强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第7题
• In some countries around the world, men and women are having children later in life. What do you think cause the situation? What are the effects on society and family life?

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第7题
一、原因 1. 教育状况改善二十多岁还在上学 2. 成本高（结婚基本条件：房、车、工作；婚后育儿费 和教育费） 3. 文化改变，家庭核心,孩子主导丁克 二、影响 1. 对社会，人口结构（出生率低劳动力，老龄人口） 2. 对家庭，不欢乐，不完整

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第7题
• 一些国家的教育情况的改善可以在某些程度上解释它们的晚 育现象。在过去，很多人在很年轻的时候就踏入了成人社会， 然后很快就结婚生子了，而现在大多数二十岁左右的人都还 在大学里接受高等教育，这自然也就推迟了他们生孩子的时 间；促成晚育现象的另一个因素是不断上涨的结婚和育儿成 本，拿中国来说，由于不满足被广泛接受的结婚基本条 件——有房有车和有好工作，很大一部分八零后和九零后连 伴侣都还没能找，更别说生孩子了。即使对那些结了婚的人 来说，昂贵的育儿费和教育费也打消了他们生孩子的念头； 此外，变动的文化也对晚育现象起到了一定的作用。在核心 家庭的概念主导很多地方的时候，人们把孩子视为必不可少 的一部分，但现代世界中人们的观念更加多元化，很多年轻 夫妇愿意组成更具自由的丁克家庭。 。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第7题
• The improved education in some countries can partly explain their late childbirth. In the past, many people stepped into the adult world at an early age and started a family soon afterwards; but now most of the twenty-something choose to spend an extra four years in college to receive a higher education, which consequently postpones the birthdays of their babies. Another contributor to the phenomenon is the continuously rising cost of marriage and raising children. Taking China as an example, a big proportion of born in the 1980s and 1990s are still unable to even find partners because they fail to meet the widely accepted basic requirements for marriage, namely a car and a home, as well as a well-paid job, to say nothing of their children. Even for those who have tied the knot, the expensive childcare and schooling are putting off their idea of having children. Moreover, the changing culture is also giving rise to late childbirth. People considered children as a must in the times when the concept of nuclear families dominated most places, but the modern world has provided more ideological options and many young couples would like to form DINK families that give them more freedom.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第7题
• 对社会而言，这样的发展可能会导致人口结构 上的问题。当下的低出生率会在以后造成劳动 力短缺和人口老龄化，引起很多社会问题。对 家庭生活而言，没有孩子会让做父母和祖父母 的失去很多欢乐，没有孩子的家庭是不完整的。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第7题
• For society, such a development may cause a problem in the demographic structure. A low childbirth rate at present will later result in the shortage of labor force and an aging population, leading to many social ills. For family life, the absence of children means the loss of a great source of joy for both parents and grandparents. A family without a child is not a complete one..

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第8题
Scientists say that junk food is harmful to people’s health. Some say the way to ask people to eat less fast food is to educate them, while others say education does not work. Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第8题
1、教育有助于改变饮食习惯 （1）行为基于思想，根除依赖； （2）了解快餐之弊端，肥胖症和其他疾病，心理冲 击，转变生活方式； 2、没用，人们会充耳不闻 （1）重复信息的免疫。 举例：吸烟，“吸烟有害健康” （2）快餐带来便利和快乐，讲究效率

