Business · Unit 4 · Numbers & Trends

B4B. Describing trends

B2 · 60–75 min · Business English

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Unit 4 · Quote
“Above all else show the data.”
— Edward Tufte · The chart confirms the sentence; it does not replace it.
A presenter walking a small audience through a line chart
Lesson goals

By the end you will…

  • Describe a chart clearly in under 90 seconds — the shape, the story, the ask.
  • Use zero, first and second conditionals to talk about forecasts and levers.
  • Use collocations with grow, fall, plateau and rebound to sound native — not translated.
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