2019年5月4日雅思写作考题回顾

　　小作文：

　　饼图+柱图

　　大作文：

　　Some people think the increasing use of technology in the workplace is good for young people’s prospects of gaining job and harder for old people. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

　　朗阁讲师汪菁点评

　　本次雅思考试难度适中。

　　整体分析：

　　Task 1：饼图+柱图

　　注意：

　　1.饼图需注意观察和描述图中各区域之间的百分比差异，以及相同区域在各饼图之间的百分比变化或发展;

　　2.柱图应注意描述数据之间的对比关系或上升及下降的变化发展;

　　3.需要在第二段或者结尾段总结数据的总体特征(overview)

　　上升、下降变化相关表达：

　　1) 上升grow, climb, soar, increase, rise, boom

　　2) 下降 drop, fall, sink, dip, decrease, decline, slump, reduce

　　3) 相同 be similar to; be comparable with; be matched with

　　4) 更小 smaller, minor, less or fewer

　　5) 更大 bigger, larger, better

　　6) 程度 dramatically, significantly, progressively, gradually, sharply; hugely; enormously; steeply; substantially, considerably, slightly, slowly, moderately, minimally

　　倍数关系的相关表达：

　　1) 两倍：double, two times, twofold

　　2) 三倍：triple, three times, threefold

　　3) 四倍: quadruple, four times, fourfold

　　动词“占”的表达：

　　account for, hold, make up, take up, constitute, comprise, represent

　　约数表达：

　　The majority of…

　　Most of…

　　A considerable number of…

　　A minority of…

　　Just over…

　　Slightly more than…/less than….

　　Nearly half…

　　Task 2：工作类话题

　　题目翻译：一些人认为在工作中越来越多地使用科技对年轻人的就业前景很有好处而对老年人来 说则更难。你在多大程度上同意或不同意这个说法?

　　开头段：才用同义替换的方式改写开头并给出个人观点

　　Introduction:

　　Conventional thinking assumes that elder workers have trouble adapting to new technologies and many of us even visualize elders who cannot find their way around a keyboard and have to ask the young what APP is. I believe this notion is nothing more than a stereotype which is inaccurate.

　　传统思维认为，年长的工人难以适应新技术，许多人甚至可以想象那些无法在键盘上找到方向的老人，不得不询问年轻人app是什么。我坚信这是一个不准确的刻板评价。

　　Body 1:

　　People claim that elder employees need more time to have a good command of new technology at work since they would learn less and remember less than younger employees. Unfortunately, this is not true. In fact, the elder adults’ cognitive performance is more consistent than that of the younger workers. Elder workers’ wealth of experience enables them to design strategies to solve problems in order to learn new things.

　　人们声称，老年员工需要更多的时间来掌握工作中的新技术，因为他们学习的和记住的比年轻员工要少。不幸的是，事实并非如此。事实上，老年人的认知表现比年轻工人更为一致。老年工人的丰富经验使他们能够设计出解决问题的策略，以便学习新事物。

　　Body 2:

　　Besides, elder employees are less likely than their younger colleagues to find using technology in the workplace stressful. When looking at younger generations in the workforce, a large proportion of them are used to using technology in their personal lives, which raises the expectations of that technology can be in their professional lives. However, they do not always achieve that level of clearness and proficiency at work, so they could feel a sense of frustration at tools that are not up to snuff. In contrast, elder people who have been working longer usually are more tolerant for technology that may not always be as good as it might be.

　　此外，老年员工不会像年轻同事一样体会到使用科技的压力。当我们观察职场中的年轻人，很大一部分人习惯于在生活中使用科技，这提高了他们对科技在工作中扮演角色的期待。然而，他们并不能一直在工作中获得清晰度和熟练度，因此他们会因为达不到预期而沮丧。相比之下，工龄更久的老人通常对科技的欠缺更宽容。

　　Body 3：

　　More importantly, elder workers bring skills to many jobs that younger workers cannot duplicate. Even if their detailed technology savvy is not as good as those of the 20-year-olds, they bring different skills of great value to the table. In most cases, elder workers’ productivity is more consistent than younger workers because their motivation is higher than the younger workers’ and they are more stable and less erratic. Experience helps older workers compensate for the physical and mental changes that accompany aging.

　　更重要的是，年长的工人将技能逮到了许多年轻工人无法复制的工作岗位上。即使他们的科技使用能力不如20岁的人那么好，他们也会带来不同的技能。在大多数情况下，老年工人的生产率比年轻工人更加一致，因为他们是更有动力的一群人。此外，他们更加稳定。经验帮助老年工人弥补了衰老等身心变化。

　　Conclusion:

　　To conclude, elder workers can learn high-tech skills if they are given the opportunity and incentive to do so and it is a real mistake to conclude that they cannot. I believe even if in the era of technology, there are more to consider when it comes to a promising career.

　　总而言之，老年工人如果有机会和动力就可以学习高科技技能，断定他们做不到，是一个很大的错误。即使是在科技时代，当涉及到有前途的职业时，还有更多需要考虑的因素。

　　考试预测

　　小作文：重点关注曲线图和流程图。

　　大作文：重点关注教育类、社会类及政府职能类话题。

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