You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005.

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

Write at least 150 words.
The figure depicts a line graph illustrating the
amount
of money spent on books over the span of a decade, in four countries: Germany,
France
, Italy and
Austria
. Germany clearly spent the most on books over the course of the decade, spending at least $
15million
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15 million
more than
France
at any given point. The most they spent was in 2005, spending approximately $95million. From 1995 to 2005, there was a general
increase
in expenditure, despite a drop in 2003.
France
followed Germany, being the country to spend the second highest
amount
. There was a steady
increase
in the total spent, from 1995 to 2005. In 1997,
France
and Italy spent almost the same
amount
,
however
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France
maintained
it's
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its
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second
postion
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position
. Italy and
Austria
spent the least
amount
of money on books. Before 2003, Italy had spent more than
Austria
,
however
after 2003,
Austria
had overtaken Italy in book expense. The sharp
increase
between 2001 and 2003 for
Austria
caused the change in sequence, pushing Italy to
final
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the final
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position.
Austria
showed a general
increase
in
expense
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,
whereas
Italy's line graph had a dip in 1999.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words amount, france, austria, increase with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "amount" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 4 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • spending patterns
  • steady increase
  • notable growth
  • highest spending
  • moderate increase
  • significant growth
  • comparative analysis
  • cultural investment
  • economic trends
  • over the period
  • consistently higher
  • between X and Y
  • relative starting point
  • year-on-year increase
  • expenditure on books
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