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消费 xiāofèi consumer
投影 tóuyǐng overhead projector
图表 túbiǎo chart
曲线图 qūxiàntú diagram
现在，我向大家介绍一下消费行为的调查结果。请看投影的图表。这张曲线图展示的是今年城市居民消费行为的趋势。大家可以看到，他们已经从被动消费逐渐转变到主动消费。也就是说，他们对于产品更加了解。看这根曲线，一直是上扬的趋势，而且幅度也比较大。陈雷，你很累吗？
xiànzài ，wǒ xiàng dàjiā jièshào yīxià xiāofèi xíngwéi de diàochá jiéguǒ 。qǐng kàn tóuyǐng de túbiǎo 。zhè zhāng qūxiàn tú zhǎnshì de shì jīnnián chéngshì jūmín xiāofèi xíngwéi de qūshì 。dàjiā kěyǐ kàndào ，tāmen yǐjīng cóng bèidòng xiāofèi zhújiàn zhuǎnbiàn dào zhǔdòng xiāofèi 。yě jiùshì shuō ，tāmen duìyú chǎnpǐn gèngjiā liǎojiě 。kàn zhè gēn qūxiàn ，yīzhí shì shàngyáng de qūshì ，érqiě fúdù yě bǐjiào dà 。Chén Léi ，nǐ hěn lèi ma ？
Now I will present to everyone the results of the consumer behavior survey. Please look at the chart on the overhead projector. This diagram depicts the consumer behavioral trends of the city's residents for this year. Everyone will notice, there has been a gradual shift from passive to active consumption. In other words, they have a deeper understanding of the product. Look at this curved line, it shows a continuous rising trend, and the range is comparatively large. Chen Lei, are you tired?
啊？没有，我没事。
ǎ ？méiyǒu ，wǒ méishì 。
Huh? No, I'm fine.
集中精神。大家再看看第二张分析图，是具体的消费人群分类。在这张饼图里，我们看到百分之三十的被访者热衷于购买有品牌的商品。
jízhōng jīngshen 。dàjiā zài kànkan dì èr zhāng fēnxī tú ，shì jùtǐ de xiāofèi rénqún fēnlèi 。zài zhè zhāng bǐngtú lǐ ，wǒmen kàndào bǎifēnzhī sānshí de bèifǎngzhě rèzhōng yú gòumǎi yǒu pǐnpái de shāngpǐn 。
Focus your mind. Everyone look again at the second analysis chart. It is the specific consumer groups classification. From this pie chart we see that 30% of respondents were fond of purchasing brand name goods.
经理，有没有年龄、性别、职业的区分？
jīnglǐ ，yǒuméiyǒu niánlíng 、xìngbié 、zhíyè de qūfēn ？
Director, is there any distinction between age, gender and profession?
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