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The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billion) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billion) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.
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The graph illustrates the total
minutes
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 of consumption on telephone calls in three different categories, namely local-fixed
line
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, national and international-fixed
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 and
mobiles-all
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 calls, in the UK, between 1995 and 2002.
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, over the
7 years
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7-year
 period,
although
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 local calls conserved their popularity,
the
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spending time on other calls
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 an upward
trend
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.
In particular
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, using mobile phones increased significantly.
At
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 the beginning, in 1995, using the phone which has
fixed
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a fixed
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line
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 for local communication was the most popular preference among
public
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the public
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,
just
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 over 70
billion
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minutes
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 and demonstrated an upward
trend
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. Even though
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trend
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 peaked in 1998 (at 90
billion
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minutes
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), there was a decrease over the next three years and the total number of
minutes
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 was almost equivalent
with
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initial
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the initial
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 value.
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, national and international use of
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fixed-line
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line
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phone
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phones
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 had a significant value with 37
billion
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minutes
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 and soared steadily about by 23
billion
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minutes
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,
this
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 upward
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 is
also
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 valid for the figures
of
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 mobiles, especially, after 1999, using mobile phone for calls increased sharply from roughly 14 to 45
billion
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minutes
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.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words minutes, line, trend, billion with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Telecommunications
  • Long-distance calls
  • Local calls
  • International calls
  • Duration
  • Fluctuation
  • Incline/Decline
  • Significant
  • Trend
  • Statistical data
  • Billion
  • Minutes
  • Graph/chart interpretation
  • Incremental growth
  • Stabilize
  • Peak
  • Dip
  • Plummet
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