上半年的销售额比去年同期增长了20%。

Sales in the first half of the year increased by 20% compared to the same period last year.

今年上半年的失业率比去年同期低2%。

Unemployment in the first half of the year was 2% lower than in the same period last year.

报告还说住房销售价格的中值比去年同期下降了8%。

The same report says the median sales price for a home fell eight percent from the same period last year.

相比之下, 去年同期的900万亩小麦也遭受了干旱影响.

In comparison, nine million mu of wheat suffered from drought in the same period last year.

在为期3天的假期中，内地游客的数量相比去年同期预计会减少30%。

During the three-day holiday,the number of mainland tourists is expected to plunge by 30 percent from the same period last year.

与去年同期相比，70个城市中仅有一个城市——温州出现房价下跌，同比下跌4%。

Compared with the same period last year, only one out of 70 major cities, Wenzhou, saw a price drop of about 4 percent.

然而，上周的卫星图像显示，三月和四月间森林砍伐的面积，与去年同期相比增加了差不多六成。

However, last week satellite images showed that deforestation had increased nearly sixfold in March and April compared with the same period last year.

房屋发展的一天，在2008年第三季度预计实现净利润增长，比去年同期增长300％以上。

Housing development of the day in the third quarter of 2008 is expected to achieve net profit growth compared with the same period last year more than 300%.

与去年同期相比，其净收入增长了8.3%，这从很大程度上得益于零度可乐和小罐可乐的销售。

This is a growth of 8.3% higher from same period last year, which was largely driven by its Coke Zero Sugar line and by smaller can sizes.

虽然原材料和供应链成本大幅上涨，但各功能产品事业部综合EBIT（1）较去年同期有所上升。

Although the cost of raw materials and supply chain rose sharply, but the function of the integrated product EBIT (1) an increase over the same period last year.