Level B2 Business English
Lesson 11
Meeting - Explaining A Chart Or Graph
ミーティング グラフの説明

1
PHRASE OF THE DAY
今日のフレーズ

As you can see here, the chart...
こちらから分かるように、この表は、、、

2
SITUATION
状況

Rachel reviews a graphical breakdown of sales from last year.
レイチェルは昨年からの売上グラフの内訳について説明しています。

3
DIALOGUE
ダイアログ

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then practice each role.

Serge
Rachel, would you mind briefly going over your graphical breakdowns of our sales from last year?
Rachel
Certainly. The line graph here gives us a breakdown of sales by quarters. As you can see here, the chart shows us that we started the year with a solid sales figure. Sales increased dramatically in the second quarter, slumped significantly in the third quarter and recovered nicely in the fourth. The second graph, a bar graph, gives us a comparison of urban and rural sales. Evidently, our urban sales make up 70% of total sales. Finally, we have two pie charts showing market share in urban and rural areas. We have maintained our solid 35% market share in the urban area, but still have only a 10% market share in the rural area. Seems like rural market sales have a lot of potential for growth.
Serge
Nice analysis, Rachel.

4
VOCABULARY
語い

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then read aloud by yourself.

graphical
図形、図式
breakdown
内訳
quarter
４半期
line graph
折れ線グラフ
bar graph
棒グラフ
pie chart
円グラフ

5
LANGUAGE FOCUS
今日のポイント

As you can see here, the chart...
こちらから分かるように、この表は、、、
Meeting - Explaining a Chart or Graph

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then read aloud again by yourself.

This graph indicates that …
As can be seen from this graphical representation…
I think it’s quite evident from this chart that…
The statistical difference shown by the graph is minimal/significant.
As you can see from the chart…
This graph here signifies a rise/fall in …
What can be interpreted from this graph is that …

6
ACTIVITY
練習

Activity 1: Have you ever had to explain statistics or graphs/charts during a meeting? When was the last time you had to explain a graph/chart in a meeting in English? Was it difficult? If you have never had to, do you think it would be? Why/Why not?

Activity 2: Try describing the graphs below:

HINTS
downward
下降している
fell
落ちる
gradual
緩やかな
fluctuated
変動
largest
最大の
lowest
最低の
peaked
最高点
steep
急
upward
上向き