You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.
The graph provides information about the
amount
of currency spent on novels in four Europe countries from 1995 to 2005.
Overall
, it can be seen that the US
dollars
paid for booklets experienced an upward trend in Germany ,France , Italy and Austria over the period .
To begin
with , in 1995, in Germany large
amount
of money was spent on booklets. It was approximately 80
million
dollars
in 1995 and increased to 90
million
dollars
in 1999 .
Additionally
, from 1999 to 2003, the investment spent on novels declined and
then
rose to 100
million
dollars
in 2005.
Furthermore
, cash spent on books in 1995 in France and Italy was 54
million
dollars
and 50
million
dollars
respectively. The statistics rose dramatically to 72
million
dollars
until 2005.
However
, from 1997 to 2005, the
amount
of cash being spent on notes showed fluctuation.
Moreover
, in 1995 , the least
amount
of money was spent on books accounting for 30
million
US
dollars
. The numbers rose slightly to 40
million
dollars
in 1999 and remained steady until 2001,
whereas
from 2001 to 2005 ,the paid
amount
on books increased swiftly to 70
million
dollars
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words amount, dollars, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • spending patterns
  • steady increase
  • notable growth
  • highest spending
  • moderate increase
  • significant growth
  • comparative analysis
  • cultural investment
  • economic trends
  • over the period
  • consistently higher
  • between X and Y
  • relative starting point
  • year-on-year increase
  • expenditure on books
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