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The missing quarter of a million
Britain has endured a decade of early deaths, and the pandemic is not the only reason
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Britain has endured a decade of early deaths, and the pandemic is not the only reason
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The battle for search
What do AI chatbots mean for the lucrative business of searching the internet?
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What do AI chatbots mean for the lucrative business of searching the internet?
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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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reverse to its initial position
so much so that
albeit
of particular note
to be more or less the same
to be triple/double of
start off
hover at initial level
hit the peak of
finish chart a high/low of
show similar patterns of change
to be half that
remained flat
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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.
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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.
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