來源：新東方
On Doing Small Things 從小事做起
圖畫的內容和構圖不難：父親和男孩子的對話，孩子說“ Dad，I am a bit worried about disposing of nuclear weapon. （爸爸，我有點擔心清除核武器這個問題）”，父親則回答“ If you can empty the dustbin, you can do anything. (如果妳能把垃圾桶倒掉，妳就能坐好任何事情)” ，說話間，手指著垃圾桶。
說回這個四級的作文題。
作文的第壹段，要進行簡單描繪圖畫內容，這是必須的，也是題目中強制要求的（a brief description of the picture）。描述的時候，只要把父子兩的對話移植到第壹段，然後把父親手指垃圾桶的動作描繪壹下就可以了，非常簡單。
作文的第二段，進行主旨提煉並且論述。這幅圖畫很容易看出主題，那就是做大事之前，要先做小事（壹屋不掃，何以掃天下）,而且題目中其實早就已經透露了主題了 （express your views on the importance of doing small things before undertaking something big.）因此，第二段通篇論述小事做起的重要性就可以了。屬於我在課堂上講過的作文三大分類之“積極主題，論述意義”
作文第三段，總結，啟發。這壹段再次強調小事做起的意義，我們不能低估他的威力。文章最後可以以名人名言作為結尾。
請看範文：
We can see from the illustration there is a father talking to his son. Having heard his son’s words “Dad, I am a bit worried about disposing of nuclear weapons”, the father replies, “If you can empty the dustbin here, you can do anything”, pointing the garbage can beside him.
Funny and common as the conversation sounds, it reflects that the father intends to advise his son to do small things before undertaking the big. Unquestionably, doing small things is the first step of success and will lay root for doing something big. By doing something small, we are enabled to accumulate experience, master skills and train ourselves to be more patient. In other words, we can be well prepared for further challenges in the course of fulfilling small things. By contrast, those who set out to do something big will be constantly haunted by disappointment, frustrations or even failures. As when opportunity “something big” appears, they can hardly seize them because of the lack of experience and confidence stems from doing small things. Taking the picture presented above as a case in point, how can the little boy succeed in disposing of nuclear weapons if he even doesn’t know how to empty the dustbin?
From my perspective, under no circumstances should we undervalue the power of doing small things. Instead, we should regard small things as the source of experience, skills and the prerequisite of success. “Great achievement only belongs to those who can do small things perfectly.” Aristotle once said.
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