2013年1月12日雅思写作大作文题目

In some countries, parents expect their children to spend long time studying both in and after school and have less free time. What are the positive and negative effects on children and society they live in?

题目翻译：在一些国家，家长希望他们的孩子花费大量的课上和课后的时间学习。这对于儿童和他们所处的社会有什么积极和消极的影响？

题目分析：雅思写作现在想要出新题越来越难，这道貌似“新题”的题目事实上是2005年老题的变题。另外，What are the positive and negative development是所有题型中最简单的，因为一定是“双边支持”型，只需要一段写积极影响，一段写消极影响就可以了。

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结构思路

正文分两段，一段讲对社会和个人的积极影响，一段讲消极影响。

积极影响：1、提高学生的学习成绩，从而促进社会经济的发展。（即教育的功能）；

2、有利于培养学生对学术研究的兴趣，有些学科要达到精通的程度需要大量的时间和精力的投入。

消极影响：1、长时间学习缺乏锻炼，会引发一系列的疾病epidemics，比如说肥胖症obesity，近视眼myopia，甚至糖尿病diabetes。

2学生缺乏时间去发展其他方面的才能（如艺术）和兴趣爱好，从而不能得到全面发展，潜力无法充分发挥。（举例有些学生具有音乐舞蹈或绘画天赋）有些学生对学习产生厌恶，甚至会逃学skip school/ play truant，甚至沦为少年犯juvenile delinquents.

3、不利于学生社交能力的培养，而这种能力对于学生将来顺利走向社会参加工作非常重要。

结论：这种应试教育模式对学生会有一定的积极影响，但是过重的学业负担也会对学生和社会造成负面影响。

以下是Amy写下的实验范文，供各位烤鸭参考：

Today’s children are living under more pressure from the society than children in the past as they are often pushed to study hard both in and after school. Despite some benefits that might be produced, I tend to believe this trend brings more drawbacks to children and society.

Admittedly, children spending most of time on academic study are more likely to lay a sound foundation for their higher education in the future. And as one country’s development and prosperity is closely related to its young generation’s talents, young children with comprehensive knowledge tend to make more contribution to the sustainable development of community. Besides, to have a good command of some subjects like physics and mathematics requires a lot of time and attention, therefore, children who spend the majority of their time on these subjects are more likely to develop interest in these courses and make remarkable achievements, both of which will inspire them to delve deeper in related fields in the future.

However, the negative impact of this situation should never be overlooked. First, young students might easily develop diseases like obesity, diabetes or myopia due to lack of sufficient physical exercise. For instance, an increasing number of primary school students nowadays have to wear glasses in order to see the blackboard more clearly, partly because they do not keep correct postures while studying and their eyes lack of enough rest. Secondly, children who are pushed to spend most of them time on study are less likely to develop hobbies or interests. As many pupils or secondary school students are gifted with music talents or painting skills, they could have gained more fulfillments in the field they are good at had they been given more time and practice during their spare time. Also, some adolescents might skip schools as they take no interest in the classes they are obliged to attend and could develop bad habits or even reduce to juvenile delinquents. Moreover, research findings reveal that, compared with students who focus on nothing but academic study,those students who actively participate in extracurricular activities in school are more likely to develop interpersonal skills which will make them more independent and confident when they work in the society.

In conclusion, this education situation can produce some positive effects to children and society to some extent. Nevertheless, the problems which weigh against the versatile development of adolescents and cultivation of qualified citizens of society should never be ignored. Therefore, governments and parents should be fully aware of the severe consequences and measures should be taken to reverse this situation.