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The line graph below shows the oil production and consumption in China between 1982 and 2006. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph below shows the oil production and consumption in China between 1982 and 2006. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The line graph illustrates the
oil
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production
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 and
consumption
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 in China
by
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 1982 to 2006. The figures are given in millions of barrels.
Overall
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, it can be seen that
the
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oil
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production
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 and
consumption
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 are
upward
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on upward
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 trends. Looking first at
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oil
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production
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, the figure for
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production
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 stood at just above 2 before increasing significantly to 3 in 1986.
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this
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, there was a period of stability in
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production
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 between 1986 and 1994.
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, it rose negligibly to around 3.5 in 2006. Moving on to
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consumption
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, it began at just under 2 in 1982 and
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 remained steady until 1990. After that, the figure jumped sharply in 1994. Following that, there was a rocket in the
consumption
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 and hit the highest point at 6 in 2006.

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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words oil, production, consumption with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 3 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • oil production
  • oil consumption
  • gradual increase
  • surpass
  • overtake
  • reliance on imports
  • disparity
  • steady rise
  • growing gap
  • significant
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