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Task 1 The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

Task 1 The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.
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The given chart demonstrates the data about households in a particular country spending their weekly income between 1968 and 2018. It is interesting to note that in 1968
people
 spent
large
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a large
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 amount of
money
 to buy
a food
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food
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 (35%)
whereas
people
 in 2018 gave more priority to spending their
money
to
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on
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entertaining
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entertainment
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, almost 23%. In 1968,
people
 spent almost
over
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apply
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one third
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one-third
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 of
weekly
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their weekly
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 wage to buy
a food
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food
a portion of food
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 but spent much less on accommodation (10%), compared with
people
 in 2018, almost
one fifth
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one-fifth
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 of their income.
Furthermore
, in 1968, families purchased fuel and electricity over 5% and clothing and shoes
one tenth
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one-tenth
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 of the whole income.
Although
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However
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, households after 5 decades did not give as much value
stood
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 at nearly 3 - 5%, respectively. Moving to
further
 details
items
 for household and personal use were acquired for
same
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the same
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 amount of
money
, about 8% in 1968. But households in 2018 spent
equal
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an equal
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 amount of
money
for
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on
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 household
items
unlike
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, unlike
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 personal
items
 which were only 4%.
Finally
, the
last
 two sections which are transport fees and entertainment showed similar trends in 1968, roughly 7% - 8%. In 2018, it had grown to almost 14% on
transtort
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transport
 fees and 22% on entertainment.
Overall
, it is seen that each section
valued
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was valued
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 differently over 50 years except
household
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for household
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items
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words people, money, items with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fifth paragraph.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Weekly income
  • Expenditure
  • Consumption patterns
  • Cost of living
  • Discretionary spending
  • Inflation
  • Economic indicators
  • Demographics
  • Socio-economic factors
  • Technology advancements
  • Government policies
  • Consumerism
  • Lifestyle changes
  • Fiscal habits
  • Budget allocation
  • Financial priorities
  • Societal trends
  • Purchasing power
  • Income distribution
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