The diagram below shows how electricity is generated in a hydroelectric power station. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram below shows how electricity is generated in a hydroelectric power station.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The diagram illustrates how electric
power
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is produced in an electric station, powered by
water
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.
Overall
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, it can be seen that
this
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is a cyclic man-made process, which contains
water
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storage at a high level,
water
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flowing downwards, necessary for electric
power
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production, low-level storage and pumping
water
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back up for reuse.
Firstly
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, the
water
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is poured from a river into a high-level reservoir, limited by a dam with an intake at the bottom. During the day, the
water
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passes through it and goes downhill, reaching the reversible turbines, helping them to operate a generator in the
power
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station.
Thus
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electricity is generated and spread among
Power
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lines and
then
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reaches the National grid. The rest of the
water
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is collected in low-level containers and during the night is pumped out through the turbines uphill, reaching the high-level tank once again. It is
then
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ready to be involved in the process again.
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Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words power, water with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 3 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • hydroelectric power station
  • reservoir
  • turbine
  • generate electricity
  • transmit
  • low-level reservoir
  • high-level reservoir
  • dam
  • cycle of electricity production
  • energy storage
  • flowing water
  • sustainability
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