英语写作如何表示数量

　　在英语写作中我们常常要表示数量，那么该如何表示呢?下面举几个简单的例子：

　　1)It has increased(decreased)from...to...

　　2)The population in this city has now increased (decreased)to 800，000.

　　3)The output of July in this factory increased by 15% compared with that of January.

　　例如：

　　With the improvement of the living standard，the proportion of people’s income spent on food has decreased while that spent on education has increased.

　　再如：

　　From the graph listed above，itcan be seen that student use of computers has increased from an average of less than two hours per week in 1990 to 20 hours in 2000.

　　注：“From the graph listed above，it can be seen that见句式12。考生将句式9和句式12结合在一起，便可较好地写出2002年6月CET -4、6短文写作的第一段。