The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport.

The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport.
The supplied line graph outlines the
goods
transportation in the UK from 1974 to 2002 through various modes of transportation namely road,
water
, rail and
pipeline
. In general, the quantities of materials transported increased in all types of transportation types over the years. Looking at the details,
goods
brought through road transport swelled significantly from about 70
million
tons
in 1974 to about 95
million
tons
in 2002, approximately 25
million
tons
higher than in 1974. The same trend was true for both
water
and
pipeline
goods
carrying.
Water
shipping distributed about 39
million
tons
of materials in 1974 and about 62
million
tons
in 2002.
Pipeline
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showed the same trend despite the figure
of
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goods
carried
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roughly slower than
water
transport,
pipeline
media only moved about 2
million
tons
in 1974 and about 21
million
tons
in 2002.
In contrast
, the number of commodities brought through rail mode fluctuated gradually. It was about 40
million
tons
in 1974 and went down modestly by the year
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1978 and
this
quantity fluctuated until it levelled up to about 41
million
tons
in 2002. It accounted for a small change indeed, only about 1
million
tons
over the year.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words goods, water, pipeline, million, tons with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 9 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Transported goods
  • Quantities
  • Trends
  • Modes of transport
  • Rail
  • Road
  • Water
  • Pipeline
  • Fluctuations
  • Predominance
  • Economic influences
  • Societal changes
  • Technological advancements
  • Environmental impact
  • Growth
  • Steady increase/decrease
  • Comparison
  • Period (e.g., decade, years)
  • Examination
  • Implications
  • Analysis
  • Conclusion
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