Task 1: The charts illustrate the number of people who were affected by four types of noise pollution in day and night in cities and rural areas in 2007. "The bar charts show how many people were affected by four types of noise pollution during daytime and nighttime in urban and rural areas in 2007. Overall, traffic noise was the most common problem for people in both areas. (I think I would emphasis that it was by far the biggest problem) Additionally, people in the countryside experienced less sources of noise pollution than those in cities. (I’m not sure this is a key feature. Just say that people in the countryside were affected less and that there is more noise during daytime that nighttime) Looking at the figures in more detail, in terms of cities, during daytime 64 million people were impacted by traffic, which was more than six times higher than the number of those affected by train noise, at 10 million. The figures for aircraft and industry were third and fourth, with 4 and 1 million residents, respectively. During nighttime , traffic remained the main issue, and 48 million citizens were annoyed by this type of noise, followed by train noise with 8 million. The number of people affected by aircraft noise at 1 million was four times as high as the number of those disturbed by industrial noise. Turning to rural areas, during the day 34 million people were exposed to traffic noise, while just 8 million and 2 million individuals were disturbed by train and aircraft noise respectively. In contrast, during the night, the figure for traffic was noticeably lower than that for daytime, with 24 million being affected. The figures for train and aircraft noise were also lower than those recorded during daytime, standing at 6 and 1 million in that order. Finally, industrial noise was not a problem for people in countryside because it did not affect anyone.