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The chart below shows the amount spent on six consumer goods in four European countries.

The chart below shows the amount spent on six consumer goods in four European countries.
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The bar chart compares consumer spending on
six
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 different items in Germany, Italy, France and Britain.
It is clear that
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 British
people
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 spent significantly more money than
people
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 in the other three countries on all
six
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 goods. Of the
six
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 items, consumers spent the most money on photographic film.
People
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 in Britain spent just over £170,000 on photographic film, which is the highest
the
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figure
is
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shown on the chart.
By contrast
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, Germans were the lowest
overall
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 spenders, with roughly the same figures (just under £150,000) for each of the
six
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 products. The figures for spending on toys were the same in both France and Italy, at nearly £160,000.
However
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, French
people
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 spent more than Italians on photographic film and CDs, Italians paid
out
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more for personal stereos, tennis racquets and perfumes. The amount spent by French
people
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 on tennis racquets, around £145,000, is the lowest the figure is shown on the chart.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words six, people with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "amount" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 4 times.
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