BAR CHART 1 - Olympic medals won by 12 countries

TASK 1: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

 The chart below shows the total number of Olympic medals won by twelve different countries.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. 



The bar chart compares twelve countries in terms of the overall number of medals that they have won at the Olympic Games.

It is clear that the USA is by far the most successful Olympic medal winning nation. It is also noticeable that the figures for gold, silver and bronze medals won by any particular country tend to be fairly similar.

The USA has won a total of around 2,300 Olympic medals, including approximately 900 gold medals, 750 silver and 650 bronze. In second place on the all-time medals chart is the Soviet Union, with just over 1,000 medals. Again, the number of gold medals won by this country is slightly higher than the number of silver or bronze medals.

Only four other countries - the UK, France, Germany and Italy - have won more than 500 Olympic medals, all with similar proportions of each medal colour. Apart from the USA and the Soviet Union, China is the only other country with a noticeably higher proportion of gold medals (about 200) compared to silver and bronze (about 100 each).

(IELTS - SIMON)


Note: 

  • Một số cách paraphrase từ ý "the total number of Olympic medals won by twelve different countries " trong đề bài :

" compares twelve countries in terms of the overall number of medals...", ( so sánh 12 nước về tổng số huy chương...)

" The USA has won a total of around... Olympic medals"  ( Mỹ đã dành được tổng số khoảng... huy chương Olympic)

"The number of gold medals won by this country..." ( Số lượng huy chương vàng mà nước này dành được ...)

  •  Những cấu trúc hay:

- " the USA is by far the most successful Olympic medal winning nation" 

( Hoa kỳ là quốc gia thành công hơn hết ở việc dành huy chương trong kỳ Olympic" 

- " the figures for gold, silver and bronze medals won by any particular country tend to be fairly similar "

( những số liệu về huy chương vàng, bạc và đồng mà mỗi quốc gia nào giành được có xu hướng giống nhau )

- " In second place on the all-time medals chart is the Soviet Union, with just over 1,000 medals  "

( ở vị trí thứ hai trên bảng sếp hạng là Liên Xô, với chỉ hơn 1000 huy chương)