If old people cannot physically, mentally or financially support themselves, younger family members should legally support them. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

题目来源：2019年8月29日大陆雅思大作文

题目大意

如果老年人不能从身体，精神和经济方面支持自己，从法律角度来说年轻的家庭成员应该照顾这些老人。你多大程度上同意或是不同意。

写作思路解析

➡️本题和传统常见的话题不同的点在于legally，因此要突出强调有必要立法强制年轻人去照顾，因此审题要注意围绕立法的角度展开。所以在这道题目中我们可以用如下结构展开：

（1）好处：如果立法，能够使更多的老人得到充分的照顾，他们能够安享晚年，没有后顾之忧；在一些尊重老人的国家已经有了这样的传统，立法只是促使没有照顾老人意识的人们。

（2）坏处：但是如果强制，会给年轻人带来很大的负担，无法全心投入工作，可能会影响发展；对于老人其实也有很好的选择，比如设施齐全的养老院

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高分写作示范

People's life expectancy has improved in many societies and the population of the ageing generation are also soaring. Many people believe that the government should set laws and regulations to ensure that the old are well taken care of physically and mentally. Personally, I believe that it puts young people under huge pressure.

It is true that setting legal requirements to take care of the old people would be beneficial. In this way, the young have the obligations to support their senior family members from various perspectives so they would not suffer from loneliness and isolation. Therefore, a society with better life quality for the senior citizens can be anticipated. Apart from this, many cultures traditionally believe that it is the young generation's responsibility to look after their parents when they lose the self-care capabilities, while introducing relative laws would stimulate the people with less fidelity to follow the social norms.

However, putting the pressure for the young generation alone is unrealistic and unreasonable. Firstly, the young have to face intense competition to support the family financially. As a result, they have less time to care for the old especially when the elderly suffering from serious diseases which requires all-day care. Hence, the breadwinners of the family may lose the balance between work and their care-taking obligations. Going even further, the workforce in many countries may shrink owing to the weakening productivity and efficiency. Secondly, the elderly may have more choices apart from staying together with their offspring. For example, the nursing home with comprehensive medical equipment and well-trained nurses provides better living conditions.

To sum up, although enacting laws to enforce the young to look after the elder generation is beneficial to the old per se and the society, young people would have to bear a heavier burden.