The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in 2009.

The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in 2009.
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The bar chart compares shares of expenditures for different main categories in four countries in 2009.
It is clear that
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shares of food housing and transportation had
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high
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increase in the United
States
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,
Canada
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, the United
Kingdom
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and
Japan
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compared to other figures
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care and clothing. Regarding Food expenditure,
Japan
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stood at the highest level and it doubled approximately that United
States
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, standing at 23 per
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. In the United
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, there was
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rise in food expenditure than
Canada
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, at around 21 per
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and 15 per
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, respectively.
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, Housing was the highest figure among other expenditures.
Canada
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was the lowest index in
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category, standing at 20 per
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.
Japan
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and the United
Kingdom
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were higher than it and they had 2 per
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and 4 per
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increases, compared to
Canada
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's figure. In housing,
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States
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exactly the biggest number, at around 26 per
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.
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, the figures for Transportation in the United
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and
Canada
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did not have a big difference, standing at 19 per
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and 20 per
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, respectively. The United
Kingdom
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's index was higher than
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's. As for Health care and Clothing expenditures, in all parts there were unnoticeable figures, they all were under the 10 per
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index.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words states, canada, kingdom, japan, cent with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "undefined" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "compares" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "stood" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • expenditures
  • categories
  • shares
  • percentage
  • comparison
  • analysis
  • factors
  • spending patterns
  • living standards
  • priorities
  • trends
  • bar chart
  • economic
  • cultural influences
  • household budget
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