The chart below shows the expenditure of two countries on consumer goods in 2010.

The chart below shows the expenditure of two countries on consumer goods in 2010.
The bar chart illustrates the amount of
money
(measured in
pounds
sterling)
consumer
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consumed
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five
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by five
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different goods (cars, computers, books,
perfume
and
cameras
) in
France
and
UK
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the UK
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in
years
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the years
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2010.
Overall
, the
UK
spent more
money
than
France
in the given time period. Both
France
and
UK
accounted
most
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for most
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of their
money
for cars.
In contrast
, the
UK
spent
least
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the least
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money
for
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on
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perfume
while
France
spent on
cameras
.
Nevertheless
, the most significant difference in expenditure between
two
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the two
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countries was
cameras
. First and
above all
, people in the
UK
, spent about 450,000
pounds
whereas
in
France
were 400,000
pounds
with regard to cars.
Additionally
, in the
UK
expenditure on books
higher
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is higher
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than
France
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in France
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, about 400,000
pounds
and 350,000
pounds
respectively. In the
UK
,
amount
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the amount
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of their
money
spent on
cameras
(350,000
pounds
)
over
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was over
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double that of
France
, which was 150,000
pounds
.
Furthermore
, the total expenditure on consumer goods was higher in
France
. Above 350,000
pounds
was spent by
French
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the French
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on computers which was marginally more than
British
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the British
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who spent about 350,000
pounds
. In terms of
perfume
, neither by British nor by French spent much on
perfume
which
were
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was
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around 200,000
pounds
in
France
and just below 200,000
pounds
in the
UK
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words money, pounds, perfume, cameras, france, uk with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.

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  • expenditure
  • consumer goods
  • chart
  • countries
  • overall
  • compare
  • analyze
  • categories
  • consumer spending
  • trends
  • proportions
  • statistics
  • increase
  • decrease
  • significant
  • notable
  • remarkable
  • substantial
  • considerable
  • determine
  • conclude
  • in conclusion
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