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2010年雅思考试A类议论文及试题点评
来源：朗阁
摘要：
Population ageing has emerged as a global phenomenon in the wake of the now virtually universal decline in fertility and increases in life expectancy. Many countries are confronted with new demographic realities that spread from the cities to the villages. In my opinion, more problems than benefits will surface with this trend.
Admittedly, older people often have time to offer for the benefit of family and the community. Nowadays, the young tend to rely on the older generation for household chores. It is also reported that time devoted to voluntary work and care is at its height within the age groups over 55. Such devotion adds greatly to the community well-being, if not to the GDP.
Population ageing, however, brings about serious economic and social problems. When the number of workers decreases, the national income goes down. At the same time, as a person's use of health services increases significantly in the later years of their life, an ageing population causes a relative rise in the public resources required for pensions, health and residential care outlays. Moreover, with an ageing population, the problems associated with the “sandwich generation”, people who have both children and parents to look after, have gained increasing prominence. Members of this “in-between” generation are often torn between the needs of raising children, caring for ageing parents and job responsibilities.
To sum up, population ageing is an inevitable prospect, the negative effects of which outweigh the positive. As ageing is a normal part of lifecycle for human beings, we must recognize its challenges to our life and society, and work on effective strategies to minimize its adverse influences.
朗阁海外考试研究中心专家点评：
本次考题和2006年3月的一个考老龄化的题目（In many countries, the proportion of older people is steadily increasing. Does this trend have more positive or negative effects on the society?）类似，本次的考题为讨论寿命增长对个人和社会的影响。这道考题因为和社会现实比较贴近，又是生活类文章，因此难度较小。在写作的时候，考生需要注意以下三个问题：
1. 虽然出题的形式为报告的形式，但事实上写作可以从人的寿命增长的优缺点，也就是正面影响和负面影响来进行讨论。
2. 讨论的时候要注意，文章已经给出了两个论证角度，一个是对个人的，一个是对社会的，这两点都要写到。
3. 在写作的时候多用实例，例子可以参考范文。
本次所选的范文为上海交通大学出版社出版的《最新雅思高分范文·第四版》中收录的2006年3月议论老龄化优缺点的文章，虽然和本次考试的论证角度稍有不同，但是对于考生来说，本文将会非常有借鉴意义。
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