Task 1: The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
the chart illustrates the proportion of eight types of average weekly spending by families in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
, the biggest part of spending in 1968 was food, however
, it turns to the cost of leisure in 2018. It already accounts for a fifth of total revenue.
There were some significant increases from 1968 in several terms. Spending on leisure activities had doubled in the year 1968. It was followed by housing expenses, the figure shows an increase of nearly 20 per cent
over 1968, And the smallest increase is transportation, only about 10 per cent
.
On the other hand
, some terms decreased. The cost of food, the largest part of the families’ expenditures in 1968, had been reduced by half. The expenses for garments and personal goods show the same trend, their percentage dipped by five per cent
. The smallest reduction was fuel consumption, about two per cent
. Whereas
there was no change in the spending on household goods.Submitted by 1211468691 on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words cent with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "shows" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increases" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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