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

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995 – 2002.
The given bar chart illustrates the summation of
minutes
per
billions
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billion
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of phone calls in the United
Kingdome
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Kingdom
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, separated into three classes, over a 7-year period from 1995 to 2002.
Overall
, as can be seen, the use of cell
phone
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phones
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for local calls
were
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more than others. Looking more closely at the bar chart,
it is clear that
, the mobiles and the national and international classes were experiencing their trough with less than five and 40
minutes
respectively in 1995. All classes increased gradually until 1998.
However
,
second
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and third groups were followed
with
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a growth
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approximately 50 and 10
billion
minutes
respectively, the first class stood stable with about 90
billion
minutes
in 1999. The second category continued its trend slowly,
while
the third category rocketed in a way that the difference between them
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to 15
billion
minutes
. On the other side, the first cluster started to decline from 90
billion
to 70
billion
minutes
in 2002
,
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and reached its minimum again.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words minutes, billion with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number
  • minutes
  • telephone calls
  • UK
  • divided into
  • categories
  • from
  • to
  • overall
  • increased significantly
  • local fixed-line calls
  • accounted for
  • largest proportion
  • throughout
  • period
  • international calls
  • highest rate of growth
  • experiencing
  • sharp increase
  • national long-distance calls
  • remained relatively stable
  • slight decline
  • towards
  • end
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