The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features.

The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features.
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The line graph illustrates the figure for products in England that were transported via
road
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, water, rail and
pipeline
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from 1974 to 2002. Units are measured in
million
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tonnes
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.
Overall
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, as can be
seen
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seen,
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the
road
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was by far the most important mode of transport over the period shown.
In contrast
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, the
lowest
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least
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popular platform was the
pipeline
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. In 1974, the number of transported goods by
road
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stood at approximately 70
million
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tonnes
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,
while
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that of
pipeline
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was lower at nearly 5. The
road
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trend saw a total increase of about 30 until 2002,
whereas
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pipeline
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went up from 5 to just over 20
million
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tonnes
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in 2002. In 1977, the figure for water transportation overtook that of railway.
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, the number of goods transported by water levelled out at about 60
million
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tonnes
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from 1982 to 1994. It is worth noting that rail transport was the lowest in 1994 compared with other years.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words road, pipeline, million, tonnes with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • freight transportation
  • logistics
  • modal share
  • tonnage
  • volumes of goods
  • to transport
  • to surpass
  • to decline
  • to fluctuate
  • steady increase/decrease
  • to peak
  • to plateau
  • significant growth/drop
  • to outstrip
  • transportation sector
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