高级商务英语口语讲义：第八讲(2) 商业新闻写作惯用的表达

here are some common idiomatic expressions in business news writing that you may find helpful.
商业新闻写作中惯用的表达方式

to describe an upward trend 描述增长趋势

an increase / to increase a gain / to gain
a growth / to grow a leap / to leap
a surge / to surge a soar/ to soar
a rise / to rise a hike / to hike

to describe a downward trend 描述下降趋势

a dip / to dip to a decline / to decline
a drop / to drop a decrease/ to decrease
a collapse / to collapse a cut / to cut
a slip / to slip off a slump / to slump

to describe a steadiness 描述平稳走势 after falling sharply in the previous two years, the jobless rate has hardly moved since april. august joblessness stood at 8.2% and the annual pace of weekly earnings slowed to 3.25%,… in sydney, stocks ended little changed in subdued trading as investors awaited direction from wall street after its sell-off last week, as well as new australian economic data to be released tuesday. measured against the currencies of the major industrial countries, the dollar is likely to hover about where it is for several calendar quarters at least.

to describe the extend of change 描述变化幅度

big change: markedly, greatly, considerably
small change: fractionally, marginally, slightly
fast change: quickly, suddenly, rapidly
slow change: slowly, gradually, gently

part v supplementary materials

what can you get from a stock quote?

last
5.23

change (%)
-0.26(-4.74%)

prev close
5.49

volume
15,900

day's range
5.00-5.49

bid
5.25

ask
5.28

open
5.49

avg volume
4,400

52 week range
5.00-8.60

earn/share
0.16

p/e
32.69

market cap
38.3 m

div yield
3.82

some useful links for financial reporting and sec filings

财政报表与美国证券委员会备案的一些网站链接

registered users have access to multimedia research, analyst recommendations, earnings calls, as well as a fully personalized earnings calendar where they can track earnings dates, conference calls, upgrades/downgrades, stock splits, and major economic indicators.


provides sec electronic corporate filings and related business intelligence tools.


searchable financial filings and achieves of company press releases and continuously updated intelligence on public and private companies worldwide.


the sec requires all public companies (except foreign companies and companies with less than $10 million in assets and 500 shareholders) to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through edgar. anyone can access and download this information for free. here you'll find links to a complete list of filings available through edgar and instructions for searching the edgar database.