The pictures show information about average income and spending on food and clothes by an average family in a city in the UK.

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The table illustrates the amount of average family earned and paid
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food
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and
clothes
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in a particular city in
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,
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the pie chart
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the
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information about the
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of
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expenses,in 2010 and 2013.
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total
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earned by an average family
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a
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slightly decreased between 2010 and 2013,the amount
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spent on
food
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and
clothes
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increased.
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,they spent more
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in
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food
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than
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clothes
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on clothes
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.
Accroding
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According
to the table,in 2010,
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of
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a
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family in
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earned 29000 pounds,
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nearly half of the
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was spent on
food
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and
clothes
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.In 2013,
,
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average
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income of a family in
UK
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the UK
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dropped to 25000 pounds,
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money
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that was used
in
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food
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and
clothes
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has
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slightly increased from 14000 to 15000. Regarding the pie chart,the
proportion
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of
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used for meat and fish was the largest with 29% in 2010,
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it dropped to 23% in 2013.
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,a downward trend was seen in the figure for
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,from 15% to 13%.
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,the
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of fruit and vegetables and daily
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products
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has an upward trend with 26% and 12% growth to 30% and 16% respectively.
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,
category
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of other
food
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had
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remain
same
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the same
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proportion
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for three years with 18%.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • average income
  • spending habits
  • proportion
  • cost of living
  • economic changes
  • cultural factors
  • standard of living
  • economic health
  • leftover income
  • savings
  • expenses
  • financial trends
  • value for money
  • economic forecasts
  • significant increase/decrease
  • spending patterns
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