The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar chart illustrates the total amount of time of
phone
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calls by local fixed
line
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, national and international fixed
line
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and mobiles in England over a period of 8 years. Generally, there was an increasing trend in the
number
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of
minutes
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of telephone calls in the United Kingdom.
Although
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phone
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calls made by local fixed
line
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was the highest throughout the years, its
figure
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remained the same in the initial year and the final year. In 1995, English people made 70
billion
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minutes
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of
phone
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calls by local
fixed
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fixed-line
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line
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.
By contrast
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, the
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of
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for
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national and international fixed
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line
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lines
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was only slightly above half of
this
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figure
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, which was just under 40
billion
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minutes
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. Only
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a little
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little
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few
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people used mobiles to make
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calls, where the total
number
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of
minutes
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was about about 3
billion
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. From 1995 to 1999, the data for local fixed
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line
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lines
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increased slightly by 20
billion
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minutes
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,
while
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that for national and international fixed
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line
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lines
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and mobiles increased even more slightly by 5
billion
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minutes
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respectively.
However
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, in 2002, the
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of
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for
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local fixed
line
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fell steadily to its original level, at around 70
billion
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minutes
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. On
a
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the
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contrary, the total
number
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of
minutes
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of mobile
phone
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calls rose more than threefold from 12
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minutes
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to 45
billion
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minutes
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,
while
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more people
also
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made national and international
fixed
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fixed-line
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line
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calls, with the
number
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reaching 60
billion
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minutes
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in 2002.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words phone, line, number, minutes, figure, billion with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • telecommunications
  • landline
  • mobile phones
  • local calls
  • national and international calls
  • billion
  • minutes
  • growth
  • decrease
  • trend
  • fluctuate
  • overtake
  • peak
  • plummet
  • steady
  • significant
  • minor
  • chart
  • period
  • comparison
  • category
  • data
  • illustrate
  • reveal
  • indicate
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