The chart below shows the amount of time that 10 to 15-year-olds spend chatting on the Internet and playing on games consoles on an average school day in the UK.…
The bar chart compares the time spent by 10 to 15-year-olds in the UK on two activities, namely chatting online and playing computer games.
Overview
Overall, we can see that playing computer games is marginally more popular than chatting on the Internet. However, completely different trends can be seen if we look at the specific figures for boys and girls.
Main Body
Boys aged between 10 and 15 clearly favour playing on games consoles over chatting online. According to the chart, while 85% of boys play computer games every day, only 55% chat online daily. Furthermore, the majority of boys play on their consoles for more than one hour each day, and 10% do this activity for four hours or more.
By contrast, girls prefer chatting online. Close to 70% of 10 to 15-year-old girls engage in online conversation each day, compared to about 50% of this cohort who play computer games. Of the girls who do play on consoles, most of them play for less than an hour, whereas most girls who chat online do so for more than one hour, and nearly 10% chat for four hours or more.
第一句：The chart compares the time spent by 10 to 15-year-olds in the UK on two activities, namely chatting online and playing computer games.（介绍表格）
第二句：According to the chart, while 85% of boys play computer games every day, only 55% chat online daily. （每天男生做这两项活动的比例对比）
第三句：Furthermore, the majority of boys play on their consoles for more than one hour each day, and 10% do this for four hours or more.（男生play computer games时间的对比）
第四句：By contrast, near 70% of girls engage in online conversation and most do so for more than one hour, while about 50% play computer games every day and most play for less than an hour.（每天女生从事这两项活动的比例及时间对比）
第五句：Overall, we can see that playing computer games is marginally more popular than chatting on the Internet, especially for boys.（最后总结，从事这两项活动总比例对比）