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第8题
• 教育人们放弃快餐食品有助于让他们彻底改变饮 食习惯。人们的行为是基于思想之上的，只有通 过影响人们的思维方式，我们才能减少或者最好 是根除人们对汉堡和汽水的心理依赖。否则的话 ，他们对垃圾食品的热情很难降低。更重要的是 ，适当的教育方式可以让人们了解为什么应该少 吃快餐。肯德基、麦当劳、必胜客等让很多人都 得了肥胖症，通过展示患者的图片、他们所面临 的问题以及过度食用快餐所造成的疾病而引发的 死亡的统计，我们可以给观众的心理带来强烈的 冲击，促使他们转向更健康的生活方式。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第8题
• Educating people to give up junk food can help change their eating habits. People base their behaviors on ideas. Only by influencing their ways of thinking through education, can we possibly reduce, or better yet, root out their psychological dependence on burgers and sodas. Otherwise, their passion for junk food will hardly wane. More importantly, proper ways of education can make people understand why they should eat less fast food. By showing the pictures of obese people, many of whom are the victims of KFC, McDonald, Pizza Hut, etc., and the problems they have faced or statistics of the deaths caused by diseases resulted from overconsumption of fast food, we can hopefully bring about a huge mental impact on the audiences and prompt them to shift towards healthier lifestyles.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第8题
• 然而，不管有关少吃垃圾食品的口头教育多具说 服力，人们仍可能会对其充耳不闻，原因之一大 概是我们对重复信息的免疫能力。拿吸烟来说， 尽管每包烟的包装上印有“吸烟有害健康”的警 示，但吸烟的人很少注意它 。可以想象，吃快餐 的人也会是这样的情况。就算人们意识到了吃快 餐的后果，他们可能也不会放弃自己的饮食习惯 ，因为快餐给他们带来了很多便利和快乐，尤其 是在现在这个世界, 人们都非常忙，做什么事都 讲究效率。 •

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第8题
• However, the listeners may still turn a deaf ear to it no matter how persuasive the verbal campaign against junk food can be. One explanation probably lies in our immunity to repeated information. Taking smoking as an example, although every pack of cigarette has the warning “Smoking is harmful to health” printed on its package, smokers rarely give it any attention. Conceivably, the same goes for fast food eaters. Even if people are aware of the consequences, they may prefer to stick to their eating habits because of all the convenience and happiness contained in those brown paper bags, especially in the modern world where people are so busy and efficiency-obsessed.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第9题
The unlimited use of cars may cause many problems. What are those problems? Some People think the only way to reduce those problems is to have stricter punishment for driving offenders. What’s your opinion?

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第9题
1、导致问题 （1）交通堵塞。举例：世界各地大城市，超出承载能力，几个 钟头，几十公里长龙； （2）加快石油消耗，供不应求，可持续发展威胁； （3）尾气，全球变暖和空气污染。 2、同意，要严惩 违章司机是交通事故主因，超速醉驾闯红灯导致悲剧； 震慑作用，罚款坐牢 3、不同意，一个巴掌拍不响 行人横穿马路，也要严惩； 某些路段设计和施工缺陷，要纠正 4、还可以这样做 鼓励少用小车，步行公交；举例：“单双号限行”

