The line graph shows how many people participated in four different sport - basketball, tennis, badminton, and rugby - in one European country over a 20-year period, from 1985 to 2005.
Overall, while rugby ,despite being by far the most popular sport in the beginning, experienced a considerable decline in popularity, tennis ,a close second, showed the opposite trend. In terms of basketball and badminton ,the least popular sports, remained much or less same during the period. Of particular note, the total number of players participating in all sports witnessed decrease.
Examining the date more closely, in 1985, rugby was played by a bit below 250 people. The number of people playing it declined significantly by about 200 people, with an accelerated fall post-1995. However, tennis started the period at 150 and narrowed its gap with the former and surpassed rugby in 1985. Tennis finished the period in its all-time high of around 225 in 2005 with becoming the most popular sport.
Other sports – basketball and badminton – followed a similar pattern and throughout the period. As for basketball, more than 75 people played it at the beginning and remained relatively stable until the end. Likewise, the number of players in badminton, the least popular sport, stood at a bit above 50 and ended at the same point the rugby did.
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Overall, while rugby ,despite being by far the most popular sport in the beginning, experienced a considerable decline in popularity, tennis ,a close second, showed the opposite trend. In terms of basketball and badminton ,the least popular sports, remained much or less same during the period. Of particular note, the total number of players participating in all sports witnessed decrease.
Examining the date more closely, in 1985, rugby was played by a bit below 250 people. The number of people playing it declined significantly by about 200 people, with an accelerated fall post-1995. However, tennis started the period at 150 and narrowed its gap with the former and surpassed rugby in 1985. Tennis finished the period in its all-time high of around 225 in 2005 with becoming the most popular sport.
Other sports – basketball and badminton – followed a similar pattern and throughout the period. As for basketball, more than 75 people played it at the beginning and remained relatively stable until the end. Likewise, the number of players in badminton, the least popular sport, stood at a bit above 50 and ended at the same point the rugby did.
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FEBRUARY 17 EXAM DISCUSSION ⬇️
📊 TASK 1: The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors to three different areas of a European country between 1987 and 2007
📝 TASK 2: Some countries invest in specialized sports facilities for top athletes but not for the average people.
Is this a positive or negative development?
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Is this a positive or negative development?
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The line graph shows changes in the amount of use of four different textile fibers – cotton, polyester, cellulosic, and wool – over a 35-year period.
Overall, demand for almost all fibers increased, with the exception of wool, reversing to its initial position after a negligible rise. The amount of polyester used grew exponentially, so much so that it overtook cotton, initial by far the most famous fibre, which also saw increase, albeit a slight one. Of particular note, cellulosic and wool, the least popular fibers, were more or less the same throughout the period given.
Examining the date more closely, we can see that cotton and polyester were the two most used fibers during the period. In 1980, the amount of cotton used was the highest, 15 million tonnes, triple that of polyester. The former started off slowly, hovering at the same position in first five years, after which it went up to hit its peak of 27 million tonnes, before dipping and recovering to the same level in 2015. The latter, on the other hand, rose exponentially, narrowing the gap with cotton and surpassing it in 2005, and finished at a chart high of 50 million in 2015.
As for cellulosic and wool, they showed similar patterns of change over the period. Cellulosic started at 5 million which wool was half that. Both of them remained flat until 2000, with the former grew by 3 million and the latter first increasing and then returning its 1980 position. It is also interesting that the gap between also widened.
Overall, demand for almost all fibers increased, with the exception of wool, reversing to its initial position after a negligible rise. The amount of polyester used grew exponentially, so much so that it overtook cotton, initial by far the most famous fibre, which also saw increase, albeit a slight one. Of particular note, cellulosic and wool, the least popular fibers, were more or less the same throughout the period given.
Examining the date more closely, we can see that cotton and polyester were the two most used fibers during the period. In 1980, the amount of cotton used was the highest, 15 million tonnes, triple that of polyester. The former started off slowly, hovering at the same position in first five years, after which it went up to hit its peak of 27 million tonnes, before dipping and recovering to the same level in 2015. The latter, on the other hand, rose exponentially, narrowing the gap with cotton and surpassing it in 2005, and finished at a chart high of 50 million in 2015.
As for cellulosic and wool, they showed similar patterns of change over the period. Cellulosic started at 5 million which wool was half that. Both of them remained flat until 2000, with the former grew by 3 million and the latter first increasing and then returning its 1980 position. It is also interesting that the gap between also widened.
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Forget Flexibility. Your Employees Want Autonomy..pdf
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Forget Flexibility. Your Employees Want Autonomy.
