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The table shows the amount of money given to developing countries by the USA, EU countries, and other countries from 2006 to 2010 (Figures are in millions of dollars)

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The table illustrates the millions of
dolars
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dollars
 spent to
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countries
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 by the USA, EU
contries
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countries
, and other
countries
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 from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 to 2010.
Overall
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, the
figuers
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figures
 fluctuated over the period. The USA spent
highest
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the highest
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 amount of money in 2010. wherase others
countries
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 spent the lowest number in 2006. In 2006,
The
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 USA accounted for
9.8
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$9.8 million
million
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$ and experienced an increase till 2008 of
17
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$17 million
million
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$,
while
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 in 2009
decliend
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declined
 slightly to 16.7
million
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 $ .
However
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, in 2010
reached
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it reached
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 a peak
at 20.3
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of $20.3
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million
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 $.
EU
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The
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countries
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 money given
went
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by EU countries went
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 up slowly

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Vocabulary: Replace the words countries, million with synonyms.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • money
  • aid
  • countries
  • developing
  • amount
  • year
  • increase
  • decrease
  • compare
  • contrast
  • overall
  • trend
  • highest
  • specific
  • pattern
  • explain
  • reasons
  • financial
  • source
  • significant
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