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?(2019/9/28)
解析
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”，而問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。
老雅範文采用“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：
- 父母經濟條件更好
- 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：
- 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；
- 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。
以下是老雅的高分範文。
7分範文
The number of older parents is on the rise(增長中）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（總體來說）, 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（對應的人或物）. Since older parents are more likely to have been settled down professionally, they are able to allow themselves to spend more time with their children.
However, the choice to put off having babies（推遲要孩子） 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. Thedelayed parenthood（推遲當父母） 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（雖然） 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（潛在的）risks the older parents may experience and the burden they may give their children have been greatly reduced.
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