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The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the USA, Canada, the UK and Japan in 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart below shows shares of expenditures for five major categories in the USA, Canada, the UK and Japan in 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar graph illustrates the percentage of
expenses
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 in five different sectors of four countries (United
States
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, Canada, United Kingdom) in 2009.
Overall
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, it
can be
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is
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 evident that
,
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apply
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 a large proportion of
money
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the money
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 was spent in
Housing
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the Housing
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 sector,
whereas
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, Health care had a
minorty
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minority
 of
expenditures
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expenditure
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.
To begin
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 with, more
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then
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than
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 a quarter of
money
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the money
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 was spent
in
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on
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 Housing in
United
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the United
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state
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States
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, and
a
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apply
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less
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then
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than
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 25% in other countries.
Food
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The food
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 industry has
second
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the second
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 highest
shares
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share
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 in
expenses
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 for Japan and
United
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the United
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 Kingdom, meanwhile United
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states
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States
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 and Canada accounted for
a
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apply
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less
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then
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than
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 15% of
expenses
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. Exactly 20% of
money
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the money
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spent
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was spent
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 by Canada
in
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on
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 Transportation,
whereas
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, countries invested less than 20%. Only United
States
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 spend more
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then
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than
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 5%
in
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on
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 health care,
while
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,
United
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the United
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 Kingdom has around 2.5% of
expenses
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. In
clothing
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the clothing
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 sector,
approx
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approximately
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 5% of
expenses
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done
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are done
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 by
three
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the three
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 nations
expect
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except
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the Uinted
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Uinted
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United
States
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. Which has around 2.5% of
share
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the share
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 in Clothing.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "whereas".
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Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words expenses, states with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Only 5 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • expenditure proportions
  • key categories
  • emerged as the leading category
  • expenditure share
  • cultural or economic differences
  • disproportionately high
  • unique healthcare structure
  • spending habits
  • claimed the largest share
  • relatively consistent
  • devoting the smallest percentage
  • distinct distributions
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