The graph below shows how elderly people in Europe spent their free time between 1980 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows how elderly people in Europe spent their free time between 1980 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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how
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old
people
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in Europe spent their leisure
time
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from 1980 to 2010.
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, it can be seen that there were many activities that elder
people
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in Europe did
such
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as Reading, Hiking, Theatre, Watching TV,
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and Surfing
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the internet. The highest activities that old
people
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did was hiking and the lowest was theatre. In detail, in 1980 around 60%
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of elder
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elder
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older
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people
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spent their
time
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to watched
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watching
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tv
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TV
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, followed by theatre around 50%, and
then
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reading activity, there was 30
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per cent
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of old
people
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spent their leisure
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just reading. There
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20% of older
people
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spend
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spent
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their
time
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only
for
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hiking and around
under
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10%
older
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of older
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people
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did surfing the internet. Hiking activity
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increase
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increases
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sharply until 2010 around 80%.
Besides
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that, watching TV activity
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gradually
around
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to around
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70% and
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decreased
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again in 2010
overthan
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over
60%.
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, in 1980, around 30% of elder
people
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in Europe
spend
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spent
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their
time
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for
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reading and
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increase
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increased
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in 1990
around
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to around
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40% and
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decreased
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again in 2000
about
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to about
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20% and 10 years after
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increase
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increased
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sharply
until
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to
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60%.
In addition
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, around
below
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apply
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10%
older
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of older
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people
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did surfing the internet
and
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which
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slowly
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increase
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in 2000
around
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to around
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overthan
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over than
10%, and
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increase
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increased
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significantly
around
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to around
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50% in 2010.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words people, time, increase with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 6 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 10 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Elderly population
  • Leisure activities
  • Trends
  • Popularity
  • Steady rise
  • Gradual increase
  • Growing interest
  • Decline
  • Consistent
  • Upward trend
  • Resurgence
  • Comparative analysis
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