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

The graph below shows average carbon dioxide emissions per persion in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007.
The line graph illustrates the average carbon dioxide production per individual in four different countries, namely
United
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the United
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 Kingdom,
Sweden
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, Italy, and Portugal, over a
fourty-year
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forty-year
 period from 1967 to 2007.
Overall
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,
while
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 the carbon emissions in Italy and Portugal increased throughout the period, the production of greenhouse gas in
UK
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the UK
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 and
Sweden
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 demonstrated a
noticable
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noticeable
 decline, with the figure of
Sweden
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 experiencing the most significant fluctuation. In 1967,
UK
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the UK
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 exhibited the highest quantity of CO2 emissions of roughly 11 metric
tonnes
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, followed by a moderate decrease to approximately 9
tonnes
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 in 2007.
Conversely
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,
while
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Sweden
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 took
a
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apply
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second place
of
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in
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 the gas release
indicating
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, indicating
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 just above 8 metric
tonnes
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 in 1967
but
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, but
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 reached a peak of about 11 by 1977, and
then
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 dropped significantly by nearly
a
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apply
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half (5
tonnes
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).
In contrast
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, the figures
of
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for
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 Italy and Portugal recorded the lowest quantity of gas emissions during the given period. Both
countires
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countries
 exhibited a consistent upward trend, reaching almost 8 and 5 metric
tonnes
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 by 2007.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sweden, tonnes with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "undefined" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • emissions
  • carbon
  • dioxide
  • per person
  • per capita
  • at the start
  • throughout
  • trend
  • rise
  • rise steadily
  • increase
  • grow
  • go up
  • fall
  • decrease
  • drop
  • decline
  • peak
  • reach a peak
  • fluctuate
  • vary
  • stable
  • high
  • low
  • latter
  • former
  • period
  • during
  • in the 1970s
  • in the 1990s
  • by 2007
  • in contrast
  • whereas
  • however
  • although
  • similarities
  • differences
  • compare
  • overall
  • summary
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