The pie charts indicate changes in the proportions of energy produced in a country from 1983 to 2003. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts indicate changes in the proportions of energy produced in a country from 1983 to 2003. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The pie graphs illustrate how the percentages of
power
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manufactured in a country shift between 1983 and 2003.
Overall
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, there was a considerable increase in the proportions of nuclear
power
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and natural gas produced,
while
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those of hydropower levelled off and remained the lowest ones throughout the period.
By contrast
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, the figures for
oil
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and coal experienced a decline, but those for
oil
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consistently were the biggest parts. In 1983, exactly 42% of the total energy came from
oil
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, after which it saw a moderate tumble to 38% in 2003. A similar change can be found in the data for
oil
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, which started at 23% and almost halved in the final year of the stage examined.
Conversely
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, nuclear
power
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contributed 20% to
power
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production at the beginning of the period,
then
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it rose to reach 24% in 2003. The share of natural gas witnessed a resembling growth, doubling to 21% after 20 years. The opposite trend was seen in those for hydropower, which steadily kept at 4% over two decades.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words power, oil with synonyms.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportions
  • energy sources
  • increases
  • decreases
  • trends
  • analysis
  • significant
  • compare
  • changes over time
  • introduction
  • phase out
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