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第9题
• 路上小汽车过多会导致更加严重的交通堵塞。在世界各地 的很多大城市中，交通流量已经超过了其道路系统的承载 能力，人们开车花几个钟头才走完一小段闹市街道并不是 什么稀奇事，公路上交通瘫痪时拥堵的车辆排成几十公里 的长龙也时有发生，如果不限制车辆使用的话，可以想象 交通会有多拥堵；小汽车的无限制使用也会加快石油的消 耗。据报道，由于买车的人越来越多，很多国家都出现过 燃油供不应求的情况，因此，燃油和燃气的价格总在不停 地上涨，而有限的燃料资源也会在某天消耗殆尽。所以如 果小汽车使用量增加的话，整个人类的可持续发展就会受 到威胁；另外，小汽车在燃烧燃料时会释放各种尾气，造 成全球变暖和空气污染，如果让人们无限制的使用小汽车， 环境问题就会恶化。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第9题
• Too many cars on the road can give rise to more serious traffic congestion. Already, the traffic flow has grown out of the capacity of the road systems in many major cities around the world. It is not a strange scene that people spend hours in their cars to crawl down a short hustling street, nor is it a rare thing that miles of vehicles pile up on highways in a traffic standstill. If the use of cars is not limited, then it can be conceivable how serious the congestion will become. Unlimited use of cars will also accelerate the consumption of oil. A lot of countries have been reportedly short of fuel supply partly due to their increasing numbers of car owners. As a result, the oil or gas price is constantly rising and the limited resources are bound to be exhausted one day. Hence with more engines up and running, sustainable development for the entire human being will be at risk. What’s more, the burning of fuels contributes to global warming and air pollution by giving off all kinds of exhaust gases. The environmental problems will be exacerbated if we allow cars to keep running uncontrollably.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第9题
• 违章司机是造成交通事故的主要原因，对他们 进行严厉惩罚当然是改善交通安全的有效措施。 有些司机超速驾驶，或者醉驾，或者闯红灯等 等，这些不负责任的行为很容易导致悲剧发生， 对出现这些行为的司机采取更加严厉的措施能 起到更好的震慑作用。如果超速的罚款是平时 的十倍，那么货车司机就不会不计后果地赶着 去交货；如果违反交通规则可能导致坐牢，骑 摩托的也会变得规规矩矩。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第9题
• Driving offenders are the major cause of traffic accidents, and a crack down on them is certainly an effective way to improve road safety. Irresponsible behaviors of people behind the wheel like speeding, driving under the influence, jumping traffic lights, etc. can all easily spell tragic consequences. Stricter measures to punish drivers for such deeds can play a more deterrent role. Truck drivers will not rush to deliver their cargo recklessly if a fine ten times higher than usual is imposed on speeding. Motorcyclists will also behave themselves if breaking the rules can lead to imprisonment.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第9题
• 然而， 一个巴掌拍不响，很多时候司机并 不是事故的唯一原因。城市道路上总是有 很多行人，有些人不顾交通规则，随心所 欲的横穿马路，这些人最容易成为交通事 故的受害人，这也是不足为怪的。因此， 对不守规矩的行人采取更严厉的手段也是 确保交通安全的重要步骤；另外，某些路 口、拐角或有陡坡等特点的路段更容易出 现车祸，这就是说这些道路原本的设计或 施工就存在缺陷，把这些缺陷纠正后也能 提高道路安全。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第9题
• However, it takes two hands to clap and in many cases drivers are rarely the only people to blame. City roads are always crawling with pedestrians, some of whom often ignore traffic rules and dash across the street whenever they feel necessary. It is no wonder such people are more likely to end up being the victims of car accidents. So, a tougher hand to deal with unruly pedestrians is also an important step towards safer traffic. Moreover, certain crossings, turnings or road sections with features like abrupt slopes have proven more prone to crashes and collisions. That means there were flaws in the design or construction of these roads in the first place. If removed, the roads can become safer, too.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第9题
• 要减少这些问题，有很多有效措施可以实 施，鼓励人们少用小车当然也是其中一种。 步行、骑车、使用公交车和地铁等公共交 通等等都是替代驾驶小汽车的更环保的选 择，因此不使用小汽车人们也能正常生活。 北京的“单双号限行”政策证明是有助于 减少市内交通拥堵和雾霾天气的。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第9题
• To reduce these problems, there are many effective measures we can take and discouraging people to use cars is certainly one of them. Walking, cycling, and using public transportation such as buses and metros, etc. are all good alternatives with less pollution to traveling by car. So, people can still get a normal life without using a car. Beijing’s odd-even-plate policy proves to be very helpful to the reduction of its traffic congestion and smoggy weather.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第10题
Memorization of information by frequent repetition (rote learning) plays a role in most education systems. Does the usefulness of this method of learning outweigh its limitations?

