关于老年人的托福作文范文

　　In many countries, the proportion of older people is steadily increasing. Does this trend have more positive or negative effects on society?

　　The world is getting older. You come across old people everywhere-in restaurants, on airplanes, in hospitals and even in Disneyland! Things were quite different 20 years ago, when young people dominated the world. Is this change in demography good or bad for society? I would say it has more negative effects than positive ones.

　　Doubtlessly, older people are much experienced in life, so to society, and particularly to the younger generation, they are a valuable treasure. This is because older people can give us constructive suggestions and can assist us in doing many different things, preventing us from making mistakes. So, seen from this perspective, an increasing proportion of older people in the population are not necessarily something bad.

　　However, it would not be accurate to say that having an older population always benefits us. It also has negative effects on society. First of all, the aging population is retiring from the working world. That means it does not offer society the labor it needs for its sustained economic growth. Japan has actually been troubled by its aging laborers who are destined to be the pure wealth consumers. Japanese people are even encouraged by their government to give birth to more babies, not for themselves, but for the nation!

　　Secondly, rapid social development calls for more people with creative and innovative minds and generally speaking, these refer to young people. Electric bulbs and computers would never have come about without groups of young people who were not happy with the status quo and were bold enough to challenge established traditions. It is said more than 80% of the great inventions and literary works are created by people under 40 years old.

　　In a word, while older people enlighten us with their rich experience, they use up more than what they produce. At the same time, they are more likely to follow rules docilely. Therefore, the demerits of an aged population far outweigh its merits.

　　世界日渐衰老，老年人随处可见：在饭店里、在飞机上、在医院里，甚至在迪斯尼乐园里！20年前事情还大为不同，那时候年轻人是世界的主流。这一人口配比的变化对社会来讲究竟是好事呢，还是坏事呢？我认为此状况弊大于利。

　　毋庸置疑，老年人生活阅历丰富，对社会，特别是对年轻人来讲，这是一笔宝贵的财富。老一辈可以为我们提供富有建设性的意见，可以协助我们做很多事情，可以防止我们犯错误。所以，从这个角度讲，老龄人口比重的增加不见得是件坏事情。

　　但是，如果说老年人给我们带来的都是积极的影响也是不对的。他们的负面影响同样存在。首先，老年人退休后不再工作。这就意味着他们不再能够提供社会经济持续发展所需要的劳动力。实际上，日本就受到日益老龄化的劳动力影响，因为老年人注定会成为纯粹的财富消费者。日本人甚至得到政府的鼓励多生孩子，这样做不是为了他们自己，而是为了他们的国家！

　　第二，社会要取得快速发展，需要更多的创新人才，一般意义上讲，就是需要年轻人。如果没有大批不满现状的年轻人勇于挑战传统，就不会有今天的电灯和计算机。据说，80%的伟大发明和文学作品是由40岁以下的人所创造的。

　　概括讲来，年长的一代给予我们丰富的经验，但却是财富的主要消费者。与此同时，他们更多时候倾向于循规蹈矩而缺乏创新。因此，人口老龄化的弊端远大于其优势。