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The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The
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 line graph illustrates the
carbon
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dioxide
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emissions
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 made by people living in different countries (United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal) over forty year period. Units are given as
carbon
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dioxide
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emissions
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 in metric
tonnes
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.
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 it is evident that
,
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the
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carbon
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dioxide
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emissions
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 have decreased significantly in
United
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 Kingdom and Portugal
whereas
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 these
emissions
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 show an upward trend in Italy and Portugal till 2007.
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, it can be inferred that the British people released the highest level of
emissions
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 into the atmosphere at the beginning but reduced considerably
around
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 9 metric
tonnes
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 until 2007. People living in Sweden emitted approximately 9 metric
tonnes
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 of
carbon
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dioxide
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 with
sharp
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a sharp
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 increase in 10
years
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 reaching above 10 metric
tonnes
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 and
then
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 dramatically decreasing below 6 metric
tonnes
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at the end
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 of
period
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.
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 the release of pollutants into
air
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the air
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were
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 quite low by Italian and Portuguese
initially
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but
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it has increased steadily over the
years
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. The
carbon
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dioxide
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 levels in Sweden started
around
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at around
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 4 million
tonne
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tonnes
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 and rose above 7 million
tonnes
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 in 30
years
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.
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, it remained unchanged for
next
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the next
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 10
years
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.
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, the
emissions
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 in Portugal were the least (less than 2 metric
tonne
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tonnes
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) as compared to all the countries mentioned but rose rapidly to 5 metric
tonnes
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 in 1997. In subsequent
years
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, the emission levelled off in
this
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 country.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words carbon, dioxide, emissions, tonnes, years with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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