Charts with trends

POWERS

P : prewrite

O : Organize

W : Write

E : Evaluate

R : revise

S : Share

from … to … = between … and …. = over a period of … years

spending on / for = expenditure on / for

people in the US = Americans

at the age of… = the…age group = people aged… = …-year-old people

Paraphrase:

The bar chart illustrates how much the governments in Italy, Portugal, the UK, and the US spent on roads and transport in four selected years.

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Xu hướng tổng quát (tăng, giảm, dao động)

→ Charts with trends

Điểm nổi bật nhất (cao nhất, thấp nhất)

→ Charts of comparison

-Overall,

-Generally,

-In general,

-It is clear / evident that + S + V

It is clear that Portugal had the highest governmental spending on roads and transport while the UK had the lowest figures among the four countries.

energy - electricity

drastic rise : sự gia tăng mạnh mẽ

decrease gradually : giảm dần

similarly declined : giảm tương tự

a litter declined :

showed an upward trend