5. 誠信問題——商家誠信

　　Directions:

　　Study the following drawing carefully and write an essay to

　　1) describe the drawing,

　　2) deduce the purpose of the painter of the drawing, and

　　3) suggest counter-measures.

　　You should write 160~200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)

　　參考范文：

　　As is vividly portrayed in the drawing above, a milk salesman is promoting a bottle of milk, which is marked with “next year” as its production date. 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.