The graph below gives information about Dubai gold sales in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The diagram illustrates how gold
sales
in Dubai changed over a period of 12 months.
Overall
, gold sales
in Dubai remained relatively unchanged at the end
of 2002 despite violent fluctuations throughout the year. Besides
, they were at their highest in March while
the weakest sales
figures could be observed in July and September.
In the first month of 2002, they stood at 200 million
dirhams
and rose slightly to reach about 225 million
in February. This
was followed by another increase, although
much steeper, in March when sales
were almost 125 million
dirhams
higher than in February. However
, this
upward trend was suddenly broken and sales
plummeted dramatically over the next 4 months to reach a little over 100 million
dirhams
in July. August sales
saw a significant rise back to January levels as figures nearly doubled, but they dropped again in September to the same level as they were in July. There was a small increase of about 100 million
dirhams
in October, after which the figure levelled off and remained relatively static over the last
two months of 2002.Submitted by muharodnoy on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sales, million, dirhams with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reach" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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