新东方名师解读2012年12月8日雅思写作范文
小作文The bar chart shows the percentage of people in a European country going to cinema on different days in 2003, 2005 and 2007.
分析：比较复杂的图表。有趋势，也有对比。主体按星期分两段：第一段写周五，六，日;第二段写周一-周四。
大作文
In some countries around the world men and women are having children late in life. What are the reasons for this development? What are the effects on society and family life?
提纲：
第一段：提出问题
第二段：分析原因，教育时间长，工作压力大，感情不稳定
第三段：对家庭社会的积极影响：婚姻更稳定;经济稳定;对孩子的教育更成熟
第四段：消极影响：母婴的健康;受孕困难;出生率降低，人口下降
Advanced modern medical science allows young people to start a family in their 30’s or 40’s and this has become a lifestyle in many major cities.
The reasons for this trend may involve educational, professional and emotional factors. Women nowadays receive longer education, sometimes until they are turning 30 and this accordingly leads to late childbirth. A promising career may be another main cause of postponed motherhood. It cannot be denied that life and work are not easily balanced, especially for young people with little working experience. In addition, when climbing up a career ladder, not many young people have the chance to establish a stable marriage which is regarded as a significant condition for child rearing.
Admittedly, there can be some advantages for young people to delay their childbearing. Being ready to be parents may make better mothers and fathers because they would devote more time and energy to their family than their younger counterparts. After waiting for years for a baby to come along, more mature parents are more likely to deliver quality family education to their baby. Another advantage of late parents is financial security which is deemed to exert positive influence on child raising.
However, before they are able to have their baby, they may have to face some pregnancy problems such as low fertility, higher risk of diseases and genetic disorder. All these problems can sound overwhelming to first-time parents. Not only being confronted with health challenges at midlife, but these couples also have to deal with their retirement life as they would not be supported by their children when they are old. From the society perspective, later conception in life can decrease the birth rate and labour force can be in short in the near future.
In conclusion, the reasons for deferring maternity to midlife are largely attributed to working women and the drawbacks seem to outweigh the benefits. Although parents may be more prepared for a new family member, they have to take more risks of health of both mothers and babies. Meanwhile the society has to suffer from labour shortage.
词汇拓展：
1. start a family 生孩子
2. major city 大城市
3. allow…to… 使…能够…
4. involve 包括
5. promising 有前景的
6. postpone /delay 延迟
7. motherhood 作母亲
8. climb up a career ladder 为事业而奋斗
9. establish a stable marriage 建立稳定的家庭
10. be regarded as /be deemed as被当做/认为
11. child rearing /child raising 抚养孩子
12. childbearing 生孩子
13. make a better mother and father 造就更好的父母
14. devote…to 奉献给
15. counterpart 同样情况的人
16. mature 成熟的
17. deliver quality family education 提供高质量的家庭教育
18. financial security 经济保障
19. shortage 缺乏
20. pregnancy 怀孕
21. fertility 受孕能力
22. higher risk of diseases 较高的疾病风险
23. genetic disorder 基因变异
24. overwhelming 强烈
25. be confronted with 面临
26. perspective 视角
27. conception 受孕
28. birth rate 出生率
29. labour force 劳动力
30. maternity 母亲
31. be attributed to 归因于
32. take more risks 有更大危险
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