Writing Task 1 - Academic (Line Graph-money spent on books)

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This graph illustrates the amount of money utilised on books in four european countries namely, Germany, France, Italy and Austria from year 1995 to 2005.

Based on the graph, Germany spent the most amount of money on books, where it started with 80 million in 1995 and rose gradually for the following years to 1999. The same trend pattern is also shared by Austria, in 1995, it increased its book spending from 30 million to 40million to 1999. However, the spending for subsequent years remained stagnant until 2001. As for Germany, despite its slow decrease between 1999 and 2003, it managed to regain its position by reaching 90million in year 2005.

As for France and Italy, both shared close spending amount of money on books. Both countries had a rise in the book spending from 1995 to 1997, but encountered a drop starting 1997 onwards. Nevertheless, in 2001, France and Italy increased its expense on books to 71million and 61 millions respectively.

Overall, during this ten year period, Germany remained as the highest spender on books as compared to three other countries.

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The line graph compares the figure for money spent on books by three different countries over a period of 10 years.

It can be clearly seen that the figure for Germany remained at above all countries on spending money for books. Meanwhile, there is a dramatic increase in the Austria figures.

In 1995, Germany spent money of about 80 million, the highest amount amid the others while the figure for France and Italy saw about 55 million and 50 million receptively. At the same time, the rate of Austria stood at 30 million.

Between 1995 and 2005, the amount of money on books in German rose to approximately 100 million in 2005, the highest rate of spending among the other countries. Likewise, the figure for France rose moderately from roughly 55 million to 75 million, an increase of 20 million in ten years.

Meanwhile, the rate of Austria saw a significant increase, from just 30 million to just over 60 million in 2005. The most noticeable feature in Austria is in the year 2003 when Austria exceeded Italy for the first time and continued to rise until the end of years in question. Therefore, Italy was the only one country which has the least amount of money spent for Books, at nearly 50 million in 2005.

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This graph illustrates the amount of money spent on books in four European countries, Germany, France, Italy and Austria from 1995 to 2005.

Based on the graph, Germany spent the most amount of money on books. In 1995 this figure was 80 million. This steadily rose to 90 million by 1999. The same trend is also shared by Austria. By 1999, spending increased from 30 million to 40 million. However, the spending for subsequent years remained stagnant until 2001, when there was a sudden jump in spending, up to 70 million dollars by 2005. As for Germany, there was a slight decrease between 1999 and 2003, from 90 million to 85 million, but spending had increased to 95 million by 2005.

As for France and Italy, both shared close spending amount of money on books.(<--Reword to: "France and Italy spent a similar amount on books in 1995, 55 and 50 million dollars respectively. Both countries had a rise in spending from 1995 to 1997 to 58 and 54 million dollars, but Italy then showed a decrease to 50 million in 1999 while France continued to rise to 60 milion. Nevertheless, by 2001, France and Italy both increased spending on books to 69 million and 55 million respectively. These figures continued to increase to 73 million and 62 million by 2005.

Overall, during this ten year period, Germany remained the highest spender on books as compared to three other countries.