Directions: Study the following cartoon carefully and write an essay of 160~200 words in which you should
1. describe the cartoon briefly,
2. interpret the phenomenon reflected, and
3. give your comments.
Depicted in this sarcastic drawing is a milk salesman promoting a bottle of milk, which is marked with 「next year」 as its production date. The man shows an unfriendly smile on his face, holding the defective product and selling it without any guilty. How horrible and irritating the action is! The drawing mirrors a common social phenomenon and is really thought-provoking.
The aim of the painter of the drawing is to reveal the fact of credibility crisis which is getting increasingly serious in our modern society. Credibility crisis should be the uppermost in our thoughts. Otherwise, our society is bound to deteriorate. Living in our society, people will suffer instead of enjoying the civilization and happiness of modern society because the society is filled with dishonesty and deception. Fu yang milk powder is a case in point. The fake milk powder killed many innocent babies, which has cast doubt on the credibility of human beings. It is not hard to spot cases of such kind in the field of education, medicine, accounting, entertainment, etc.
Counter-measures to deal with credibility crisis should be taken so as to return people a safe place to live in and to ensure people a healthy society. Most importantly, laws must be established to severely punish those who misbehave in terms of credibility.
經典語句學習：
How horrible and irritating the action is!
當我們用來描述壞的現象的時候，可以用 this phenomenon （這個現象）來代替 the action。
phenomenon n. 現象
The drawing mirrors a common social phenomenon and is really thought-provoking.
這句屬於萬能句式。經常用於第一段第三句。
thought-provoking adj. 發人深省的；引起思考的
Counter-measures n. 對策
credibility crisis 誠信危機
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