Unit 12 Trends, exercise 1

Write a short paragraph (three or four sentences) describing some of the trends shown in the table below, or describe a trend connected to your own discipline. Try to use some of the words from the unit.

Words to learn Unit 12

  • adjust AWL
  • collapse AWL
  • decline AWL
  • demographic
  • downturn
  • dramatic AWL
  • fluctuate AWL
  • maintain AWL
  • range AWL
  • rate
  • stabilize AWL
  • steadily
  • successive AWL
  • trend AWL
  • underlying AWL

Figure 1: Global population growth (annual %): selected countries

Country

2000

2005

2010

2014

Australia

1.2%

1.3%

1.6%

1.6%

Brazil

1.5%

1.3%

1.0%

0.9%

China

0.8%

0.6%

0.5%

0.5%

Italy

0.0%

0.5%

0.3%

1.8%

Kuwait

4.0%

4.4%

6.0%

4.3%

Poland

-1.0%

0.0%

-0.3%

-0.1%

USA

1.1%

0.9%

0.8%

0.7%

Source: The World Bank