2017年04月08日雅思大作文--晚育的原因及優(yōu)劣勢

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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周教育類話題之后,，這周的雅思作文終于來到社會生活類,。

我們現在經?？吹揭环N現象，那就是年輕夫婦結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?

只不過那次在分析完原因之后要求考生分析晚育對社會和家庭的影響,，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，但若仔細思考,，其實并無多大區(qū)別,。

那么造成晚育越來越流行的原因有哪些呢？我們經常談及的“物質/心理/社會”三個思維層次,，這時候就可以派上用場了,。

從物質來說，很多年輕夫婦沒有足夠的時間和金錢來養(yǎng)孩子,；

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

從社會來說,，工作晉升的壓力使年輕夫婦無法要孩子,。同樣,，晚育的好處和壞處也可從這幾個層次來考慮：富裕的父母對孩子養(yǎng)育更有利,；世界經驗豐富的父母能更好地教育孩子,；社會地位高的高齡父母更有可能制定有利于晚育父母的政策,。當然,，晚育有可能對父母的身體造成壓力,，但發(fā)達的現代醫(yī)學技術能有效解決這個問題,。

總體來說,，這個晚育的題目是比較好寫的,。但是,，如何寫出個性，寫出具體的內容,，還需要考生有廣泛的社會知識和正確的寫作策略,。

7分范文

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

解析

(1) 本段以一個著名的晚育例子引出話題,，然后提出自己的觀點,。當然，你也可以選擇用數據來開頭,，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. 以這種方式來開頭,，要好于模板式的開頭,，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) 本文需要不斷表達中文里“晚育”的意思，我們用了幾種不同的表達：
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,；我認為

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,，很多年輕夫婦在經濟上還沒有準備好迎接一個新成員來到家庭,。經常的情況是，新婚夫婦才剛剛開始工作,，掙扎于收支平衡線上,，家添新丁將是一個很重的負擔,。然而,，即使沒有經濟問題，很多年輕夫婦仍然拒絕要孩子,，因為他們希望在孩子出生之前開發(fā)自己各種潛能,，或者體驗這個世界,。更重要的是，很多年輕人推遲要孩子,，因為這個社會對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,，其結果是她晉升的機會就會變小,。

解析
（1）本段討論很多人推遲要孩子的三個原因：經濟原因,，個人心理原因和社會原因,，遵循由淺入深的論證順序,。
（2）more often than not 經常
（3）make (both) ends meet 量入為出,；收支相抵
（4）free from... （=without）沒有......；免于......
（5）potential 潛力
（6）penalty 懲罰
（7）get ahead 出人頭地
（8）slim 纖細的

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 significantlyprolonged 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 andpaternity leave or allowing flexible work schedules.
很多人認為,，推遲做父母可能會給夫婦（尤其是大齡媽媽）帶來身體上的挑戰(zhàn)，同時父母年齡大對孩子也不公平,，因為他們有可能活不了那么久,，看不到孩子的成長,。這也許是正確的，但是現代醫(yī)學技術已經極大降低了生育的風險,，同時極大延長了我們的壽命,，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，因為現在父母經濟上和情感上的境況都更好了,；晚育有利于父母，因為現在他們事業(yè)有成,，因此有更多時間來照顧孩子,；晚育有利于社會，因為那些推遲要孩子而且晉升到領導崗位的父母現在有權力來制定政策,，讓其他晚育的父母獲益,，如帶薪產假，或允許靈活安排工作計劃,。

解析
（1）本段講晚育的優(yōu)勢,。先駁斥反對晚育的兩個理由，然后正面提出晚育的三大優(yōu)勢,。
（2）prolong 延長
（3）counterpart 對應的人或物
（4）on top of that 除此之外
（5）position of authority 有權的位置
（6）maternity leave 產假
（7）flexible 靈活的

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