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Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The line graph presents the average amount of carbon dioxide produced by
person
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 in four different countries over a period of 40 years. Overall, while it is noticeable clear that the carbon dioxide
emissions
 in the United Kingdom and Sweden decreased between 1967 and 2007, they went up in Italy and Portugal. Despite a steady decline from about 11 to 9 metric
tonnes
,
emissions
 in The UK remained higher than in
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 three countries over these 40 years. Sweden’s
emissions
first
 rose from roughly 9 metric
tonnes
 in 1967 to
its
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 maximum of about 10.5 metric
tonnes
 in 1977. They
then
 dropped significantly to only around 5.5 metric
tonnes
 in 2007.
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 carbon emission that each person in Italy was responsible for climbed gradually from approximately 4.5 to almost 8 metric
tonnes
 between 1967 and 2007. In Portugal, each person only produces around 1.5 metric
tonnes
 of
emissions
 in 1967.
This
country
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emissions
then
 grew up steadily and reached
similar
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 level to Sweden’s by 2007, at about 5.5.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Trend
  • Pattern
  • Fluctuation
  • Increase
  • Decrease
  • Comparison
  • Relationship
  • Correlation
  • Significant
  • Implication
  • Prediction
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