文档介绍：考研英语（二）十大必背图表作文
：电信产业
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 English words.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 Points)
Mobile-phone Subscriptions (2000-2008)
(subscription number: billion)
From the information given in the above column chart, we can see a striking contrast in mobile-phone subscriptions between developing and developed countries from 2000 to 2008. During this period, there has been a dramatic increase from to 4 billion mobile phone subscriptions in developing countries, while that of developed countries remained steady under 1 billion during the decade.
At least two fundamental factors could contribute to this phenomenon. On the one hand, with the rapid increase in economy happening in the developing countries, the telecommunication industry in those countries got a great bound to meet the demand of globalization. As a result, the user of mobile phone which can narrow the distance between people and link the whole world together rose at an incredible speed. On the other hand, the extremely advanced civilization of developed countries means less potential in many aspects including in the area of private telecommunication tools and their demand for further enlargement of