The table illustrates the proportion of monthly household income five European countries spend on food and drink, housing, clothing and entertainment. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the proportion of monthly household income five European countries spend on food and drink, housing, clothing and entertainment. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The table shows how citizens in five countries in Europe spend their
income
every month on
food
/
drink
, housing, clothing and
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entertainment
enterntainment
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entertainment
/
Overall
, the most significant proportion of money is allocated to meals and housing,
whereas
the least to clothing and entertainment.
It is clear that
France, Turkey and Spain spend more on
Food
/
drink
, as
oppose
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to France, Germany, and the UK, which have
tho
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to
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use
this
money on housing. Focusing first on expenditures on
food
/
drink
and housing, nearly 30-35% of
income
goes on
meal
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meals
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in Turkey and Spain, and approximately 20%
people
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of people
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spend there to cover
expences
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expenses
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on housing. As for the other three countries, the citizens have to spend most of their revenue on housing and slightly less on
food
and
drink
(approximately 30-35% and about 20%, respectively). As for the percentage of
income
used on clothing and
enterntainment
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entertainment
, nearly 8% is going on buying clothes,
while
almost 15%
Spanish
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of Spanish
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and French
spned
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spend
speed
there to
enterntain
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entertain
themselves. In the UK and Turkey, The proportion of citizen's
income
spent on these goods is at the level of roughly 10%. With regard to Germany, people there are able to relax more, as almost 20% of their wages
goes
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on
enterntainment
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entertainment
, which is 5% higher than money on clothing.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words income, food, drink with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • allocate
  • proportion
  • expenditure
  • speculate
  • real estate
  • average income
  • trends
  • significant differences
  • lifestyle
  • surprising findings
  • notable patterns
  • economic priorities
  • living standards
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