相信很多同学在碰到雅思A类小作文以及PTE的describe image中的图表题时，一定会有不知所措的时候，不知道如何去形容那些趋势。墨尔本文波雅思PTE的小编就找了一篇地道的文章，帮助大家来解决这些问题。
New home sales slump in February
There has been a sharp fall in the number of new homes sold across Australia in February.
（开头这整句话都很适合用在雅思A类小作文或者PTE describe image的开头，来描述一个总体的趋势。）
A report by the Housing Industry Association showed a 5.3 per cent decline in sales during the month.
The figure was affected by a 10.6 per cent plunge in new apartment sales and a 3.9 per cent easing in detached house sales.
The HIA’s chief economist Harley Dale said a downward trend in the sale of newly-constructed homes was becoming more firmly entrenched（不容易更改的）.
“As we face tighter credit conditions, as the rate of population growth slows, as there is more uncertainty about political and economic conditions in Australia, we are not surprisingly seeing some evidence of an easing in activity,” he said.
（三个as串联起三个并列句，用在写作或者口语当中来表示原因也是很好的。）
Mr Dale said the 5.3 per cent fall in February is the worst monthly result in 18 months, and represented the first decline since November last year.
But he pointed out that over the three months to the end of February, the sale of detached houses actually increased by 1.8 per cent.
Multiunit sales edged up by (渐升、微升) 0.8 per cent over the same period.
Queensland fared the worst of the states and territories, with detached house sales slumping by 12.1 per cent in February.
（with + ing 表伴随，也是雅思9分范文或者高分答案中常常出现的一种搭配。）
Sales in New South Wales were down 7.4 per cent, while South Australia experienced a 3.5 per cent drop in new home sales.
Western Australia reported a 1.8 per cent rise in new home sales, while Victoria saw a 1.7 per cent increase.
（上面这两句也是雅思A类小作文的9分范文中常常出现的用法，大家最好也可以熟练掌握。）
Harley Dale said the first stages of the downward cycle in new home building was likely to（高频、高分搭配）be moderate, with the pace of deterioration picking up substantially next year.
“What we may find is that as we move through the next six to 12 months, we start to see evidence emerge of perhaps a sharper slowdown in new home construction, that the Australian economy is going to need to contend with in 2017 and beyond,” he warned.
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