamen Juan Leyva Galera sara Jarabo Corey Fineran from Ivy Envy Podcast Jorge Jiménez Raul Lopéz Rafael Daniel Contreras Aladro Manuel Taraz