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?
分析：今天的題目是2012年12月8日出現過的舊題。話題關於社會生活和價值觀，是雅思寫作中出現頻率較高的話題之一。對於雅思寫作考試而言，烤鴨本身練到舊題的機會並不高。但是對於一些高頻話題，如果各位烤鴨能在平時多進行一些思考，對於構思和邏輯訓練還是大有好處的。
文章結構：4段
首段：匯入話題，簡述主體
主體段1：the reasons why people are having children late in life
主體段2：the positive effects of this phenomenon on society and family
主體段3：the negative effects of this phenomenon on society and family
結尾段：總結上文
參考範文:
In the modern world, young adults prefer to raise children late in their life. This essay will mainly analyse the potential reasons and how it will affect society and family life as well.
There are three main factors contributing to the postponed parenthood. In general, people who bear great pressure from their work are less likely to prepare childbirth early, considering that they may have little time to attend their children. This problem can also be attributed to the high cost of modern life. The young people without adequate savings will probably be afraid of high living cost and expensive tuition. Another reason for this is the difficulty in balancing work and life. More young people emphasise the promotion in career, and thus spare little time for a stable marriage life which is viewed as a significant element for rearing children.
It cannot be denied that late childbirth is able to provide more time for young couples to be ready for the new members in their families. They need to learn how to raise children before they decide to have children. In addition, if they delay childbirth, they can provide more economic support for children’s rearing and education.
However, the low birthrate will cause an increase in ageing population. It is widely known that most medical needs and costs occur in the last years of life. Therefore, young people have to face the need to care for the elderly family members. From the perspective of the society, due to a shift in the age structure of the workforce, an ageing society with a low birthrate is likely to encounter labour shortage.
To summarise, the delay in having children is mainly attributed to the stresses and strains men and women bear in both their life and work. Although this may help them better prepare for their children’s development, the negative effects on both society and family life cannot be ignored.
參考譯文：
在現代世界,年輕人更願意撫養孩子在他們的生活。本文將主要分析潛在的原因,以及它將如何影響社會和家庭生活。
有三個主要因素導致了推遲生育。一般來說,承受巨大壓力的人從他們的工作不太可能準備提前分娩,考慮到他們可能沒有時間參加他們的孩子。這個問題也可以歸咎於現代生活的高成本。年輕人沒有足夠的儲蓄可能會怕高生活成本和昂貴的'學費。另一個原因是在平衡工作和生活的困難。越來越多的年輕人強調促進職業生涯,因此很少空閒時間對於一個穩定的婚姻生活,撫養孩子被視為一個重要的元素。
不可否認,晚育年輕夫婦能夠提供更多的時間準備他們的家庭的新成員。他們需要學習如何撫養孩子之前就決定要孩子。此外,如果他們延遲分娩,他們可以提供更多的經濟支援孩子的撫養和教育。
然而,低出生率會導致人口老齡化的增加。眾所周知,大多數醫療需求和成本發生在生命的最後幾年。因此,年輕人不得不面對需要照顧老人的家庭成員。從社會的角度來看,由於勞動力的年齡結構轉變,老齡化社會的低出生率可能會遇到勞動力短缺。
總結,推遲生孩子主要歸因於壓力和緊張的男性和女性在他們的生活和工作。儘管這可能幫助他們更好地準備他們的孩子的發展,兩個社會上的負面影響和家庭生活是不容忽視的。