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第10题
一、重复记忆对文科重要 1、背历史 2、背单词 3、人文学科里的很多概念 二、对于理科不管用 学好数理化，公式靠推理 三、机械记忆弊端 1、时间多，效率低 2、不能举一反三 3、不能运用于实践

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第10题
• 重复记忆在文科学习中非常重要。例如， 在历史学习中，有很多的史实需要记忆， 只有不断地重复才能牢牢掌握；而在外语 学习中更是如此，例如学英语就要费很大 功夫去记新单词，通过不断抄写和反复朗 读才能熟练掌握。类似的，在政治、法学、 考古学等人文学科中，也有很多概念需要 死记硬背才能掌握。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第10题
• Memorization of information by frequent repetition has an important role to play in the study of arts subjects. For example, there are a lot of historical facts to bear in mind while learning history. Only through constant repetition can we firmly grasp them, and all the more so when it comes to foreign language learning. In learning English, for instance, the memorization of new words calls for many efforts, of which repetitive copying and reading can lead to a good command of them. Similarly, many concepts in humanities like politics, law, archaeology etc. are also mastered through rote learning.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第10题
• 然而，在涉及一些和科学相关的学科时， 机械记忆就不能解决问题了。许多数学、 物理、化学等学科的公式，即使现在用机 械记忆的方法把它记住了，过不了多久还 是会忘记。这时，理解才是最重要的。只 要弄明白了公式中的原理，大多数公式自 己用已有的知识都能够推理出来。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第10题
• Still, rote memory serves little purpose in learning some science related subjects. Many formulas in mathematics, physics, chemistry etc. can be forgotten before long even when we have memorized them mechanically through repetition now. In such cases, understanding is what really matters. Most formulas can be reasoned out with our existing knowledge once we find out the principles in them.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第10题
• 机械记忆的最大弊端在于它花的时间很多， 但效率往往很低，而基于理解、分析、逻 辑等进行记忆则能事半功倍。再回到记英 语单词上，如果知道了英语单词的构词法， 就能举一反三，省去很多重复记忆的麻烦， 其他文科学习也是这样。另外，机械记忆 不能真正地掌握知识。只有通过把所学的 东西用于实践，才能把知识吸收。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第10题
• The biggest drawback of rote learning lies in its enormous time consumption but often low efficiency, while memorization based on understanding, analysis, logic etc. yields twice the result with half the effort. Getting back to memorizing English words, if one knows the word-building theory, he or she can draw references from different words, which can save much of the trouble of rote learning. The same is true for other arts subjects. What’s more, rote memory does not enable us to truly master knowledge. People can only assimilate what they have learnt through putting them into practice.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第11题
Some people think the increasing business and cultural contact between countries brings many positive effects. Others say it causes the loss of national identities. Discuss on both sides and give your opinion.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第11题
一、能带来好处 1、更多商品和服务：电视、电话 2、各国经济合作和发展：改革开放 3、了解外面世界，文化多元：交换生、交流活动 二、民族特性受到威胁 1、本土节日不过了 2、互联网文化，生活思维西化 三、我认为 不可避免，既不太多限制，也要干预

