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The chart below gives information about computer ownership per household in the US from 1997 to 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The chart below gives information about computer ownership per household in the US from 1997 to 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The graph illustrates the information
of
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on
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 the proportion of
househould
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households
 that owned
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computer
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a computer
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 in
US
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the US
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 over a fifteen-year period between 1997 and 2012.
Overall
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, what stands
form
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out from
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 the graph is that the
percentage
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 of no
computer
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 owned had a
dramatically
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dramatic
 downward trend over the period,
whereas
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percentage
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the percentage
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 of one
computer
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 owned was significantly
rosed
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increased
. The interesting point is that there was a marginal upward trend at
percentage
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 of two
computers
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 owned and three or more
computers
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 owned. Regarding
to
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 ratio of no
computer
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 owned, it started approximate 70%, and
then
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 it sharply plummeted in 2003.
Futhermore
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Furthermore
, it had a considerable downward trend in 2012,
this
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 figure being the lowest level of
percentage
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 over
a
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the
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 whole period. As for households that owned 1
computer
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, it commenced
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at just
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 under 30% in 1997. Following that, it significantly rocketed to 50% in 2003, and
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 it slightly declined to just over 40% in 2006.
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it marginally soared again to 50% in 2012. Looking at the
proporiton
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proportion
 of two
computers
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, it began around 5% in 1997 and gradually rose
up
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to just above 20 in 2012. With respect to ration of three or more
computers
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, it initiated at appriximate 1% in 1997. After that, it slightly increased to around 10%, and
then
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 it remained at that level until 2012.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words computer, percentage, computers with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "downward" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "marginal" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • computer ownership
  • US households
  • the proportion of households
  • a significant increase
  • a steady rise
  • a gradual decline
  • a sharp fall
  • the largest category
  • households without a computer
  • single-computer households
  • two-computer households
  • multi-computer households
  • three or more computers
  • the percentage stood at
  • accounted for
  • overtook
  • remained relatively stable
  • over the 15-year period
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