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Now, what if I'm just looking at this and 42% is too specific; I just want to be a little bit more general?
如果我看到這個覺得42%太具體了，我只是想要更籠統一點，該怎么辦呢？
Well, if I don't want to be exact, I can use the words: "around", "approximately", "nearly", "close to", "roughly".
如果不想表達得很精確的話，可以使用下面這些詞："around", "approximately", "nearly", "close to", "roughly"。
So, in this case, I'm not giving the exact number; I'm giving near that number.
這樣的話我給出的就不是確切的數字，而是近似值。
So, instead of saying 42%, which tea is, I can change this to 40%, if I add one of these words, because it's not 40% exactly, but it's close enough.
所以，代替茶原本的比例42%，如果我加上這其中一個詞，就可以把它變成40%，因為并不是確切的40%，但是足夠近似了。
So, I can say: "According to the pie chart, tea accounts for around 40% of the total", or "nearly 40% of the total", "close to 40% of the total".
我可以說："According to the pie chart, tea accounts for around 40% of the total"（根據餅狀圖所示，茶所占比例約為40%），或者也可以用 "nearly 40% of the total"和"close to 40% of the total"。
One thing to note, here, on the IELTS spelling is very, very important.
在這里要注意的一點是，在雅思考試中，單詞的拼寫非常非常重要。
So, if you use the word "approximately", make sure you can spell it, because I know this is a tough word.
所以如果你們要用"approximately"，請保證自己能拼寫對，因為我知道這是個很難的單詞。
If you think you're going to panic and make a mistake, use "close to",
如果你們覺得自己可能會很慌，會出錯，那就用"close to"，
it's easier, and not only that, but you actually get one to two words added to the word count for this, so, you could say: "close to 40%".
這更簡單一些，不僅如此，你們實際上還多加了一兩個字數，所以你們可以說"close to 40%"。
We could also say, if we're not being exact, we can say: "slightly above" or "just over".
如果不追求精確的話，我們還可以說："slightly above" 或"just over"（略高于）。
42% is a bit more than 40%, so, we can say: "According to the pie chart, tea accounts for slightly above 40%", or "just over 40%". Okay?
42%比40%多一點，所以我們可以說"According to the pie chart, tea accounts for slightly above 40%"（根據餅狀圖所示，茶所占比例略高于40%），或者用"just over 40%"也是一樣的。
So, again, this shows that not only do you understand the numbers, but you're also using some very good vocabulary.
還是一樣，這不僅顯示出了你們很懂這些數字，也顯示出了你們能使用一些很棒的詞匯。
Now, imagine if I estimated a little bit higher, and I said this was...it's around 45%.
假設我估計的比例更高一些，我說這是......在45%左右。
What I can say is that: "According to the pie chart, tea accounts for slightly below 45%", or "just under 45%". Okay?
那我就可以說："According to the pie chart, tea accounts for slightly below 45%"（根據餅狀圖所示，茶所占比例略低于45%），或者也可以說"just under 45%"。
