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U.S. Household Technology Trends 1995-1999

The document presents two sets of data: a line graph showing U.S. household technology ownership from 1995 to 1999 and pie charts depicting food sales in a supermarket for 2003 and 2013. The technology graph indicates a general increase in ownership, with washing machines remaining the most common, while internet and DVD player ownership were the lowest, with DVD players experiencing a notable rise by 1999. The food sales charts reveal a decline in vegetable and egg consumption, while meat, seafood, and fruit sales increased, with meat becoming the most sold item by 2013.

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U.S. Household Technology Trends 1995-1999

The document presents two sets of data: a line graph showing U.S. household technology ownership from 1995 to 1999 and pie charts depicting food sales in a supermarket for 2003 and 2013. The technology graph indicates a general increase in ownership, with washing machines remaining the most common, while internet and DVD player ownership were the lowest, with DVD players experiencing a notable rise by 1999. The food sales charts reveal a decline in vegetable and egg consumption, while meat, seafood, and fruit sales increased, with meat becoming the most sold item by 2013.

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The graph below shows the percentage of households with different kinds of

technology in the U.S. from 1995 to 1999. Summarize the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.


It's a line graph showing the percentage of U.S. households with five

types of technology, such as washing machines, computers, phones, the

Internet and DVD players, between 1995 and 1999.

Overall, the percentage of spending on the five types of technology

generally showed an upward trend. It is worth mentioning that the

washing machine figure remains the highest. Conversely, the proportion

of internet and DVD players was the lowest in the period.

The percentage of DVD player spending fell from about 25 percent in

1995 to about 16 percent in 1996, then grew to 40 percent in 1999. At

the same time, the proportion of spending on washing machines and

computers experienced slight increases, from 60 percent to 80 percent

and from 40 percent to 79 percent, respectively, over the four-year

period. At the same time, there has been a significant increase in the

percentage of phone spending over the four-year period. Although the

percentage of Internet expenditure was the lowest in the first year, it

rose slightly and exceeded the proportion of DVD players after 1996.
The pie charts below show the percentage of five types of food sold
by a supermarket in 2003 and 2013. Summarize the information by
selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons
where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
There are two pie charts showing the percentage of five kinds of

supermarket food sold, such as meat, seafood, eggs, fruits and

vegetables, in 2003 and 2013.

Overall, the proportion of vegetables and eggs consumed witnessed a

downward trend during the decade. Conversely, the proportion of

consumer spending on meat, seafood and fruit increased slightly from

2003 to 2013.

Although the percentage of vegetables sold experienced a slight decline

during the decade, from 25% to 23%, it was still one of the highest

percentages of food sold. Meanwhile, an upward trend was seen in the

proportion of meat consumption (from 21% to 25%), and then it became

the highest proportion of food sold in 2013. By contrast, the percentage

of eggs sold fell by 6% over the decade, and in 2013 it was the lowest

percentage of food consumed. Conversely, the proportion of fruits and

seafood sold rose by 2%, reaching 17% and 19% respectively.

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