7)Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should:
1) describe the drawing briefly,
2) explain its intended meaning, and then
3) state your point of view.
範文：
In the picture, a man is holding a huge bag which contains those he possesses. Meanwhile, a woman, probably his wife, is scolding him for abandoning another small bag, which symbolizes those he is not able to attain.
The woman is quite representative of most of people, who tend to care too much about what they have lost, while ignoring what they have gained. For instance, most individuals realize the importance of health only when they get diseases, while in ordinary days they seldom cherish health. Another example would be those corrupted officials who fear losing any opportunity to make a fortune yet forgetting their own advantages. Napoleon’s failure is a more serious lesson in this case, because he refused to remain content of ruling such a strong country like France but craved for the whole world.
As a Chinese saying goes, people can be happy if they constantly feel content. Life would be miserable and stressful if we always focus on the stuff that we lose or that is beyond our reach. If we carefully examine what we already have—health, job, love, parents—we will surely come to realize how fortunate we actually are.
譯文：
圖中描繪了一個男人心滿意足地抱著一個巨大的袋子，裡面裝著他已經得到的東西。同時，一個看起來可能是他妻子的女人正在責罵他丟棄了一個小包，這個包象徵著他不能得到的東西。
女人代表著大多數人，他們總是關心自己失去的東西，而忽略了他們已經得到的。例如，大多數人只有在生病的時候才意識到健康的重要性，而在平時他們很少珍惜健康。另一個例子是那些生怕失去任何一個發財機會的貪官，但他們卻忘了他們已有的很多優勢。此外，拿破崙的失敗是這方面一個更加嚴重的教訓，因為他不滿於統治一個強大的法國，而是覬覦統治整個世界。
中國古語有云，知足者常樂。如果我們太在乎所失去的或者得不到的東西，那麼生活就會變得很悲慘而且壓力也非常大。相反，如果我們仔細審視自己已經擁有的東西——健康、工作、愛、父母——我們一定能夠意識到我們有多麼幸運。
閃光詞彙及詞組：
scold: v. 責罵，斥責
cherish: v. 珍惜
make a fortune: 發財
crave: v. 懇求，渴望
stressful: adj. 產生壓力的
fortunate: adj. 幸運的
萬能句型：
The woman is quite representative of most of people, who tend to…
Another example would be…
…is a more serious lesson in this case…
As a Chinese saying goes, people can be happy if they constantly feel content.
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