The given pie charts compare the expenses in 7 different categories in 1966 and 1996 by American Citizens. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

The pie chart illustrates the seven types of spending (food,
cars
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, petrol,
restaurants
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, furniture, computers, and
books
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) in 1996 by American citizens.
Overall
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, the largest
proportion
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was
cars
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. the second biggest
proportion
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was
foods
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food
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and
restaurants
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. The third largest
proportion
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was computers.
In contrast
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, the smallest ratio
was
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was booked
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books
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. On the one hand, the ratio of
cars
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made up at around 45% which was more than foods and
restaurants
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at about 31% and more than
computures
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computers
at around 35% in 1996. The second largest was
foods
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food
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and
restaurants
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. It remained roughly 14% in both
category
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which was less than
cars
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at around 31%.
Moreover
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, the
proportion
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of computers stayed at approximately 10% which is less than
cars
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at around 35%.
On the other hand
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, the ratio of petrol and furniture comprised approximately 8% which was greater than
books
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at about 7%. The smallest
proportion
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was
books
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which stood at below 2%.

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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Vocabulary: Replace the words cars, restaurants, books, proportion with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "ratio" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • spend
  • spending
  • money
  • cost
  • share
  • part
  • percent
  • rise
  • increase
  • grow
  • go up
  • fall
  • decrease
  • drop
  • slightly
  • big
  • large
  • great
  • much
  • same
  • stable
  • unchanged
  • compare
  • in contrast
  • while
  • however
  • overall
  • trend
  • pattern
  • category
  • section
  • figure
  • pie chart
  • more
  • less
  • higher
  • lower
  • in 1966
  • in 1996
  • income
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