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TOPIC
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
In Britain, when someone gets old they often go to live in a home with other old people where there are nurses to take care of them. Sometimes the government has to pay this care.
Who should be responsible for our old people?
Give reasons for your answer.
You should write at least 250 words.
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
Sample Answer of Band 8
One of the most challeging problems of today's society is the question who should be resposible for old people. It's not only a finanical problem but also a qusetion of the system we want our society to have. In my essay, I would like to four different models.
Firstly, the company can be responsible for its retired employees. For this reason a special find could be established. The advantage of this model is, if you belief in the capitalist system, that it should be the cheapest solution. A possible problem is that the companies might have competition disadvantage due to higher staff cases.
A second solution is that the government has to take the responsibility for the old people's care. It can finance this with its tax incomes. Actually, this is the most democratic model since everybody gets as much as he or she needs. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this solution seems not to work very well. The government can not longer afford supporting all old people.
Another way of solving this problem is to give back the responsibility to the individual. That means that everybody has to save money during their working life for the live after their retirement. This seems to be not a very fair model because their will certainly exist people who can not afford to save part of salary. In this case the government would have to care for them.
A last solution is to go back to the old model of the big family who cares for all their members. I do not think this is possible in our today's society because the family structures have so much changed.
To sum up, I have to admit that I cannot find a really good solution for this problem. All models have advantages and disadvantages. Certainly we have to think about this topic much more in the future.
注：划线部分为有明显的拼写语法错误。
此文章为英国大使馆提供的一份8分的雅思考试样卷。
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发表于 2006-11-7 11:38:48
楼主
, because I try it and keep it. 
发表于 2006-11-11 01:31:30
