剑桥雅思12: 谢振礼范文 青年人口
IELTS Writing Task 2
Cambridge IELTS 12
Topic:
At the present time, the population of some countries includes a relatively large number of young adults, compared with the number of older people. Do the advantages of this situation outweigh the disadvantages?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.
Essay:
Can a huge number of young adults be put to work and be translated into economic growth? The answer depends on whether there are enough jobs for the expanding working-age population. At the present time, this situation is happening in some countries that are hoping for the best opportunities and preparing for the worst challenges to come in the next few decades.
It is expected that, with good policy, there will be plenty of job opportunities for economic growth in those countries whose population includes a greater percentage of working-age young people than that of older people. Advantages abound. For example, the ratio between population inside and outside of the workplace will be more favorable, with more workers supporting non-working people. In what seems to be a “demographic dividend,” as a country’s working-age population is expanding, so is that country’s economy. Under these circumstances, chances are good for the people to enjoy the fruits of economic growth, and for the government to have a solid tax base. Interestingly, such demographic situation is very unlike many developed countries that are not having enough babies to grow up into workers.
However, those countries with a younger working-age population are in for challenges when things go wrong in the immediate future. One major concern is employment, of course. If not enough jobs are created, a country’s economy cannot grow, and that will be followed by a series of problems. Among others, young adults who cannot find jobs are likely to cause social unrest and political instability, leading to violence, crime and extremism. What is more, without sufficient tax money, the government cannot afford medical treatment and educational facilities, not to mention food and housing. To avoid a vicious cycle, policy-makers need to act in time to ensure that members of the young working force can actually find jobs and earn money to improve the quality of life.
As a conclusion, optimism and pessimism are mixed in some of the world’s developing countries. It is not necessarily true that the more young people a country has, the more there are jobs waiting for them. Nevertheless, it is hoped that more young workers can drive economy to grow faster, while it is feared that more unemployed young people can only make more trouble.
