The line graph shows the percentage of spending in a European country from 1960 to 2000.

The line graph shows the percentage of spending in a European country from 1960 to 2000.
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The line graph illustrates how the population of a European country spent their money on
food
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, leisure, clothing, transport, and
energy
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from 1960 to 2000.
Overall
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, the most money was spent on
food
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,
while
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the figure for
energy
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was the lowest. The expenditure witnessed a downward trend for all except the figure for transportation, which witnessed an upward trend. In the 1960s, the percentage of people's income spent on
food
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was the highest, hitting a peak under 35%, which would nearly double the spending on leisure (at 20%). In the same year, the expenditure on clothing stood at 10%, 1% higher than the total for transport and
energy
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, with respective figures of 9% and 5%.
Thereafter
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, the spending on transport increased considerably to 15%, which is the highest figure of all in 2000.
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, the spent on
food
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and leisure registered a
dramatically
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decline to 14% and 12%. The remaining figures
also
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followed similar patterns, but were less pronounced, with respective figures for clothing and
energy
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being 5% and 2% arrivals in 2000.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words food, energy with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 6 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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