问答题 Directions: Study the picture as following, and write an essay of about 150 words. Your essay must be based on the instructions as follows:
1. Describe the picture
2. Interpret its meaning
3. Predict the future of this phenomenon
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【答案解析】[参考范文]
In this picture, we can see clearly that a man of middle age is holding a knife and a fork, and having his dinner. But if we examine the meal in the plate, we"ll be shocked to see that he is feasting on some meat from such rare animals as pangolins and bear palms.
Shocked, isn"t it! But what factors bring about this situation. How is the meat of rare animals on the dinner table in a restaurant? Presumably, there"re many reasons underlying, but the central one is the law of supply and demand, because where there is demand, there is supply. Some people, out of their desire to satisfy new appetites, ask for certain food cooked with rare animals. Motivated by this demand, some restaurant owners appeal to this taste by serving such food and charging the guests expensive prices. In a sense, both guests and restaurant owners profit from this cruel business. The only victims are the dwindling animal resources.
On the basis of the analysis above, it is safe to conclude that some disturbing changes have taken place in the conservation of precious animal resources. Furthermore, it is disturbing to discover that such a phenomenon is still going on in many places in our country. Therefore, it is high time that we took severe actions to ban this cruel business.