The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981, 1991, and 2001. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981, 1991, and 2001.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The pie charts illustrate the comparative proportions of the annual total school
expenditure
in some selected schools in The UK in 1981 and 1991.
Overall
, teachers'
salaries
had the lion's share of the school spending in both years, increasing over the next ten years.
While
the percentages of spending on other workers'
salaries
and resources from the whole spending rose during the period shown, the level of
expenditure
on furniture and equipment fell considerably. In 1981, 40% of the total school spending
allocated
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to the teachers'
salaries
which made the greatest percentage.
Moreover
, the proportion of
expenditure
for
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resources was as same as that of furniture and equipment.
While
other workers'
salaries
was
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responsible for 28% of the total expense, 2% of
whole
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expenditure
was for the insurance costs. Over the next ten years, the spending on the teachers'
salaries
remained as the highest percentage of spending, comprising
the
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half of the total spending in schools.
Although
the spending on
the
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resources showed an increase of 5% to 20% in 1991, the percentage for furniture and equipment experienced a significant decrease to 5%.
According to
the pie charts, other workers'
salaries
had 22% of the total spending in 1991, as compared to
to
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28% of that in 1981.
Whereas
the spending on
the
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insurance increased to 2%, it remained as the item with the lowest
perentage
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percentage
among other items.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words expenditure, salaries with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "charts" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportions" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • spending distribution
  • annual expenditures
  • budget allocation
  • highest expenditures
  • fluctuations
  • budget priorities
  • reduced spending
  • increased spending
  • emphasis
  • significant changes
  • consistent emphasis
  • rising costs
  • noteworthy shifts
  • spending patterns
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