Task
In many countries, average life expectancy has been increasing. What problems will this cause for individuals and for society as a whole? Suggest some solutions.
在很多国家，平均寿命在不断增加。这将对个人和整个社会引起什么样的问题?提些建议。
参考范文
As the medical care system and technology are developing rapidly in modern society, people’s average expectancy has been increasing. The longevity of people may bring side effects to individuals and the whole society such as aging population. Some solutions will be given to solve those problems caused by the increasing life expectancy.
Increasing life expectancy means bigger proportion of older people in the population than before. This may result in fiercer employment pressure for young people and emotional emptiness for the senior citizens. Before those senior employees retire, young people will find it difficult to replace their positions because of the lacking working experience compared to the older ones. For the retirees, because of the increasing number of aging people and employment pressure for their children, there will be more and more empty-nest elderly people who cannot receive spiritual consolation from the younger generation.
Aging population brought by the longevity of people can also have negative effects on the society. Because the senior citizens retire from the working world, they no longer provide sufficient labor for the sustained economic growth of the society and the aging laborers turn into pure wealth consumers. Moreover, the elderly are not as innovative and energetic as the young people, so there will be less chance for the whole society to make a breakthrough to challenge the established traditions and change the status quo.
To solve those problems, I believe the government should release the policy to arrange more young talented people to succeed the experienced laborers and empower the older employees to offer constructive suggestions. Therefore, the younger generation may face less heavy financial burden and spend more quality time with the elderly people. The company should cultivate the corporation culture to encourage young employees to put forward creative ideas to make a difference to the current conditions.
解题思路
这道题是要求学生分析人民的平均寿命增加，将导致的问题以及解决办法，属于IELTS作文考试中要求分析原因/问题和解决方案的Report题型。这类题一般需要些2个主题段，主体段一分析两到三个原因，主体段二则是对应的给出几个解决方案。
思路参考：本篇范文用了四段来完成report文体的指令，305词左右，句式结构非常出色，从句、句句之间的连接转折，用的非常地道娴熟，通篇读下来，十分流畅，值得大家借鉴。
主体段1：对个人(年轻人、老人)的不利
主体段2：对社会的弊端
主体段3：针对以上对个人和社会的弊端，提出相应解决措施。
类似话题
1.In many countries, the proportion of older people is steadily increasing. Does this trend have more positive or negative effects on society?
2.The leaders or directors of organizations are often older people， but some people say that young people can also be a leader, to what extent do you agree or disagree?(2015/1/10)
3.Some people believe that older generation’s traditional ideas are not the right way to live, think and behave in modern society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?(2008/01/19)
4.In many countries, workers over 60 can still be found in the workplace. However, some people think it may cause some social problems and they should get retired. To what extent do you agree or disagree? .(2010/6/26)
重点词汇
1.longevity n.寿命
2.bring side effects to 带来负面影响
3.emotional emptiness 精神空虚
4.spiritual consolation 精神安慰
5.release the policy 颁布法令
6.succeed the experienced laborers 这里的succeed是继任的意思
7.fiercer employment pressure 愈加激烈的就业压力
8.empty-nest elderly people 空巢老人
9.the sustained economic growth of the society社会经济的持续增长
10.make a breakthrough to challenge the established traditions and change the status quo 找到挑战现有世俗和改变现状的突破点
11.constructive suggestions 建设性意见
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