The graph below presents the employment patterns in the USA between 1930 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and report in the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart illustrates the working population in various sectors in the USA from 1930 to 2010. The data is presented in a decade interval , and the employee count is given in millions. When looking at the increment in employability, in the industrial sector, career opportunities were nonexistent until the 1940s. The employee count was very low until the 1960s, after which it increased steadily. The workers hit the 20
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mark in 1980 and continued on their steady rise , but plateaued in the year 2000 at nearly 40
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. The sales and office industry stayed under 20
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from 1930 until 2000, when it reached 20
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and remained stagnant in 2010.The technical industry was almost empty in 1930 , but it showed a continuous climb in job availability and was about 30
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by 2010. The agricultural sector,
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, was highly populated with approximately 80
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workers in the 1930s. It is characterised by a steady decline until 1970, after which it experienced a steep downturn , and by 2010, the employees were almost 0.
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, other services fluctuated between 1930 to 1960. Afterwards, it maintained a stagnant figure of just about 10
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until 2010.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • employment patterns
  • industrial sector
  • agricultural sector
  • service sector
  • figures
  • percentages
  • trends
  • decreasing trend
  • increasing trend
  • significant growth
  • considerable decline
  • expansion
  • analyze
  • observations
  • key periods
  • transitions
  • conclusion
  • economy
  • shifted focus
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