八分小作文 bar chart
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a bar chart
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task
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The bar chart shows the monthly spending in dollars of a
family in the USA on three items in 2010.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the
main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
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Model Answer
The bar chart depicts the monthly expenditure on food, gas and
clothing of a family living in the USA in 2010. Overall, it can be
seen that levels of expenditure fluctuated over the period.
To begin, in January the most money was spent on food, at
approximately $500 per month. Although expenditure on food
increased slightly the following month, it then fell to account for
the lowest expenditure of all the items at the end of the period at
just over $300.
Gas appeared to follow the opposite pattern to food spending. It
started lower at about $350 per month, falling in the following
month, and then increasing significantly to finish at just under
$600 in April.
Clothing, which at just over $200 accounted for the lowest
expenditure at the beginning of the period, fluctuated dramatically
over the time frame. After reaching around the same levels as food
in February (nearly $600), it dropped markedly in March, then
jumped to just under $700 in the final month.
With the exception of an increase in March, average spending
decreased slightly over the four months.
(183 words)
