Topic from Task 1 The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households
The first line graph shows the percentage of
families
owning a washing Use synonyms
machine
, Use synonyms
fridge
and vacuum cleaner at Use synonyms
home
between 1920 and 2019, Use synonyms
while
the second figure illustrates the number of Linking Words
hours
that a family engaged in Use synonyms
household
chores in the same reporting period.
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Overall
, there was a significant growth of Linking Words
families
owning three electrical machines at Use synonyms
home
, Use synonyms
although
the Linking Words
ownership
of a washing Use synonyms
machine
has declined gradually throughout the period. Use synonyms
Moreover
, the time spent on Linking Words
household
chores has dropped over the 99-year duration.
Looking at the details, the washing Use synonyms
machine
was the most popular Use synonyms
household
appliance in 1920, with 40% of Use synonyms
families
reported to have owned one. Use synonyms
This
figure continued to surge, until 1960, there was a 30% increase in Linking Words
families
reported having a washing Use synonyms
machine
at Use synonyms
home
. The Use synonyms
ownership
of a washing Use synonyms
machine
fluctuated between 60% to 80% from 1960 to 2019.
Interestingly, there was no Use synonyms
household
reported to have a Use synonyms
fridge
in 1920, Use synonyms
however
, it Linking Words
then
experienced a dramatic jump to 90% of the Linking Words
families
reported having owned one in 1960. Since Use synonyms
then
, all households reported having a Linking Words
fridge
at Use synonyms
home
. The Use synonyms
ownership
of a vacuum cleaner followed a similar trend where starting with 30% of households owning the Use synonyms
machine
. By 1980, it was tripled what it was in 1920. The Use synonyms
ownership
of a vacuum cleaner ended at the same level as the Use synonyms
fridge
at 100% in 2019.
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Additionally
, the Linking Words
hours
spent on Use synonyms
household
chores fell gradually, from 50 Use synonyms
hours
a week in 1920 to 20 Use synonyms
hours
a week in 1960. After 1960, the number of Use synonyms
hours
spent on housework fluctuated between 20 to 10 Use synonyms
hours
per week.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: Replace the words families, machine, fridge, home, hours, household, ownership with synonyms.
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