The grain price hikes that have occurred in China in recent months are gradually winding down(很有用的詞匯, 表示逐漸慢慢地降下來, 寫線段圖的時候可以用), according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
Wheat prices, which spearheaded the price climb last November, have dropped (看吧! drop也不見得就是所謂的junk word哦?。?for the third consecutive week in Henan, Shandong and Hebei provinces, major grain production bases. (這個句型太經典了, 仔細一看, 這不就是本人上課反復強調的非限制性定語從句嗎?)
The average price of rice, wheat and corn stood at (維持在。。, 相當于remain)1,506 yuan (188.25 U.S. dollars) per ton during Jan. 18-24, equivalent to (等于……, 相當于equal to)the previous week, statistics from the NDRC showed.
Industry analysts have attributed the decline (剛才用了drop這里就用decline, 原來新聞稿也要求variety?。。?to a bumper harvest as well as government's moves to secure the market and curb grain prices.
However, as a net soybean importer, the prices will not drop in the near future as the international soybean price remains at a high level, analysts said.
Last year, grain prices went up by 2.7 percent on 2005, with the growth rate 1.3 percent higher than that of 2005. (with引導的從句)
To stabilize soaring grain prices, the Chinese government has continuously released its wheat and rice stockpiles. Through the latest auctions, China released 392,900 tons of wheat and 145,100 tons of rice onto the market.
7.雅思task1作文Hours of leisure time per year in Someland
The table shows how people in different age groups spend their leisure time in Someland over the course of a year. It can be clearly seen that the amount of leisure time available varies considerably across the age groups and that people of different age levels have very different ways of spending their leisure time.
According to the figures, as people age in Someland their social lives reduce. Teenagers and people in their twenties spend on average 500 hours per year on socialising and 350 hours of that time is with a group of more than 4 people. Although the total hours of socialising in their 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s is fairly constant (between 300-350), socialising with more than 4 people drops dramatically to 50 hours in the 30s and 40s age groups and only 25 from 50 years old. Group and individual exercise follow a similar pattern.
People of all ages spend a good part of their leisure time on entertainment such as TV/video viewing and cinema. In both cases, teenagers and retired people spend around twice as much time as those who are at working age. Home entertainment ranges from just over a thousand hours for teenagers and retired people and an average of 600 hours for everyone else. Cinema accounts for 100 hours of the teenagers and retired people's leisure time and 25-50 hours for the rest.
In conclusion we can see there is a significant trend towards solitary and smaller group activities as people grow older and that teenagers and retired people spend a lot more time on entertainment than those of working age do.