2010年8月22日日曜日

Class Supplement (TOEFL Essay, impact of longevity on society)

Writing Topic A: Generally speaking, people are living longer now than they did in previous centuries. What impact do you think this change will have on society?

♦older but healthy and more experienced work force
→younger generation staying school longer, more experienced workers, more immigrants
♦older consumers
→less spending (in case of weak pension system), different products and services, different city planning(barrier-free designs, more accessible establishments like mobile convenience stores and dry cleaners), new jobs such as “good listeners,” people who listen in professional manners to the same stories repeated by the same seniors
♦more problems related to elderly people
→more demand for social workers, nursing staff, medical personnel
♦more expenditure on social security system (health care, pension, etc.)
→heavier tax


Writing Topic B: The 21st century has begun. What changes do you think this new century will bring?

The rise of Asian countries
1) Asian population will account half of the world population around 2050
2) rapid economic growth rate (especially China and India) and diligence
3) influential culture (food, fashion, films and animation, etc.)

Century of cooperation or destruction
1) global warming
2) population growth and food and water shortage
3) globalization and the gap between the rich and the poor
4) reduction of nuclear weapons
5) tension between religious groups

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