5.

The graph below provides information about the number of arrests per year for using illegal drugs from 1991
to 2005.

→ the number of people arrested yearly/ annually for using drugs illegally

→ how many people were arrested yearly/ annually for using drugs illegally

Overall, there was a downward trend in this data over the period.

Standing at 56 people in 1991, the number of arrests per year for using illegal drugs considerably decreased to
reach bottom 20 people in 1993, before slightly increasing to 25 people in 1995. This data then sharply
went up to 50 people in 1996, before considerably fluctuating between 40 and 50 people in the following
3 years. fluctuated to next 6 years, peaked at 80 people in 2001. There was a significant growth to peak at
80 people in 2000, followed by a rapid fall to 15 people in 2001. This figure climbed slowly to 20 people
2 years later, which remained unchanged until the end of the period.

(v) arrest smb

(adj) be under arrest

(adj) (il)legal

(v) legalize

(n) illegal activities

8. The chart illustrates how many common dolphins were seen in Santa Barbara channel over a 6-year period,
starting from 1996.

Overall, there was an upward trend in this data over the period.

Starting at 1800 individuals in 1996, the number of common dolphins seen in SB channel sharply increased to
peak at 7500 individuals in 1997, before considerably fluctuating to finally peak at approximately 7900
individuals in the last year of the period. until the last year of the period.

She

2nd grade

Consider Ngân who is my best friend

Sad ?
Share

Difficulty

Confide in

Knows most of almost my secrets

→ keep a secret

→ disclose a secret

Being exposed by her

I’m a….?

→ sophomore

→ national economics university

Corporate finance

a high school student

Consider myself a good communication

→ I thought that I was not good at working with other people

→ I didn’t have good communication/ interpersonal skills

Be good at numbers

Then i?

→ chanced on section

→ I did some research on

Economics

Freshman year

→ human/ woman

In the future

→ hope to
→ graduate

→ financial analyst

DOUBLE LINE/BAR

I. Introduction: 1 sentence → paraphrase

II. Overview

- trend

- order, highest/ lowest

III. Body

Starting/ standing at Số in năm đầu, S(A) cách 1 – 2 to Số + giai đoạn 1, before adv + Ving to Số + giai đoạn 2.
Cách 3 to Số + giai đoạn 3, followed by a/an adj + N to Số at the end of the period. Likewise, / Meanwhile, S(B),
which started/ stood at Số in the first year of the period, cách 1 – 2 to Số + giai đoạn 1 before adv + Ving to Số
+ giai đoạn 2. This figure/ data then cách 1 – 2 to Số + giai đoạn 3, before a/an adj + N to Số was seen in the
last/final year.

Exercise 5 → from now on

The chart illustrates the production and consumption of oil in China over a 25-year period, starting from 1982.

Overall, there was an upward trend in both oil production and consumption in this country over the period. In
addition, oil consumption registered the higher data from 1994 onwards, which peaked in 2006.

Starting at 2 million barrels in 1982, the amount of oil consumed in China rapidly increased to 3mb in 1996,
before remaining unchanged over the next 4 years. There was a slow rise to top at 3.5mb in this figure at the end
of the period. Meanwhile, the amount of oil produced, which stood at just under 2mb in the first year of the
period, slightly climbed to 2mb in 1990, before significantly going up to 3.5mb in 1994. This figure/ data then
continued to grow to reach a record-high of more than 6mb in the last/final year.

Exercise 5

R1 The chart illustrates divorce rates in Finland and Sweden from 2011 to 2015.
Overall, there was an upward trend in divorce rates in Finland, as opposed to the data for Sweden.
In addition, Sweden registered the higher figures throughout the given period, which peaked in
2012.
Starting at 36% in 2011, divorce rate in Finland decreased slightly to 32% in 2012, before
increasing rapidly to peak at 41% in 2014. This data then remained stable at the end of the period.
 Meanwhile, divorce rate in Sweden, which stood at 43% in the first year of the period, steadily
climbed to 49% in 2012. There was a gradual
R2 The chart illustrates the rates of divorce in Finland and Sweden over a 5-year period, starting from
2011.
Overall, there was an upward trend in divorce rate in Finland, as opposed to the data for Sweden
over the period. In addition, Finland registered the lower figures for the most of the period, which
bottomed in 2012.
Starting at 37% in 2011, the divorce rates in Finland decreased slowly to 33% in 2012, before
slightly increasing to 41% in 2014. This data remained unchanged in 2015. Meanwhile, the
divorce rate in Sweden stood at 44% in the first year of the period, before climbing significantly
to 50% in 2012
R3 The chart illustrates the divorce rates in Finland and Sweden over a 5-year period, starting from
2011.
Overall, there was an upward trend in the divorce in Finland, as apposed to the data for Sweden.
In addition, Sweden registered the higher figures for the most of the period, which peaked in 2012.
Starting at 37% in 2011, the divorce in Finland slightly decreased to 33% in 2012, before slowly
increasing to top at just over 40% in the last year. Meanwhile, the divorce in Sweden, which stood
at 44% in the first year of the period, softly climbed to reach a record- 2
R4 The chart illustrates divorce rates in Finland and Sweden over a 5-year period, starting from 2011.
Overall, there was an upward trend in divorce rates in Finland, as opposed to the data for Sweden.
In addition, divorce rates in Sweden registered the higher data for most of the period, which peaked
in 2012.
Starting at 38% in 2011, the divorce rates in Finland slightly fell to 32% in 2012, before steadily
increasing to 42% over the next 3 years. There was a slow decrease to 38% in 2015