The line graph below shows the consumption of 3 different types of fast food in Britain from 1970 to 1990. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.
The chart illustrates the amounts of fast foods (
hamburgers
, fish
and chips
, and pizza) being consumed by people in Britain. Units are measured in grams
.
Overall
, it is evident that in the time given, the figures for both hamburgers
and fish
and chips
underwent a substantial increase in the number of consumption
; in contrast
to pizza which constantly decreased except for the last
year (1990).
In the beginning, people consumed fish
and chips
only 90 grams
in 1970; moreover
, the consumption
number rose to roughly 150 grams
in 1980; in addition
, it reached a peak of 500 grams
in 1990. The consumption
of hamburgers
accounted for approximately 20 grams
in 1970; then
it showed a marginal rise to 100 grams
in 1980; finally
, it escalated considerably to 300 grams
in 1990. This
indicates that both hamburgers
and fish
and chips
have gained popularity throughout the entire period.
On the contrary
, pizza's consumption
was 300 grams
in the beginning. Then
it fell to 200 grams
in 1985; however
, it showed an insignificant increase to 210 grams
in 1990.Submitted by yukiko on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words hamburgers, fish, chips, grams, consumption with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "showed" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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