新航道雅思團(tuán)隊(duì)范文-晚育的原因及優(yōu)劣勢(shì)

2017年4月8日雅思大作文題目：晚育的原因及優(yōu)劣勢(shì)

In some countries around the world men and women are having babies late in life. What are the reasons? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

連續(xù)4周教育類(lèi)話(huà)題之后，這周的雅思作文終于來(lái)到社會(huì)生活類(lèi)。

 

我們現(xiàn)在經(jīng)常看到一種現(xiàn)象，那就是年輕夫婦結(jié)婚后卻不急著要孩子，一直等到30歲，甚至40歲以后才要孩子。這是什么原因呢？

 

這個(gè)題目是2015年5月21日的原題翻版

 

 

Nowadays men and women in many countries decide to have babies at an older age. What are the reasons? What effects does this trend have on society and family life? 

 

只不過(guò)那次在分析完原因之后要求考生分析晚育對(duì)社會(huì)和家庭的影響，而本次要求考生分析晚育的好處和壞處。兩次作文貌似略有差異，但若仔細(xì)思考，其實(shí)并無(wú)多大區(qū)別。

 

那么造成晚育越來(lái)越流行的原因有哪些呢？唐老師經(jīng)常談及的“物質(zhì)/心理/社會(huì)”三個(gè)思維層次，這時(shí)候就可以派上用場(chǎng)了。

 

從物質(zhì)來(lái)說(shuō)，很多年輕夫婦沒(méi)有足夠的時(shí)間和金錢(qián)來(lái)養(yǎng)孩子；

 

從心理來(lái)說(shuō)，很多年輕夫婦希望在生孩子之前享受更多自由時(shí)間，比如全世界去旅游，去發(fā)展自己的興趣；

 

從社會(huì)來(lái)說(shuō)，工作晉升的壓力使年輕夫婦無(wú)法要孩子。同樣，晚育的好處和壞處也可從這幾個(gè)層次來(lái)考慮：富裕的父母對(duì)孩子養(yǎng)育更有利；世界經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的父母能更好地教育孩子；社會(huì)地位高的高齡父母更有可能制定有利于晚育父母的政策。當(dāng)然，晚育有可能對(duì)父母的身體造成壓力，但發(fā)達(dá)的現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)能有效解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題。

 

總體來(lái)說(shuō)，這個(gè)晚育的題目是比較好寫(xiě)的。但是，如何寫(xiě)出個(gè)性，寫(xiě)出具體的內(nèi)容，還需要考生有廣泛的社會(huì)知識(shí)和正確的寫(xiě)作策略。

 

 

本篇作文如果往簡(jiǎn)單里寫(xiě)非常容易，那好吧，唐老師本次就來(lái)示范一次，相對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單的作文如何可以寫(xiě)得高大上。

 

 

新航道團(tuán)隊(duì)7分范文

 

 

01

 

When Laura Wade-Gery, the boss of Marks and Spencer gave birth to a baby at 50, it immediately made headline news. As a matter of fact, quite many men and women in some countries nowadays have made up their mind to have kids only late in life. To my mind, this trend of the older parents brings more benefits than harms to both the baby and the parents.

 

當(dāng)M&S老板勞拉.韋德-格蕾50歲生子時(shí)，這消息立刻成為了頭條。事實(shí)上，今天有些國(guó)家不少男女都已經(jīng)決定晚育了。在我看來(lái)，這種晚育的趨勢(shì)給孩子和父母帶來(lái)的好處多于壞處。

 

解析

(1) 本段以一個(gè)的晚育例子引出話(huà)題，然后提出自己的觀(guān)點(diǎn)。當(dāng)然，你也可以選擇用數(shù)據(jù)來(lái)開(kāi)頭，比如A recent survey shows that globally over 40% young couples decide to have kids late in life, while this figure was only 15% twenty years ago. 以這種方式來(lái)開(kāi)頭，要好于模板式的開(kāi)頭，比如Nowadays many young people decide to have kids late in life and people have different opinions on this. Some think..., but others believe....

(2) 本文需要不斷表達(dá)中文里“晚育”的意思，唐老師用了幾種不同的表達(dá)：

to have kids late in life; 

older parents; 

wait to have kids; 

put off having kids;

 delay having kids; 

delayed parenthood.

