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The graph below gives information about U.S government spending on research between 1980 and 2008

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The graph below gives information about U.S government spending on research between 1980 and 2008
The line graph illustrates the
amount
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 of money spent on research in
health
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,
space
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, energy, general science and other spheres over the period from 1980 to 2008.
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, for the whole time range, the
health
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 sphere is the leader in terms of the
amount
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 spent on it,
while
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 general science is the least sponsored field of study. Starting from about 8
billion
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dollars
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 in 1980, spending on
health
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 research increased by almost 200% to 22
billion
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in
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dollars in
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 2004.
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, later on, the
amount
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 decreased to about 16
billion
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 in 2008. Despite the decrease,
health
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 received more than twice the funding as the
space
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 field, which was in second place in 2008.
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 the general science
investments
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'
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 did not decrease on almost every interval from about 3
billion
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dollars
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 in 1980 to 5
billion
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 in 2000, with the later hold on the same
amount
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, the energy sphere and other
investments
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 decreased from about 8
billion
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 to 5
billion
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 and from 7
billion
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 to 5 billions respectively.
Space
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 research demonstrated a similar pattern to
investments
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 in other spheres , with the growth from 5
billion
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dollars
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 in 1984 to about 8
billion
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dollars
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 in 2000.
However
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,
while
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 other
investments
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 decreased starting from that period,
space
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 funding grew to about 9
billion
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 in 2008.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however, while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words amount, health, space, billion, dollars, investments with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 6 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • funding levels
  • government expenditure
  • trend analysis
  • budget allocation
  • inflation-adjusted dollars
  • historic highs/lows
  • research grants
  • public investment
  • financial resources
  • sector-specific spending
  • economic downturn
  • national priorities
  • scientific advancement
  • fiscal policy
  • economic stimulus
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