The graph below shows the average monthly salary and the prices of black and white and colour TV in Japanese yen from 1953 to 1973. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The graph below shows the average monthly salary and the prices of black and white and colour TV in Japanese yen from 1953 to 1973. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
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The line graph illustrates the wage of people in Japan
along with
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the costs of black, white and
colour
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TVs
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in Japanese
yen
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in the period between 1953 and 1973.
According to
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the
chart
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we can notice that the salaries of people were steadily increasing during all period,
while
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TV prices significantly went down, even though in 1953's everything was vice versa In 1953 there were no
colour
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TVs
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, only black versions which cost way higher than the average salary (100 thousand
yen
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). In the next
decade
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people's wages started to rise from 20thousand
yen
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to more than 80,
whereas
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the
TVs
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cost decreased from 100 000 to 50 000
yen
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. The invention of
colour
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TV happened in the '60s, with a high price for it (180 000), triple more than the monthly wage at that time.
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, the salary didn't stop rising, reaching the highest index in the '70s with 180 000
yen
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. Meanwhile, the black and white TV prices are 6 times lower than it. The
colour
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TVs
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also
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rapidly declined in cost to 30 000yen
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Vocabulary: Replace the words colour, tvs, yen with synonyms.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • average monthly salary
  • price
  • black and white TV
  • colour TV
  • Japanese yen
  • technological changes
  • financial investment
  • advancements in technology
  • production efficiency
  • higher price point
  • novelty
  • advanced technology
  • post-war economic boom
  • industrial growth
  • consumer-friendly market
  • electronics sector
  • affordable
  • financial accessibility
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