The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The line charts illustrate the variations in ownership of washing machines, refrigerators and
vacuum
cleaners and the
number
of time spent on housework in households in a country over 99 years.
Overall
, the
number
of refrigerators saw a dramatically upward trend. A slight fluctuation could be seen in the figure for the washing machine and
vacuum
cleaner. There was a slow decline in the
number
of hours per week of housework.
According to
the graph, the proportion of refrigerators showed a
dramatically increasing
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dramatic increase
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from about 2% in 1920 to the top at around 95% in 1980, which was followed by a period of stability for 39 years.
By contrast
, the percentage of washing machines and
vacuum
cleaners had closed numbers in 1920.
Then
, they had a
small scale
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rise and a moderate fluctuation from 30% to 90% and 40% to 60% respectively. Especially, there was a coincident in 1960 between the washing machine and
vacuum
cleaners.
Finally
, a sharp decrease could be seen in the
number
of hours of housework just over 50% to 20% from 1920 to 1960.
Then
the proportion of time spent remained stable falling between 1960 and 2019.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words vacuum, number with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "dramatically" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • household appliances
  • time-efficient
  • labour-saving devices
  • technological innovations
  • ownership rate
  • housework chores
  • domestic workload
  • automation
  • advancements
  • trend analysis
  • societal shifts
  • economic impact
  • durability
  • lifespan of appliances
  • maintenance
  • historical comparison
  • time allocation
  • drudgery reduction
  • energy consumption
  • disruption in trends
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