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The bar chart below shows the total numbers of minutes (in billion) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories from 1995 to 2002.

The bar chart below shows the total numbers of minutes (in billion) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories from 1995 to 2002.
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The bar chart illustrates the amount of
time
 people
spend
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 on telephone calls in the UK, over a period of 7 years, between 1995 to 2002. These calls
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separeted
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separated
in
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 3 sections. From a cursory glance, it is readily apparent that local calls on fixed lines were very popular and people spent many
minutes
 in
this
time
 period.
In contrast
,
it is clear that
 mobile calls had the lowest ratio.
Firstly
, there was a significant rise
on
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minutes
 between 1995 and 1999 for local calls. It was over 70
billions
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billion
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minutes
at
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 the beginning,
however
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 it reached 90
billions
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billion
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.
After
this
, the total number of
minutes
were
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decreased until 2002 and stopped at
the
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70
billions
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billion
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minutes
.
On the other hand
, the
minutes
 for national and international calls on fixed
line
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lines
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 had increased gradually from nearly 40
billions
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billion
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 to 60
billions
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billion
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minutes
. At the same
time
, people who lived in the UK used
small
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 amount of
time
 to make mobile calls.
Whereas
, the proportion had
grew
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 rapidly and became almost 448
billions
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billion
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minutes
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words time, minutes, billions with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • telecommunications
  • fixed line
  • mobile
  • local calls
  • national calls
  • international calls
  • trend
  • billion
  • minutes
  • increase
  • decrease
  • significant
  • fluctuate
  • peak
  • plummet
  • outpace
  • transition
  • technology advancement
  • consumer behavior
  • market saturation
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