看图写作——It’s Bad to Waste Food（谁知盘中餐 粒粒皆辛苦），本文主要内容关键词为：谁知盘中餐论文,粒粒皆辛苦论文,看图论文,Waste论文,Bad论文，此文献不代表本站观点，内容供学术参考，文章仅供参考阅读下载。
一位圆滚滚的老妇人正使劲弯下她那敦实的身子，给一位小男孩说着什么。男孩头戴棒球帽，双手端放在身子两旁，抬头认真地听着。画面的右上方有一幅插画，画的是农民耕种时的情景；男孩的脚边上可以看见几粒洒落的粮食……
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Description of the Old Woman（对老妇人的描述）
1.The old woman is trying to teach the boy a very valuable lesson.
2.She is wearing a traditional shirt with cloth fasteners.
3.She has an apron around her waist.
4.Her hair is pulled back in bun.
5.She is bending down to talk to a child in front of her.
6.Her left hand is on the boy’s shoulder.
7.Her right hand is gesturing as she explains her point.
第一句“The old woman is trying to teach the boy s very valuable lesson.”的句意是“这位老妇人正在给男孩上很有意义的一课。”
描述时可附带一句对于其神情的描写：
She has a stern but kind look on her face.
她脸上的表情严肃中透出慈祥。
或：
She looks very serious.but she is well-intentioned.
她看上去很严肃，那是出于善意。
对于其说话的内容，我们可以根据画面的提示进行联想和推测：
She is explaining to the boy about the rice that he has spilled on the ground.
她正在给男孩讲述有关他将米粒洒落在地的事情。
In the upper right hand corner I can see farmers working very hard in the field，and I assume that is what the old lady is talking about.
图的右上角，我看到有人在田里干活，我猜想那位老妇人讲的正是这个内容。
第七句“Her right hand is gesturing as she explains her point.”的句意是“她一边讲道理，一边用右手比划着。”
她的讲话，若将要点挑明，可以说：
She is patiently explaining the value of rice to the boy，which shows that she has strong traditional values.
她耐心地向孩子说明米的价值，这说明她具有很强的传统价值观念。
Description of the Boy（对男孩的描述）
1.The boy is looking up at the old woman.
2.He is holding a scoop，and he is spilling trains of rice out of it.
3.We cannot see the boy’s face，but he probably looks ashamed at spilling the rice.
4.He is wearing a hat even though he is indoors.
5.Perhaps he just came in from playing outside.
6.He is listening very closely to what the old woman is saying.
7.He is a small，short boy and probably still quite young.
第二句“He is looking up at the old woman.”的句意是“他抬着头望着这位老妇人。”
这句亦可以这样写：
The boy lifts his eyes to meet the old woman s gaze.
这个男孩抬眼与老妇人凝视的目光相对。
The boy has raised his head to meet the old woman’s eyes.
这男孩抬起头，与老妇人的双眼对视。
第七句“He is listening very closely to what the old woman is saying.”的句意是“他正全神贯注地听老妇人对他说。”
表示“专心地听”，亦可以用其它一些副词来替代“closely”，如：
He is listening very closely to what the woman is saying.
attentively
seriously
carefully
Description of the Thought Bubble（对思想泡泡的描述）
1.In the top right hand of the picture，there is an idea bubble，or thought bubble.
2.It expresses what the old woman is telling the boy.
3.There are two farmers working in the field.
4.They have straw-hats on.
5.One of them is crouched down gathering the rice.
6.The other is putting the rice in a thresher to have it cleaned.
第一句“In the top right hand of the picture，there is an idea bubble。”的句意是“画面的右上方有一个思想泡泡。”
短语“in the top right hand（corner）of the picture”，表示“画面的右上方”。
这是表示方位的词组。画面中的方位是怎样表达的呢?
我们先在下列空白画面上定下十一个待表达的方位，然后用字母顺序将它们标列出来，如下图：
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这些字母所示的方位分别可以表达为：
A:bottom left hand corner of the picture
B:low middle part of the picture
C:bottom right hand corner of the picture
D:left hand middle of the picture
E:center of the picture
F:right hand middle of the picture
G:top left hand comer of the picture
H:top middle of the picture
I:top right hand corner of the picture
J:left side of the picture
K:right side of the picture
第二句“It expresses what the old woman is telling the boy.”的句意是“它展示的便是这位老妇人对孩子所说的内容。”
It expresses what the woman is telling the boy.
shows
indicates
displays
tells us
graphically displays
Comment on the Boy（评论男孩）
1.The boy didn't understand how valuable the rice is.
2.He didn't know how precious it really is,and he thought nothing of spilling it.
3.He didn't realize how much work and effort is involved in growing the rice.
4.It is important for children to be taught this sort of lesson.
5.Children should be taught at an early age to be frugal and conserve resources instead of wasting resources.
6.The lesson is that you should not be wasteful;people work very hard to get that grain.
第四句“It is important for children to be taught this sort of lesson.”的句意是‘对孩子们进行这种教育是很重要的。”
句子的后半部分可进行同义替换或近义替换：
It’s important for children to be taught this sort of lesson.
learn to be thrifty.
（学会节俭）
learn to value and take care of food.
（学会珍惜、爱惜粮食）
learn not to waste food.
（懂得不浪费粮食）
第六句“The lesson is that you should not be wasteful；people work very hard to get that grain.”的句意是“我们应该懂得：切不可浪费。为了这点收成，人们要付出艰辛的劳动。”
这句话亦可以这样写：
The moral the old woman is trying to teach the boy is that rice is very valuable.It takes a great deal of work to get that rice,and therefore,it shouldn't be wasted.
这位老妇人正在给男孩讲述的道理是：米很珍贵，它来之不易，因而不能浪费。
写作时思想要放开。切不可拘泥于文字本身。比如同样要表达这个意思，我们这样写也未尝不可：
The lesson is that every grain of rice in your bowl represents all the hard work that was necessary to get that rice to your table.
讲的道理是碗中的每一粒饭都包含着端上桌前的每一份辛勤劳动。
实例
Sample 1
This old woman is trying to teach the boy a valuable lesson.The boy has been very careless with the rice and has dropped the grains all over the ground.The old woman is explaining to him:"These little seeds might not look like a big deal.They may even seem inexpensive and,you may not think that they are very valuable.But there is much labor involved in planting and harvesting that rice.The farmers have worked very hard to produce that rice for you.If they took those seeds that you have spilled and planted them,they would produce a large harvest that could feed many people.So when you waste those seeds,you're not just wasting the rice,you are in fact wasting the labor of many people and,the food that could feed many people."
Sample 2
In this picture,we can see a grandmother teaching an important lesson to the child who has spilled rice all over the ground.The child doesn't understand the value of the rice and is careless with it.He probably didn't think at all about the consequences of spilling the rice on the ground.His grandmother,however,understands the labor and efforts that went into harvesting the rice.She is explaining that the farmers worked very hard to produce the rice that her grandson has carelessly spilled on the floor.She wants her grandson to understand that when he wastes the rice,he wastes the labor of the people who produced the rice as well as the money that was spent to buy the rice.Learning the value of grain is an important lesson.