Sales of soft drinks for Kanko

 As you can see from the graph, it has been a rather/reasonably disappointing year for Kanko overall. However, the first quarter was fully/exceptionally good, as sales of our new soft drink N-Ergy rose steadily/dramatically?

Unfortunately, owing to unexpected production problems, sales fell sharply/steadily throughout the second quarter. They then rose exceptionally/sharply until the end of July.

The rest of the summer was badly/slightly less successful, and sales did not pick up again until the first half of September. We were then fairly/severely confident that we had the situation under control, but sales just levelled off throughout the next two months.

Subsequent problems at our Norwich subsidiary, however, meant that sales began to drop dramatically/gradually, and there are no signs of a possible recovery at present. It appears that we had moderately/badly misjudged the seriousness of the situation at Norwich, and that we were not fully/fairly prepared to handle such a crisis.

副词选择：rather, fully, dramatically, sharply, slightly, fairly, gradually, moderately, severely

以下是为每个情况选择副词的理由：

• rather disappointing year: "rather"在这里强调了一整年是比较令人失望的，突出了情况的程度。
• fully good: "fully"表示第一季度的表现是完全好的，没有任何问题。
• sales fell sharply: "sharply"强调了销售的急剧下降，表达了变化的迅速性。
• rose dramatically: "dramatically"强调了销售的显著上升，使这个趋势更加明显。
• rest of the summer was slightly less successful: "slightly"表达了夏季其余时间的稍微不如预期成功。
• fairly confident: "fairly"表示我们相当有信心，但没有过于自信。
• sales began to drop gradually: "gradually"强调了销售的逐渐下降，表示变化的缓慢性质。
• moderately misjudged: "moderately"表示我们适度地错误判断了情况，没有过于严重或轻视。

通过选择适当的副词，文章的描述变得更加准确和生动，读者可以更好地理解情况的发展和变化。

"fully" 、"fairly”和 “severely” 都是副词，但在使用上有些微妙的区别：

• fully： "fully" 表示完全地、充分地、彻底地。它强调事物在某种状态或程度上达到了最大限度，没有缺陷或限制。例如，"fully confident" 表示完全有信心，没有任何疑虑。
• fairly： "fairly" 表示相当地、适度地、公平地。它用于描述某事在程度上是适中的，没有过于偏向某一方。例如，"fairly confident" 表示相当有信心，但并不是过于自信。
• severely： "severely" 表示严重地、极度地、严格地。它强调事物的程度非常高，可能对情况产生重大的影响。例如，"severely affected" 表示受到了严重的影响。

总体来说，"fully" 更强调完全性和彻底性，而 "fairly" 更强调适度和相对公平，而 "severely" 强调严重和极端。在具体的语境中，你可以根据表达的意思和语气选择适合的副词。

subsidiary

英/səbˈsɪdiəri/ 美/səbˈsɪdieri/

n. 子公司，附属公司；辅助者adj. 次要的，附属的；子公司的

"dramatically" 和 "gradually" 都是副词，用于描述事物的发展、变化或变化的速度。它们在使用上有以下区别：

• dramatically： "dramatically" 表示戏剧性地、显著地、剧烈地。它强调事物的变化是突然且显著的，通常指出变化的幅度很大。例如，"dramatically increased" 表示显著增加。
• gradually： "gradually" 表示逐渐地、渐进地。它强调事物的变化是缓慢、逐步的，通常指出变化是一个渐进的过程。例如，"gradually improved" 表示逐渐改善。

"dramatically" 强调显著和剧烈的变化，而 "gradually" 强调渐进和逐步的变化。在使用时，你可以根据描述的情境选择适合的副词，以更准确地传达变化的特点。

Subsequent

英/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/美/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/

adj. 随后的，接着的；（河，谷）后成的