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Sample Answer 1:

The line graph compares the amount of fish, chicken, beef and lamb people in a European country consumed weekly per person over a period of 25 years.

From 1979 to 2004, the consumption of fish in this European country had always been far less than meat with a steady amount of approximately 50 grams per week per person. As for the trends of meat consumption, chicken had risen to become the most eaten meat in the year of 2004 compared with the gradual decrease of beef and lamb.

Despite a small spike appeared in 1984 for beef consumption, the line illustrates a general downward trend, making it the second most eaten meat in the year of 2004 whereas beef was the most consumed meat per week dropped from around 225 grams to 100 grams per person, showing a decrease of 125 grams for these 25 years.

People in this European country ate roughly 150 grams of chicken or lamb per week /per person in 1979. However, 25 years after 1979, the consumption of chicken rose significantly to around 250 grams per week while the amount of lamb consumed dropped to a little higher than 50 grams weekly. The opposite trend between chicken and lamb consumption eventually made a gap of 100 grams in 2004.

Sample Answer 2:
The line graph illustrates the weekly intake of four different meats in Europe for a period of 25 years starting from year 1979. Overall, it can be seen that although there was an increasing trend for the consumption of chicken throughout the period given, the reverse was true for that of beef, lamb and fish.

Initially, in the year1979, the Europeans were keener on eating beef than any other types of meat. It was about 220 grams of beef being consumed every week. The consumption of lamb, chicken and fish were much lower than beef that is approximately 150 grams for lamb and chicken and only just above 50 grams for fish in 1979. A similar pattern can be seen from the graph for the intakes of beef, lamb and fish which showed an overall decreasing trend with some fluctuations in between the years. However, the consumption of beef showed a bigger fluctuation from 1979 to 1994 before starting to decline steadily. On the other hand, the consumption of fish had the smallest fluctuations throughout the period.

Turning to the consumption of chicken, it had an overall increasing trend which contrasts with others. Even though it was consumed only 150 grams per week by Europeans in 1979, it reached to just below 250 grams by 2004 which became the most favorable meat in Europe in 2004. Interestingly, fish remained the least popular meat throughout the time frame, only about 50 grams of fish consumed per week.

The graph below shows the consumption of fish and some different kinds of meat in a European country between 1979 and 2004.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.

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