You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows changes in global food and oil prices between 2000 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows changes in global food and oil prices between 2000 and 2011.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write at least 150 words.
The line graph compares the world
food
and
oil
prices from 2000 to 2011 in which the
food
price
was measured under
points
whereas
the dollar was the unit of
oil
price
.
Overall
, the two subjects showed an increase in the
price
over time.
Furthermore
, it
worth
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mentioning that the
food
index and
oil
price
expressed similar trends between 2000 and 2011, so that 93.6% correlation is suggested. In 2000, the
food
price
stood at nearly 90
points
whereas
the average
oil
price
was roughly 25$. In the period of the next 6 years,
although
seeing the same trend of fluctuation, the
price
of
oil
seemed to be more fluctuated than
food
. In 2007, the
food
price
reached
at
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about 130
points
and
estimated
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55$ per
oil
barrel was
showed
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. In the interval of 4 years from 2007 to 2011, the two lines witnessed a strong correlation. Between 2007 and 2008, the
food
price
rose to over 220
points
whereas
the
price
of
an
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oil
barrels hit its peak of about 135$. In
the
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early
of
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2009, both of them showed their lowest point of the period when the former plummetted to 140
points
and each
oil
barrel fell to the lowest
price
of over 40$. In 2011, the
food
index increased to nearly 240
points
and the
oil
price
was around 100$ per barrel.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "whereas".
Vocabulary: Replace the words food, oil, price, points with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "showed" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trends" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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