Question

In your spoken English class, your teacher shows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

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Answer 1

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As we can see from the picture, it is raining hard, and there, under the broken umbrella, stands a man holding a small but good umbrella in his hand.

In my opinion, the picture tries to tell us that it’s not the size but the quality that we should focus on. When it is raining cats and dogs, the large one cannot prevent you from being showered, or it doesn’t work or function as it should, because it is broken or of poor quality, while the other one, small as it is, can protect you from the rain.

In our daily life, sometimes we pay too much attention to the size or appearance. In fact, what we should concentrate on is the quality. Only in this way can we benefit from what we have.