The line graph below shows the household recyclling rates in three different countries between 2005 and 2015. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph below shows the household recyclling rates in three different countries between 2005 and 2015.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The
shown
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graph describes the recycling rates for the UK,
France
, and Germany between 2005 and 2015. The most notable feature that we can distinguish from the shown data is that all countries have made remarkable progress in the
last
two years.
Firstly
,
France
had the highest rate at the beginning of the period.
Then
, it started to decline until it reached its lowest in 2013. After that, it started rising again.
Secondly
, unlike
France
, the UK reached the highest rate among all three countries by the end of the period.
According to
the data, there was a significant increase between 2009 and 2011.
Lastly
, Germany showed a stable upward trend for the whole period,
although
it was the lowest country compared to others in 2005.
To sum up
, all three countries increased their percentages of recycling for years 2005 to 2015, except for
France
, which had a few fluctuations.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words france with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "data" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • line graph
  • household recycling rates
  • trend analysis
  • comparison
  • significant
  • increase/decrease
  • fluctuations
  • plateau
  • progress
  • environmental implications
  • rate
  • peak
  • upward/downward trend
  • percentage
  • consistently
  • period
  • surpass
  • level off
  • stagnate
  • benchmark
  • time frame
  • sustainable practices
  • waste management
  • recycle
  • dispose
  • landfill
  • renewable resource
  • conservation
  • eco-friendly
  • green initiative
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