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number of people at a London underground stationover the course of a day .The busiest time of the day is in the morning .There is a graph increase 2 between 06:00 and08:00,with 400 people using the station at 8 o'clock . After th is the number drop 3 quickly toless than 200 at 10 o'clock .Between 11 am and 3pm the number rises , with a plateau of justunder 300 people using the station .In the afternoon ,numbers decline 4 , with less than 100 using the station at 4 pm . There is then a rapid 5 rise 6 to a peak 7 of 380 at 6 pm. After 7 pm, numbers fall significantly 8 ,with only aslight increase again at 8 pm, tailing off 9 after 9 pm. Overall 10 , the graph shows that the station is most crowded in the early morning and early evening periods.1. fluctuation: vacillation, instability, change2.increase: to b ecome larger3.drop: fall, go down4.decline: go down decrease5.rapid: quick, fast 6.rise: move upward7.peak: top, summit8.significantly: remarkably9.Tail off: to reduce in amount , become lower in level10.Overall: in general , generally