老龄化是备考期间值得的小话题，今天一次讲3个题如何答。
2024年5月18日Mobile phones and the Internet could have many benefits for old people. However, this age group uses technology the least. What are the benefits for old people of using mobile phones and the Internet? How can we encourage them to use this new technology?
2023年6月3日Doctors recommend older people to have regular exercise, but there are few of them taking enough physical exercise. What are the reasons? What can be done to encourage older people to exercise?
2022年2月12日Older people after retirement choose spending money for themselves (on holiday) rather than saving money for their children. Is it a positive or negative development?
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2024年5月18日Mobile phones and the Internet could have many benefits for old people. However, this age group uses technology the least. What are the benefits for old people of using mobile phones and the Internet? How can we encourage them to use this new technology?
回答问题1
old people最需要什么？
1 健康（现代健康饮食知识，生活习惯）
With the help of such technology, the elderly are more likely to stay healthy.
2 与人交流（视频通讯）
Secondly, with a mobile phone in hand, the elderly will find it convenient to contact their friends and family.
3 丰富生活
Thirdly, recommendations of nearby tourist spots and restaurants enrich their lives.
回答问题2
要回答这个问题，首先要考虑：为什么很多老年人不想用手机？
1 没用过，设想了很多困难，不想走出舒适圈
2 对老年人不友好，麻烦多
3 担心网络诈骗
于是，它们的解决方案就能回答问题2——
1 有人教，降低难度，减少抵触
Most elderly people will be happy to use mobile phones if someone patiently teaches them how.
2 让apps对老年人友好
1）字号大小可调
2）提供人工服务
It is helpful if apps are made senior-friendly, for example by allowing users to change/adjust the size of texts and by offering personal customer service.
3 扼制网络诈骗，让老人安心连入网络
Internet frauds should be further eliminated.
有了这些关键信息，加上文章结构模板，作文内容有一大半了。
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(2)
2023年6月3日Doctors recommend older people to have regular exercise, but there are few of them taking enough physical exercise. What are the reasons? What can be done to encourage older people to exercise?
注意：older people≠old people，前者包括中年人（40-60岁）。
观察我自己生活中的中老年人，我发现：
1 有一些有自己的生活习惯，不愿意走出舒适区
Some of them are reluctant to exercise because they are accustomed to their established lifestyles and refuse to change.
2 另一些觉得占用时间，想把时间留给自己喜欢做的事情
Others may find it more pleasing to spend free time on their hobbies such as video games and drinkingother than physical exercise.
3 很多还没有充分感受到不健康带来的危害
Many middle-aged people have notrealized the health consequence of lacking physical activities.
把这些信息填入文章结构模板，字数都够一半了。
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2022年2月12日Older people after retirement choose spending money for themselves (on holiday) rather than saving money for their children. Is it a positive or negative development?
这是典型的对比类题目。只要把spending money for themselves和saving money for their children进行有效对比，就能找到支撑积极或者消极发展的理由。那如何对比会有效？
我在之前的文章提到过一个方法：举例子。
找找两种方式对应的国家。比较容易想到的是，美国和中国。
你了解美国吗？如果不了解，这个方法还是很难操作。
例子仍然要举，但是可以换个角度。试着想想身边老人①逍遥快活的家庭，和②为孩子存钱的家庭。
试想，你问①为什么可以这么逍遥快活，他们会怎么回答？
我觉得他们很可能会说：我们退休工资稳定，除了生活还有盈余，孩子收入也够用，所以就没有必要为他们存钱了。
问②为什么要为孩子存钱，猜猜他们会怎么回答。
我猜他们会说：
现在工作不好找，他/她还没有稳定的工作，还要学习、考试，所以我们得准备钱支持他们；
社会压力大，结婚要花钱，买房才能结婚，要彩礼钱。
虽然孩子有工作有收入，但是担心出点什么事儿，家里又没多少积蓄，所以还得存钱以防万一。
于是，你应该知道了，spending money for themselves的情况反映了社会福利(social welfare)好、保障高，社会压力小（思想进步）。这就支撑了positive development立场。
你可以直接写出答题思路甚至作文吗？现在就试试吧。
适合在作文使用的单词和短语：
social welfare 社会福利
a well financed social security system 资金充裕的社会保障系统
liberal 开明的（用于表达思想进步）
e.g.1 My parents were very liberal when we were growing up.
e.g.2 Even in famously liberal New York her views were considered too radical.
social pressure 社会压力
拓展阅读：The Astonishing Power of Social Pressure
You and your relationships are bound together, each shaping the other in an interactive and undetermined manner. When your relationships are mutually enhancing, happiness abounds. When the relationships are one-sided, with an uneven distribution of power, or when people psychologically maim and harm one another, that’s where you find despondency.
The paradox is that while your personal self is born in social interactions, the outcome of ethical relationships is the development of a self that is more than the sum of those interactions—what some refer to as the "real" you, your inner or private self. This part that you most identify as your core is strongest when your relationships have been at their best.
Humans cannot exist without families, whatever the form—from extended to nuclear, from polygamous to monogamous—but at the same time families often maim, harm, hurt and damage. Because of the close contact, the unspoken bonds, and the intuiting of others’ feelings, the family is often a place where individual differences are least tolerated
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