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Many people believe it is better to study in a group rather than individually. Do you agree or disagree?

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 of the police
budget
 in 2017 and 2018
while
 the pie charts depict distributions of
money
 in 2017 and 2018. Generally speaking, it is obvious that the total
budget
 for the police increased.
Moreover
, most
money
 was allocated to salaries for employees. With regard to the
sources
 of
budget
, in 2017,
national
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 government gave 175.5m
while
 other
sources
 only provided 38m.
Furthermore
,
budget
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the budget
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 given by the national government grew to 177.8m .
However
, other
sources
 only rose slightly to 38.5m.
In addition
, there was
a
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considerable growth in local taxes, from 91.2m to 102.3m. In terms of the pie charts ,
although
 75%
money
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of money
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 was separated
to
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 salaries in 2017, it decreased moderately to 69% in 2018.
However
,
money
 for technology accounted for 8% and
then
 made up
for
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14% in 2018. Meanwhile, buildings and transport made up
for
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17% in both years.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Cooperative
  • Collaborative
  • Interact
  • Exchange ideas
  • Share knowledge
  • Motivate
  • Accountability
  • Engaged
  • Productive
  • Challenging
  • Distracting
  • Lack of focus
  • Conflict
  • Learning pace
  • Independent
  • Effective
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