DRAFT 2

The table shows the number of automobiles made in three countries namely
Argentina, Australia and Thailand from 2003 to 2009. In general, the figures for
Argentina and Thailand had an upward trend and the figures for Australia had a
downward trend over the period. It is also noticeable that Thailand was the biggest
car manufacturer in any year under study.

To be more specific, in 2003, Thailand manufactured 735,852 cars in total, which

was considerably higher than the numbers of cars made in Australia and Argentina,
at 452,163 and 235,088 respectively. Over the next three years, there was also a
slight decline in the the quantity of cars manufactured in Australia. Besides, the
number of automobiles made in Argentina experienced a moderate rise and the
figure for Thailand saw a significant increase and reached a peak at 1,162,356 cars
in 2006.

From that time on, the number of cars manufactured in Argentina continued to
increase moderately to 486,089. The figures for Australia and Thailand witnessed a
slight decrease to 245,624 and 999,963 respectively.
LESSON 9

Nature Reserves

The bar chart gives information about how many zebras and buffaloes were in
various nature reserves in 2010. Overall, Beachwood and Klipriviersberg were the
two most popular nature reserves among the four places under study. It is also
noticeable that the quantity of buffaloes was much higher than the figure for zebras
in almost all places shown.

To be more specific, Beachwood came top, with 120 buffaloes and 83 zebras. The
quantity of buffaloes in the two most popular places were practically the same,
while the number of zebras in Beachwood was slightly higher than the figure for
zebras in Klipriviersberg, at 83 and 70 respectively.

Looking at the graph in more detail, we can see that in Cape Nature, the number of
buffaloes was almost identical to the figure for zebras. A noteworthy observation is
that Bukit Timah was the only place where the quantity of buffaloes was far lower
than that of zebras, at 40 for the former and 58 for the latter.
Travelling To School

The bar chart compares how many trips are made by children to travel using
different modes of transport in one country in the years 1990 and 2010. In general,
the figure for transportation almost showed a downward trend in most of the time
studied except for travelling by car. It is also noticeable that travelling by car was
surpassed by walking in 2010.

In detail, in 1990, the number of walking trips was the most popular trips among
children using to travel and from school, at approximately 13 million. However,
the year 2010 marked the point at which the number of car trips overtook that of
walking and topped the list, at 11 million.

Looking at the graph in more detail, we can see that the number of trips using
various transportation namely walking and bus, cycling and bus experienced a
significant decrease under the study. These figures in 1990 ranged from 6 to 8
million and were much higher than those of figures in 2010. Specifically, travelling
by bike in 1990 was three times as high as the figure in 2010.