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［Issue74］The most effective way to communicate an idea or value to large groups of people is through the use of images, not language. ［参考范文］I strongly agree with the author on the claim that image generally serves to be a better means of communication than language， and this is no exception when the audience is a large group. Though everyday we speak one or several languages to express ourselves， the Achilles heel of language makes it incompetent in certain critical case. That Achillesheel is misinterpretation， a characteristic of language，particularly conspicuous when it comes to multi-language situations. Among countless misunderstandings in this way ever since people begin to speak， one heartbreaking tragedy can effectively support this claim. The story begins with one American boy who fell in love with a Japanese girl， but neither expressed their feeling for each other at that moment. One day when the boy was to leave the girl for a period of time，he left her a note with the word shine on it. The word shine，initially indicating her shining beauty as the boy later said，shocked the Japanese girl when she see it， and so despaired at the note that she committed suicide three days later. The reason， later discovered，is that the girl with poor English interpreted the word as shi-ne，which is go hell or die in Japanese. In the case nobody can deny the crime of language，since the young girl would not have perished were it not for this grievous misinterpretation. Therefore we see the harmful， in this case fatal， consequence that may be brought about by the Achilles heel of language. | 