As far as buzzwords go, “flexibility” is now rivaled in prominence only by the novel work model it is so often used to describe: hybrid work. Together, these words have taken over the way we speak about the future of work and constitute a whole series of new ways to think about the further integration of work and life.
#dailyreading #articles
As far as buzzwords go, “flexibility” is now rivaled in prominence only by the novel work model it is so often used to describe: hybrid work. Together, these words have taken over the way we speak about the future of work and constitute a whole series of new ways to think about the further integration of work and life.
#dailyreading #articles
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When Tech Is a Problem Child.pdf
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When Tech Is a Problem Child
These days, you don’t need goosed-up threats of nicotine stains and rebuckled knickerbockers to rouse the anxieties of parents. All you need is to broach the one subject that everyone views as Trouble.
#dailyreading #articles
These days, you don’t need goosed-up threats of nicotine stains and rebuckled knickerbockers to rouse the anxieties of parents. All you need is to broach the one subject that everyone views as Trouble.
#dailyreading #articles
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Top_5_Trends_in_Sustainable_Urban_Development_to_Watch_and_Learn.pdf
Hone in on - to direct attention towards smth or smn
I can’t hone in on my study because of noise around.
Nowadays, people perhaps are suffering from ADHD - they are not able to hone in on one particular thing.
Transcend - be more important than something
Sustainability - the quality of causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for long time
Initiative - new plan to achieve or solve something
Away from - avoiding
Marginalize - to treat as insignificant
Urban sprawl - spread of city
Catalyst - an event or person that causes great change
Inclusive - An inclusive group or organization tries to include many different types of people and treat them all equally
Cater to - provide someone with what is needed or required
Regarding - concerning
Signify - to mean
Leverage - to use something to maximum advantage
In these days, many people leverage AI, especially ChatGPT, for their assignments or essays.
I am aware of leveraging feelings of others for my own purpose.
I can’t hone in on my study because of noise around.
Nowadays, people perhaps are suffering from ADHD - they are not able to hone in on one particular thing.
Transcend - be more important than something
Sustainability - the quality of causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for long time
Initiative - new plan to achieve or solve something
Away from - avoiding
Marginalize - to treat as insignificant
Urban sprawl - spread of city
Catalyst - an event or person that causes great change
Inclusive - An inclusive group or organization tries to include many different types of people and treat them all equally
Cater to - provide someone with what is needed or required
Regarding - concerning
Signify - to mean
Leverage - to use something to maximum advantage
In these days, many people leverage AI, especially ChatGPT, for their assignments or essays.
I am aware of leveraging feelings of others for my own purpose.
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The maps show how the town of Darwin changed over a 5-year period. Overall, there had been a shift towards residential development with the introduction of universities, residential buildings, and green areas. Of particular note, the town maintained most of its original facilities: the road, sea, swimming pools, convention centre, and school.
In 2009, the town of Darwin mainly consisted of industrial areas located from the bottom left corner to the centre. There was a lake situated within a rounded footpath, with some trees to the south, an industrial area to the left, and a convention centre to the north. Adjacent to the trees were three residential buildings, while two swimming pools were located to the right. Additionally, two main roads intersected at the northwest, with one running from south to north and the other from west to east. Near this junction stood a school, and at the end of the eastern road was a fishing area. Finally, to the bottom left of the town was a sea.
In 2014, the town had undergone notable changes, including planting trees at the expense of industrial areas while making the town much greener. Within the rounded footpath, the former industrial area was transformed into another small swimming pool, while to the south, the residential buildings experienced a double in number, with the building of a university to the left. The last change was the construction of a harbour over the sea, which is now accessible via a footpath from the first main road. However, other amenities—the lake, two swimming pools, sea, fishing area, school, and convention centre—remained untouched over the period.
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In 2009, the town of Darwin mainly consisted of industrial areas located from the bottom left corner to the centre. There was a lake situated within a rounded footpath, with some trees to the south, an industrial area to the left, and a convention centre to the north. Adjacent to the trees were three residential buildings, while two swimming pools were located to the right. Additionally, two main roads intersected at the northwest, with one running from south to north and the other from west to east. Near this junction stood a school, and at the end of the eastern road was a fishing area. Finally, to the bottom left of the town was a sea.
In 2014, the town had undergone notable changes, including planting trees at the expense of industrial areas while making the town much greener. Within the rounded footpath, the former industrial area was transformed into another small swimming pool, while to the south, the residential buildings experienced a double in number, with the building of a university to the left. The last change was the construction of a harbour over the sea, which is now accessible via a footpath from the first main road. However, other amenities—the lake, two swimming pools, sea, fishing area, school, and convention centre—remained untouched over the period.
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