随着社会经济水平、生活水平的提升，人们寿命增长，社会老龄化问题逐渐凸显，引发了人们对于老年人退休生活、社会福利、年龄代沟等问题的关注。同时社会上另外一个特殊群体——儿童，在雅思写作中也一样备受瞩目，除了常见的儿童教育-教育类考题外，还有和家庭生活相关的儿童成长问题，父母在家庭中的职责与角色等问题的探讨。本期就和我一起来看一看社会生活类话题的考点与词汇吧。

社会生活话题考点

雅思写作中一些比较常见的社会生活考题举例：

The survey shows that in many countries, the people are living longer but increased life expectancy has many implications for the aging individuals and for society as a whole. What are the possible effects of longer living for individuals and society?

关键词解读：老龄化社会

Young people have different ideas and attitudes with their parents and grandparents. What are the differences? What problems may be caused?

关键词解读：年轻人与长辈的代沟

In many countries, workers over 60 can still be found in the workplace. However, some people think it may cause some social problems and they should get retired. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

关键词解读：老年人退休

In some countries，the role of a mother differs in some ways from the role of a father. Why do you think these differences exist? How might parental roles develop in the future?

关键词解读：父母职责差异

除了这些常见词汇外，依然为大家准备了8个高分的collocation：

1. exert a subtle influence on 有潜移默化的影响

Eg. Speeches and behaviors of parents, to a larger extent, exert a subtle influence on children’s character-training and future development.

subtle: adj. 微妙的，精巧的，难以捉摸的

C5Test1 Passage 1 Johnson's Dictionary 中后面多选题的G选项有subtle 一词， 考的很隐晦很微妙，大家不妨去看看

2. become estranged from  与……疏远

Eg. Many children have to leave their parents at an early age to study or work elsewhere. As time passes, children become emotionally estranged from their parents.

become emotionally estranged from   感情上疏远

3.family bonds 亲情，亲人之间的感情纽带 & family break-up 家庭破裂

Eg. People tend to live longer in societies with strong family bonds. 

4. have fond memories/ recollections of sth. 对....有美好的回忆

Eg. Most of us have fond memories/ recollections of our childhoods. 

5. hale and hearty 老年人身体很健康

（of old people) healthy and strong 

Eg. He is still hale and hearty even though he is 80 years old now. 

6. underprivileged families 处于弱势的家庭

（指在social or economic condition上处于弱势地位，有所欠缺）

Eg. It's governments' responsibility to run programmes supporting those underprivileged families. 

7. to counteract sth. （政府） 应对某事

（to reduce the negative effect of sth. ) 

Eg. Some governments are actively finding solutions to counteract the challenges of population aging. 

8. establish children's  life outlook 孩子人生观树立

Eg. Parenting will have many indispensable roles to play in shaping children’s character, establishing their life outlook and influencing their destinies.