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第11题
• 商业和文化接触确实能带来很多好处。国际贸易使 人们能享受更多的商品和服务，而这些东西是以前 本国市场无法供应的，比如一百多年前从西方走进 各国的电视和电话给世界各地人民的生活带来了便 利和乐趣。商业接触也促进了各国之间的经济合作 与发展，这让许多落后国家获益匪浅。例如中国， 经过三十多年的改革开放，从以前的弱国穷国变成 了现在的强国。同样的道理，文化碰撞能让人们更 加了解外面的世界，增进相互理解，并且增添文化 的多元性。现在很多大学之间都有交换生项目，不 少国家之间也进行文化交流活动，其目的都是不言 而喻的。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第11题
• Business and cultural contact can indeed bring many benefits. International trade enables people to enjoy more products and services which were not supplied on their domestic markets before. Televisions and telephones, for instance, have provided much pleasure and convenience to people’s life since its introduction into many countries from the West over one hundred years ago. Business contact has also simulated the economic cooperation and development between and in different countries, benefiting many backward ones a great deal. Taking China as an example, it has become a great power from a weak and poor country after more than three decades of opening-up and reform. In the same vein, cultural contact enables us to know the outside world better and understand each other further, and it also adds to cultural diversity. Now there are exchange programs between students among many universities, cultural exchange activities between different countries as well, the purpose of which is self-evident.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第11题
• 然而，越来越频繁的商业和文化接触也使得民族 特性遭受到威胁。由于西方文化的强势影响，很 多中国人已经不再重视本国的诸如清明节、中秋 节等传统节日，转而把大量的财力物力用于庆祝 西方节日上，包括圣诞节、万圣节等，这无疑会 对本国文化造成破坏。此外，由于互联网的文化 影响，很多年轻人的生活方式、思维习惯都在西 化，这也是值得注意的。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第11题
• However, the increasing business and cultural contact is also threatening national identities. Many Chinese people no longer value domestic traditional festivals like Tomb-Sweeping Day and the Moon Festival due to the powerful influence of western cultures. Instead, they spend lots of money and resources on the celebration of western festivals including Charismas and Halloween, which will definitely undermine the country’s culture. Besides, it is worth noticing that many young people’s lifestyles and ways of thinking are westernizing thanks to the cultural influence from the Internet.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第11题
• 我认为商业和文化接触是不可避免的，对于其有 利的一面不应施加太多限制，而针对民族特性缺 失问题，政府可以采取一定措施来进行干预。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第11题
• I think business and cultural contact is inevitable. We should not impose too many limitations on its positive effects. While for the problem of losing national identity, the government can take some measures to intervene.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第12题
Some people think that students with different abilities should be taught together, while others believe students of different abilities should be taught separately. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第12题
1 分开教学好 1. 对于身心有缺陷的孩纸，保护自尊心&自信心 2. 对于天才，不扼杀天分，不会沦为平庸 3. 对于不同水平的孩纸，提高效率 二. 不要分开教学 1. 按IQ或成绩分不科学 2. 产生优越感or 自卑感 3. 一样的人在一起很难提升

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第12题
• 有身心缺陷的孩子应该和正常儿童分开教学。如 果和享有很多天生优势的学生一起上学，他们的 身心都不能得到健康的成长，因为这两类孩子之 间相处不可避免地会发生很不愉快的事情，而弱 势孩子的自尊心和自信心会受到残忍的伤害。对 于有特殊才能学生而言，将他们分开教育可能更 好。许多人年轻时在某些领域展露过天分，但因 为没有人关注到这些出众的才华，他们最终沦为 平庸，导致很多科学家和艺术家被扼杀在摇篮中。 此外，学习能力不同的学生可以分成不同班级进 行教学，这样可以提高效率。

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第12题
• Children with disabilities should be placed in different schools from normal kids. They are unlikely to grow healthily either mentally or physically if being taught together with the students who enjoy many inborn advantages over them, for inevitably the getting along between them would become ugly and the disadvantaged could get brutally hurt in their pride and self confidence. For kids with special talents, teaching them separately may be a better choice. Many people who had showed gift in special areas ended up mediocre just because nobody gave any attention to their extraordinary talent when they were young, nipping would-be scientists and artists in their buds. Moreover, students with different learning abilities can be divided into different classes. In this way, a higher efficiency can be achieved.

强哥03.17期4月写作预测班第12题
• 然而，使用智力测试成绩或考试将学生划分成 三六九等有很大争议，因为经验显示它们并不 十分可靠。而且采用区别教学会使学生产生一 种优越感或者是自卑感，这对他们的人格发展 是不利的。此外，和不同能力的人一起相处有 机会结交各种朋友，这有助于提高人们长大后 融入社会的能力；而和太过相似的人呆在一起 很难使自身实现很大的提升。

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• However, it is controversial to use IQ test results or exams to classify all the students because empirical evidence shows they are not very reliable. Also a sense of superiority or inferiority can be aroused among students by adopting differentiated teaching groups, which goes against their personality development. In addition, staying with students of different abilities enables one to make friends with all kinds of people, which increases his or her adaptability into society when growing up; while birds of a feather are so much alike that they can hardly achieve great self improvement when staying together.