从英文提示信息可以看出，这种题目要求考生至少完成两方面的写作任务：一是描述图画(describe the picture)，二是分析道理(explain how you understand it)。
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简要描述图画表面信息，作者采用的写作方法是翻译了图片左下角的中文提示语——一只木桶，最短的一片决定其容量；一根铁链，最脆弱的一环决定其强度。
As is shown in the picture, the shortest board decides the capacity of the wooden barrel, and the broken ring makes the iron chain bear the weight that it should have done becoming impossible.
然而，Head First 的编辑相当直白地说出这个谚语，“一副图画能够比得上千字的描述”，并且他们肯定找到了用图片取代冗长文章的好方法。
Well, the Head First editors took the saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words" quite literally, and they definitely found a good way to use pictures as a substitute for long, drawn out text.
显然，至于Neato，我从未给Neato描述一副图画,但他的小蝴蝶领结，和谨小慎微的,“哦，我不想弄脏自己“,他只是一群同性恋的典型。
Obviously, Neato--I've never drawn a picture of Neato but with his little bow tie and his prissy "Oh, I don't want to get dirty" he's just a bundle of gay stereotypes.
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