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  2019年9月28日雅思大作文題目：

  In some countries, the difference in age between parents and their children is generally greater than it was in the past. Do you think the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?

  解析&審題

  本題是一個新題，但與2017年4月8日的考題有重合之處。2017年4月8日的考題問的是“晚育的優勢和劣勢”，而本題需要回答的問題是“父母和孩子之間年齡差距增大的優勢和劣勢”。其實，“父母和孩子之間年齡差距增大”的原因也就是晚育造成的，因此這兩個題有一些重合之處，但重心又稍有不同。

  唐老師范文采用“雙邊討論+自己觀點”的結構。

  父母和孩子年齡差距越來越大，可能有如下好處：

  1. 父母經濟條件更好

  2.父母的情緒更穩定

  父母和孩子年齡差距越來越大，也可能有如下壞處：

  1. 對父母的身體是一個挑戰，父母可能看不到孩子長大就去世;

  2. 孩子剛剛走上社會，就面臨著要照顧父母

  我個人的觀點：

  父母和孩子年齡差距越來越大是一件好事，因為在孩子成長的關鍵時期，父母的經濟條件和穩定情緒對孩子的成長至關重要;而醫療技術的發展和社會福利體系的發展則可以有效解決以上談到的兩個問題。

  以下是唐老師撰寫的高分范文。

  老師筆記

  01

  The number of older parents is on the rise as people are waiting until their 30s and 40s to start having babies, which has widened the age gap between parents and their children. For the most part, the benefits of this trend outweigh the drawbacks.

  隨著人們等到30多歲和40多歲才開始生孩子，年齡較大的父母數量正在增加，這擴大了父母與子女之間的年齡差距。總體說來，這種趨勢的好處大于缺點。

  解析

  (1) 本段開門見山給出背景，并明確提出自己的觀點。

  (2) On the rise 在上升

  (3) For the most part 總體來說

  02

  The widened gap in age between parents and their children may bring about financial and emotional benefits. Parents who decide to have babies later in life may have climbed the corporate ladder, received promotions, and are therefore financially secure to raise children. With that financial security would come the emotional privilege. Older parents seem to be more stable, relaxed, and less stressed-out than their younger counterparts. Since older parents are more likely to have settled down professionally, they are able to allow themselves to spend more time with their children.

  父母與子女之間年齡差距的擴大可能會帶來經濟和情感上的好處。決定晚些生孩子的父母可能已經爬上了公司的階梯，得到了提拔，因此在經濟上有撫養孩子的保障。有了這種金錢保障，隨之而來的是情感上的優勢。年齡更大的父母比更年輕的父母似乎更穩定、更輕松、更少壓力。由于年齡更大的父母更有可能在工作上安定下來，他們就有更多的時間和孩子在一起。

  解析

  (1) 本段討論父母和孩子年齡差距增大的好處：經濟和情感兩個方面的好處。

  (2) Promotion 晉升

  (3) Secure 安全的

  (4) Counterpart 對應的人或物

  (5) Settle down 安定

  03

  However, the choice to put off having babies may have negative implications for both parents and children. For parents, it is physically challenging to raise a baby when they are, say, over forty years old. The delayed parenthood is quite unfair for the children , too, because their parents probably will not be able to live long enough to see them grow up. Most importantly, when the parent-child age difference is 40 years or more, parents will very quickly become a burden to their children who are just starting their career as young adults. In this case, children might be forced to care for their older parents from a very young age.

  然而，推遲生孩子的選擇可能對父母和孩子都有負面影響。對于父母來說，當他們，比如說，40歲以上的時候，撫養孩子，這從身體上說是很有挑戰性的。延遲為人父母對孩子來說也是相當不公平的，因為他們的父母可能不能活到足夠長的時間來看他們長大。最重要的是，當父母-孩子年齡差異是40歲或更多，當孩子剛剛成年進入職業生涯，父母很快就會成為他們的負擔，在這種情況下，孩子可能在很早的時候就得去照顧年長的父母。

  解析

  (1) 本段討論推遲做父母可能帶來的不利的影響，包括對父母自己和孩子。

  (2) Put off 推遲

  (3) Implication 含義

  (4) Delayed parenthood 推遲做父母

  04

  For all these disadvantages, I still believe the greater parent-child age gap is a good thing, because it contributes to the economic and emotional well-being of children during the most important years of their growth. Meanwhile, with the improvement of medical technology and social pension system, the potential risks the older parents may experience and the burden they may give their children have been greatly reduced.

  盡管有這些缺點，我仍然相信父母和孩子的年齡差距更大是一件好事，因為它有助于孩子們在最重要的成長時刻的經濟和情緒幸福。與此同時，隨著醫療技術和社會養老金制度的完善，年長的父母可能面臨的潛在風險以及他們可能給子女帶來的負擔已經大大減少了。

  解析

  (1) 本段是自己的觀點部分。在這類“雙邊討論”的作文結構中，作者需要在最后一段明確提出自己的觀點，并簡要給出理由。

  (2) For all 雖然，盡管

  (3) Contribute to... 有助于......

  (4) Potential 潛在的

  (5) Reduce 減少;壓縮

  參考范文：

  The number of older parents is on the rise as people are waiting until their 30s and 40s to start having babies, which has widened the age gap between parents and their children. For the most part, the benefits of this trend outweigh the drawbacks.

  The widened gap in age between parents and their children may bring about financial and emotional benefits. Parents who decide to have babies later in life may have climbed the corporate ladder, received promotions, and are therefore financially secure to raise children. With that financial security would come the emotional privilege. Older parents seem to be more stable, relaxed, and less stressed-out than their younger counterparts. Since older parents are more likely to have settled down professionally, they are able to allow themselves to spend more time with their children.

  However, the choice to put off having babies may have negative implications for both parents and children. For parents, it is physically challenging to raise a baby when they are, say, over forty years old. The delayed parenthood is quite unfair for the children , too, because their parents probably will not be able to live long enough to see them grow up. Most importantly, when the parent-child age difference is 40 years or more, parents will very quickly become a burden to their children who are just starting their career as young adults. In this case, children might be forced to care for their older parents from a very young age.

  For all these disadvantages, I still believe the greater parent-child age gap is a good thing, because it contributes to the economic and emotional well-being of children during the most important years of their growth. Meanwhile, with the improvement of medical technology and social pension system, the potential risks the older parents may experience and the burden they may give their children have been greatly reduced.