九月十日的考試中, 一個關於傳統傳承的問題打破了今年考試命題的中規中矩的規律. 儘管文化傳承一直是雅思大作文考試的話題之一, 但是縱觀歷年考試真題，不難發現其出現的頻率寥寥無幾. 不巧的是, 在這個秋夏之交的時節, 它橫空出世了.
考題如下：
Many countries are trying to improve the standard of living of their people through economic development. However, some people think that many customs and the traditional ways of behaviors are no longer relevant to the modern life and no worth keeping. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 20160910
儘管本題的題幹部分內容比較清晰，但是還是有很多考生在最開始審題階段出現了一些關鍵詞的遺漏。其實本題中的一個詞many是起到一個較為關鍵的作用的。因為，如果想否定本題乾的話，那麼對應many的無非就是a few或者all。換句話說，如果筆者觀點是完全不同意題幹，那麼筆者要證明的是隻有一些或少許的傳統要被摒棄，或者是所有的傳統都需要被傳承或被摒棄。很明顯，這個邏輯是極其不好論證的。所以，在考場當會考生完全沒有必要給自己肆意增加考試難度，老老實實地同意題幹即可。
參考文章如下：
In this present-day society, it seems that contradictions always exist between cultural and traditional inheritance and social advancement. Some people, accordingly, suggest that some customs and conventional behavioral norms should not emerge into people’s modern life. Personally, I am completely on the side of what they argue.
首段的寫法討論很深，通過背景描述引出題乾的`轉寫。隨後清晰地表達了筆者的觀點。這個開頭段清晰明瞭，結構嚴謹。
Some ancient moral standards and traditions have formed due to the limited social resources that they could share. An instance in point is that a couple of hundred years ago, three or even four generations of Chinese in a huge family lived under one roof. Consequently, conflicts happened all the time because of generation gaps. The reason why people chose to live together as a large family was because older generations in the ancient society had not ability to make a decent living so that they needed support from their offspring. Definitely, in modern society with a sound welfare system, people are able to live in a small family unit with much more exhilaration.
主段一，在首句表達了筆者的論點一，既是這段的中心句。隨後，筆者採用了例證的方式來拓展這個論點。因為文化和傳統類的話題論證往往較為抽象，容易使筆者在邏輯表達的時候陷入困境。因此，本文重點使用例證的方式。通過具體的例子來論證提出的論點，這樣清晰明瞭，邏輯容易被讀者接受。
Worse, some other customs and traditions came into being because of people’s wrong cognition to the world they were living in. Those traditions might include discriminations to some certain groups of people. In agricultural societies, females were not as productive as males, which led to the fact that men did have upper social status and women were not allowed to do many things that they were supposed to have rights to choose. Undoubtedly, in contemporary societies women have equal rights as men, and thus they can be treated fairly everywhere such as in education and employment.
主段二，整體結構和主段一相似。也是通過例證的方式來展開論點。由關乎男女不平等的習俗和傳統來論證一些傳統的形成源自人們對世界認知的錯誤，甚至這些傳統和習俗飽含了對特定人群的其實。仔細思量，這類習俗可不佔少數。
To sum up, some traditions and cultures, if not most, are obviously incorrect, and with no doubt we must abandon them. On the other hand, there are also some others that we should pay every effort to pass down generation to generation, which can positively represent our time-honored culture and fine traditions of nations.
結尾段，首先再次重申了筆者的觀點，並且還表明了筆者對於一些積極的傳統和習俗的肯定。本段的第二句實則就是對應題幹中的many，強調其並非是all習俗和行為規範都需要被摒棄。
傳統和文化的傳承類的題目一直比較困擾考生，最主要的是論點難想。並且，即使找到論點也往往由於論點較為抽象不易論證而影響了考生的最後得分。如下幾個相關題目，考生們可以練習分析一下：
Some people think governments should spend money on measures to save languages with few speakers from dying out completely. Others think this is a waste of financial resources. Discuss both and give your own opinion. 20110315
We have a mixture of people from different culture and ethnic groups in a country. Why? Is this a positive or negative development? 20121013
The restoration of old buildings in major cities in the world costs numerous governments’ expenditures. This money should be used in new housing and road development. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 20130727
Traditional food is being replaced by international fast food. This has negative effects on family and society. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 20110623
