The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (Co2) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, and Portugal between 1967 and 2007.

The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (Co2) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, and Portugal between 1967 and 2007.
The provided line graph gives data on CO2
emissions
per 1 person in four different states from 1967 to 2007. It is measured in metric tonnes. In brief, it is evident that in Portugal and Italy, the number of carbon dioxide
emissions
was increasing throughout the period,
whereas
in the UK and
Sweden
, the figure was,
on the contrary
, decreasing. In Portugal and
Sweden
, the number of CO2
emissions
per person was approximately equal to 1.6 and 4.1 in 1967 respectively.
However
, as the statistic shows, throughout the next 4 decades, these numbers
were demonstrating
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moderate and steady growth and reached 4.7(Portugal) and 6.9(
Sweden
) metric tonnes in 2007.
On the other hand
, in comparison with Portugal and
Sweden
, a different situation occurred in the United Kingdom and
Sweden
, where the number of carbon dioxide
emissions
fell from around 8.3 and 10.9 in 1967 to approximately 5.8 and 8.9 in 2007 respectively.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words emissions, sweden with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • carbon dioxide emissions
  • per person
  • United Kingdom
  • Sweden
  • Italy
  • Portugal
  • graph
  • compare
  • average
  • increase
  • decrease
  • trend
  • peak
  • decline
  • years
  • period
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