导读：① 动词“占”的表达：account for, hold, make up, take up, constitute, comprise, represent② 百分比的表达percentage，proportion, share, 某些情况下可以用rate，如literacy rate③ 约数表达the majority of, most of, a considerable number of, a minority of , just over…, slightly more than…/less than…, nearly half… 等
① 动词“占”的表达：
account for, hold, make up, take up, constitute, comprise, represent
② 百分比的表达
percentage，proportion, share, 某些情况下可以用rate，如literacy rate
③ 约数表达
the majority of, most of, a considerable number of, a minority of , just over…, slightly more than…/less than…, nearly half… 等
④ 确切数字表达
分数与百分比的转化：one third, two fifths，one tenth
常见表达：a quarter, a half
⑤ 句式
要灵活运用以上的词汇结合一定的句子，变换表达方式。
例：亚洲人口占世界比例近50%。
— Asia accounts for almost a half of world population.
— Nearly 50% of people in the world come from Asia.
— The percentage of Asian in the world population is slightly less than a half.
— Asia has the largest percentage of population in the world( approximately 50%).
⑥ 排序段
在列举饼图数据时，为了防止单调枯燥，我们常常运用排序的方式进行说明：
— China takes the lead in world population.
类似的表达还有“be leading, the majority, mostly, most等”
— Next comes food, whose percentage is higher than that of clothing.
类似的表达还有“follow”
— People seem to show no interest in reference books, which lies last in the percentage.
类似表达还有“fall behind other items, the lowest proportion”.
