Part B

48. Directions:

In this section, you are asked to write an essay based on the following chart. In your writing, you should

1) Interpret the chart and

2) Give your comments.

You should write at least 150 words.

Write your essay on on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)

【参考范文】

From the information given in the above column chart. it can be seen that the subscription nurof mobile phones indeveloped countries had a steady but slight increase from 2000 to 2007 and remained unchanin 2008.，while there was a dramatic increase from 0.4 to 4 billion mobile phone subscriptions in developing countries。

As far as I am concerned， the reasons leading to this phenomenon are as follows. Firstly,the developed countries have a limited number of population and therefore,the spreading of the mobile phone serviceefficient and soon the market is saturated. Secondly，the extremely advanced civilization of developed countries mears less potential in such areas as private telecommunication tools and their demand for further enlargement of such tools tend to saturate. Finally,developing countries have been enjoying strong economic growth in recent years.

As a resul,people in most developing countries are richer,especially in China. So they can afford to buy such necessities as mobile-phones，as the prices continued to drop greatly in the past years.

In short,now more and more people own mobile-phone，which makes it more convenient for people.And I firmly believe that this established trend will continue for quite a while in the forthcoming years.

参考译文:

从上面的图表可以看出，2000年到2007年，发达国家的手机订阅的用户数量稍有提升并在2008年保持平稳状态。然而，发展中国家的用户数量已从4亿飞升至40亿。

我认为这种现象与以下几个因素有关。首先，发达国家的人口数量有限，因此随着手机服务的快速发展发达国家的市场已趋于饱和。其次，高度发达的文明使得发达国家在私人通讯工具等方面不再有太大的发展空间因此人们对此工具的需求趋于饱和。最后，由于近年来发展中国家经济的飞速增长，以中国为首的发展中国家的人们越来越富有。

并且随着手机价格的不断下降，越来越多的人们可以负担起这一开销。