The graph below shows the consumption of fish and some different kinds of meat in a European country between 1979 and 2004. Summarise the information by selecting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The graph illustrates the purchase of four different kinds of meat: fish, lamb, beef and chicken measured in
grams
per person and per week in a country in Europe, from 1979 to 2004.
Overall
, the consumption of fish throughout the period faced minor changes. Moreover
, the number of people who consumed beef and lamb decreased dramatically, whereas
the purchase of chicken increased significantly.
For the consumption of fish, the number had little changes, starting at approximately 53 grams
in 1979, and reaching 50 grams
by 2004. In 1979, around 220 grams
per person per week bought beef till 1984. After that, the figure had a gradual decline from 1989 to 2004 at 170 grams
and 100 grams
respectively. For the purchase of lamb, exactly 150 grams
was consumed in 1979, furthermore
, the number dropped and faced little fluctuations between 100 and 70 grams
from 1984 till 2004. Additionally
, it remained at around 75 at the end
of the period. 148 grams
of chicken was consumed in 1979 before the significant rise reaching 250 grams
by 2004.Submitted by shadaataria1 on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words grams with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
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