The graph below shows how elderly people in the United States spent their free time between 1980 and 2010

The graph below shows how elderly people in the United States spent their free time between 1980 and 2010
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The graph illustrates the data about the leisure time
activities
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of elderly people in the US, covering a period between 1980 and 2010.
Overall
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, what stands out from the graph is that the
activities
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listed have experienced some fluctuations, excluding hiking. The percentage of hiking popularity has been rising gradually over 30 years, and it ended up being the most popular activity among all 6
activities
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. Looking at the details, in the first decade, the percentages of reading, hiking, watching
TV
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, and surfing the internet rose noticeably.
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watching
TV
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, surfing the Internet, and hiking have been increasing in 2000, the reading percentage experienced a significant decline to 20%.
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, the figure went up rapidly, finishing at 60%.
Likewise
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, surfing
TV
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and hiking increased,
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, watching
TV
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faced a negligible fall to nearly 65%.
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, the popularity of going to theatres fell dramatically by 20%, in the first 10 years.
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the figure soared to 40% in 2000,
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it rose negligibly to approximately 45% in 2010, which made theatre the lowest in the list of
activities
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.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words activities, tv with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "fall" was used 2 times.
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