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The graph below shows the average number of UK commuters travelling each day by car, bus or train between 1970 and 2030.

The graph below shows the average number of UK commuters travelling each day by car, bus or train between 1970 and 2030.
The given chart compares how many average UK commuters per day travelling by three types of
transports
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transport
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 from 1970 to 2030.
Overall
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,
it is clear that
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 the number of UK
people
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traveling
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travelling
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 by car and
train
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 both
increase
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increased
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 over
60-year
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a 60-year
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 period,
while
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people
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 taking
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train
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the train
a train
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 to travel saw a slight decrease. It is noticeable that
car
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the car
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is by
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was
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 the most popular transport in 1970,
stood
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standing
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 at approximately 5
million
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people
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 and
people
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 driving
the
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a
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 car in
UK
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the UK
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 experienced a significant rise, about 7
million
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people
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 in 2000, and
then
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 it is expected to reach 9
million
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people
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 in 2030. The figure for
people
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 who
taking
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take
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bus
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the bus
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 gradually
decrease
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decreases
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 from 4
million
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 in 1970 to just above 3
million
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 in 2020, and the prediction of it will
continue
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continue to
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 decrease in 2030.
By contrast
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, the number of
people
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 taking
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train
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the train
a train
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 was by far the least popular transport in 1970, just under 3
million
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, and
then
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 the
users
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number of users
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 of
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train
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the train
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 were a slight rise to 3
million
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 in 2000, surpassing the
bus
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number of bus
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 users after 2010.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words people, train, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
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