(3) make headline news 成為頭條

(4) make up their mind 決定； 決心

(5) to my mind 在我看來(lái)；我認(rèn)為

 

02

 

Couples wait to have kids for many different reasons. To begin with, many young couples are not financially ready for a new member coming to the family. More often than not, the newly married couples have just started their career and are still struggling to make their ends meet, and an additional member would be a great burden. But even if free from financial problems, many young couples still refuse to start a family with kids because they wish to develop their various potentials or experience the world before they have kids. Most importantly, many young people put off having babies because the society has very strong parenthood penalties. A mom, for instance, is less likely to stay up in her office to get ahead if she has a baby at home, the consequence of which is that her chances of promotion become slimmer. 

 

夫婦們不急著要孩子，這有很多不同的原因。首先，很多年輕夫婦在經(jīng)濟(jì)上還沒(méi)有準(zhǔn)備好迎接一個(gè)新成員來(lái)到家庭。經(jīng)常的情況是，新婚夫婦才剛剛開(kāi)始工作，掙扎于收支平衡線(xiàn)上，家添新丁將是一個(gè)很重的負(fù)擔(dān)。然而，即使沒(méi)有經(jīng)濟(jì)問(wèn)題，很多年輕夫婦仍然拒絕要孩子，因?yàn)樗麄兿Ｍ诤⒆映錾伴_(kāi)發(fā)自己各種潛能，或者體驗(yàn)這個(gè)世界。更重要的是，很多年輕人推遲要孩子，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)社會(huì)對(duì)為人父母者有很重的懲罰。比如，如果有孩子在家，一位母親就不能為了出人頭地在辦公室熬夜加班，其結(jié)果是她晉升的機(jī)會(huì)就會(huì)變小。

 

解析

（1）本段討論很多人推遲要孩子的三個(gè)原因：經(jīng)濟(jì)原因，個(gè)人心理原因和社會(huì)原因，遵循由淺入深的論證順序。

（2）more often than not 經(jīng)常

（3）make (both) ends meet 量入為出；收支相抵

（4）free from... （=without）沒(méi)有......；免于......

（5）potential 潛力

（6）penalty 懲罰

（7）get ahead 出人頭地

（8）slim 纖細(xì)的

 

03

 

Many people argue that the delayed parenthood may pose physical challenges to couples, especially the older mom, and it is quite unfair on the child to have old parents because they probably won’t live long enough to see the child grow up. This may be true, but modern medical technology has significantly reduced the risks involved in birth-giving and equally significantly prolonged our life span so that the older parents, like their younger counterparts, can just as well accompany their kids in their life’s journey. But on top of that, having kids later in life can be beneficial in unique ways: it is good to the baby because its parents are now financially and emotionally better conditioned ; it is good to the parents because now they have been well established so that they have more time for their kids; it is good to the society because those parents who delay having kids and advance to positions of authority at work now have the power to set policies other older parents would benefit from, like offering paid maternity and paternity leave or allowing flexible work schedules.

 

很多人認(rèn)為，推遲做父母可能會(huì)給夫婦（尤其是大齡媽媽?zhuān)?lái)身體上的挑戰(zhàn)，同時(shí)父母年齡大對(duì)孩子也不公平，因?yàn)樗麄冇锌赡芑畈涣四敲淳?，看不到孩子的成長(zhǎng)。這也許是正確的，但是現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)已經(jīng)極大降低了生育的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，同時(shí)極大延長(zhǎng)了我們的壽命，因此年齡大的父母與年輕的父母一樣，也能在孩子的人生旅途上陪伴他們。除此之外，晚育還有特別的好處：晚育有利于孩子，因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在父母經(jīng)濟(jì)上和情感上的境況都更好了；晚育有利于父母，因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在他們事業(yè)有成，因此有更多時(shí)間來(lái)照顧孩子；晚育有利于社會(huì)，因?yàn)槟切┩七t要孩子而且晉升到領(lǐng)導(dǎo)崗位的父母現(xiàn)在有權(quán)力來(lái)制定政策，讓其他晚育的父母獲益，如帶薪產(chǎn)假，或允許靈活安排工作計(jì)劃。

 

解析

（1）本段講晚育的優(yōu)勢(shì)。先駁斥反對(duì)晚育的兩個(gè)理由，然后正面提出晚育的三大優(yōu)勢(shì)。

（2）prolong 延長(zhǎng)

（3）counterpart 對(duì)應(yīng)的人或物

（4）on top of that 除此之外

（5）position of authority 有權(quán)的位置

（6）maternity leave 產(chǎn)假

（7）flexible 靈活的

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