Direction 24
Study the following picture carefully and write an essay in which you should:
1. describe the picture,
2. interpret the meaning of the picture;
3. make your comments.
You should write 160~200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
審題：
《踢皮球》圖畫題最常見的有兩種情況，一是寫世間的哲理，一是寫常見的社會現(xiàn)象或社會問題，這里是后一種情形。簡單的圖畫，深刻的寓意——這是當(dāng)前圖畫題最主要的趨勢之一。
拿到這個題目后，我們認(rèn)為它和其它的一些題目反映的情況不盡相同——隨著市場經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展，顧客被生產(chǎn)者和銷售商推來搡去的現(xiàn)象已大有改觀，所以我們可以這樣來安排全文——首段描述圖畫，次段以自身感受為基礎(chǔ)，描述過去的這種情形，第三段寫現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)大為改善的情況，末段下結(jié)論。
Sample:
The picture describes a match of kicking the ball: the person on the left has just kicked the ball toward the person on the right, who has already been ready to kick the ball back. A close examination will help us find out that this is a match between the producer and the seller—both of them refuse to take on the responsibility whenever the customer reports a problem.
We can’t forget those days in the past when we went shopping. The shop assistant was so cold and indifferent that we usually had to wait for long. We often had no right of comparing and selecting. Later when we found there was something wrong with the product, the chance of getting it exchanged was slim, not to mention returning it to the shop. The shop always said the producer was to blame, and if we went to the producer directly, the latter would say that it was not common practice for a customer to contact the producer. Even if we finally succeeded in exchanging the product, it always took too much time and wasted too much energy.
In the present environment of market economy, we are happy to see that the situation in our nation has improved significantly. When a customer is not satisfied with a product, he is entitled to return it to the store and get refunded during a certain period of time. If that time limit has passed, the customer still has the right to get the product exchanged.
In this era of fast economic development, both the producer and the seller should first cater to the needs of the customer. Anyone who fails to do so will be driven out of the market sooner or later.
點評：
首段先寫看到一場足球比賽，而后仔細(xì)一看，原來是生產(chǎn)者和銷售商在產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量出現(xiàn)問題時將消費者推來搡去。
第二段用六句話描述我們曾經(jīng)有過的痛苦的經(jīng)歷。第一句話是個引子。第二、三句描寫購物時不愉快的經(jīng)歷。第四句說發(fā)現(xiàn)質(zhì)量問題后，要換非常麻煩，更用不著說是退了。第五句話生動地再現(xiàn)了銷售者和生產(chǎn)商都拒絕負(fù)責(zé)的情形。末句說即使最后商品得以調(diào)換，也花費了大量的時間和精力——話語中充滿了無奈。
第三段說現(xiàn)在的情況已大幅改善。顧客有權(quán)在一段時間內(nèi)退貨，如果期限已過，也可以換貨。段中be entitled to表示“有權(quán)利做某事”，refund表示“退款”。
末段總結(jié)。第一句說在這個經(jīng)濟快速發(fā)展的時期，生產(chǎn)商和銷售商都應(yīng)把顧客的需求放在首位。第二句反過來說，任何做不到的人都遲早會被市場淘汰。
心得：
首段由遠(yuǎn)及近的寫法非常有效。第二段以時間為線索，描述了過去不愉快的經(jīng)歷。這一段以時間為線索，所以即使句子較多，也絲毫不顯得凌亂。第三段說明了現(xiàn)在的情形，與第二段形成鮮明的對比。末段正說加反說的辦法很有說服力。
