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The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.
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The bar chart illustrates the
amount
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 of
minutes
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(in
billions
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) of telephone calls in the UK, which is divided into three categories, between 1995 and 2002.
Overall
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, it is obvious that throughout all years local fixed
line
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 was the most viral among citizens of
UK
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.
However
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, reversed positions
seems
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 to appear in
mobile
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the mobile
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 calls category.
In addition
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, over the
period
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,
number
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a number
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 of national and international fixed, and mobile calls were gaining popularity,
whereas
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 local
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line
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lines
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 remained unchanged
at the end
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 of the
period
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. From 1995 to 1999 local-fixed
line
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 experienced a slight increase in terms of
billions
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 of
minutes
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, from 70 to 90.
Then
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,
by contrast
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, people started using local
line
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calss
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class
calls
 less, and by the end of the
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period
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local-
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local line
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line
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calls
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call
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 usage dropped to its initial amount of
minutes
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. Between 1995 and 1999 national and international
fixed
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fixed-line
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line
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 and mobile consumption increased at the same rate; from about 36 to 50 and 3 to 12 respectively. The
grow
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 rate of
minutes
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 in
billions
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 increased gradually until the end of the
period
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 in mobile calls case, ending up with 45 billion
minutes
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 and 61
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billions
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billion
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 using national and international fixed
line
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Vocabulary: Replace the words minutes, billions, line, period with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number
  • minutes
  • telephone calls
  • UK
  • divided into
  • categories
  • from
  • to
  • overall
  • increased significantly
  • local fixed-line calls
  • accounted for
  • largest proportion
  • throughout
  • period
  • international calls
  • highest rate of growth
  • experiencing
  • sharp increase
  • national long-distance calls
  • remained relatively stable
  • slight decline
  • towards
  • end
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