The table below shows statistics about the top five countries for international tourism
in 2012 and 2013.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
The table compares the five highest-ranking countries (1) ___ in terms of (về khía
cạnh)_______ the number of visitors and the money spent by tourists over two years.
It is clear that France was the world’s most popular tourist destination in both 2012 and
2013. However, the USA (2) earned significantly more revenue__________ from
tourism during the same period.
In 2012, France welcomed 83 million tourists, making it the most visited country, (3) ___
followed by the USA with 66.7 million tourists. Spain and China each received just under
58 million visitors, while Italy (4) _ ranked fifth_________ with 46.4 million tourists. In
2013, all countries (5) _ except _________ China saw an increase of 1 to 4 million
tourists, with China receiving 2 million fewer visitors than the previous year.
Tourist spending in the USA increased from $126.2 billion in 2012 to $139.6 billion in
2013, more than double those of any other country. Spain had the (6) ___ second
highest
_______ tourist revenue, rising from $56.3 billion to $60.4 billion, followed by France,
China, and Italy. Interestingly, (7) ____ despite / in spite of a drop_____ in tourist
numbers, China's tourism revenue increased by $1.7 billion in 2013.
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Fill in the blanks
A. despite / in spite of a drop E. in terms of
B. earned significantly more revenue F. ranked fifth
C. except G. second highest
D. followed by
The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade-labelled coffee and
bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
*Fairtrade: a category of products for which farmers from developing countries have
been paid an officially agreed fair price.
Introduction
The tables illustrate the Fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas sales in five European
countries in 1999 and 2004.
Overview
Overall, the sales of coffee increased across five countries and the UK had the highest
growth. For bananas, the sales in some countries rose significantly (Switzerland, the UK,
Belgium) except there was a drop in sales in Sweden and Denmark. Switzerland ranked
first in banana sales over the period.
In 1999, coffee sales in the UK were 1.5 million euros, which skyrocketed to 20 million
euros in 2004, marking the largest increase among the five countries. Similarly,
Switzerland's coffee sales doubled from 3 to 6 million euros over these years.
Conversely, Denmark and Belgium witnessed a smaller increase, with coffee sales rising
from 1.8 to 2 million euros and 1 to 1.7 million euros respectively. Sweden, however,
experienced minimal change in coffee sales, going from 0.8 million euros in 1999 to 1
million euros in 2004.
Useful sentence structures
In 1999, the UK recorded coffee sales of X million euros, which increased
dramatically to Y million euros in 2004, marking the largest growth among the
five countries.
Similarly, Switzerland's coffee sales rose from X million euros in 1999 to Y million
euros in 2004.
On the other hand, Denmark and Belgium saw smaller increases, with coffee sales
rising from X to Y and X to Y respectively, during the same period.
Sweden, however, experienced minimal change in coffee sales, going from X
million euros in 1999 to Y million euros in 2004.
Switzerland had the highest banana sales in both years, increasing from X million
euros in 1999 to Y million euros in 2004.
The UK also saw substantial growth in banana sales, with figures rising from X
million euros in 1999 to Y million euros in 2004.