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2021.03.06真题

In some countries around the world men and women tend to have their children later in life. Why this happened? What are the effects on society and family life?

满分词汇：

postpone parenthood / later ages of childbearing 替代晚生孩子

fertility n. 生育能力

inverse impact n. 负面影响

simultaneously adv. 同时地

well established adj. 走上正轨

maturity n. 成熟

opt for v. 选择

原因段1：

Education could have a strong inverse impact on the timing of first births, resulting in a significant shift to later ages of childbearing. Young adults who desire higher educational attainment levels are likely to postpone parenthood because of the hardship in balancing student and parent roles, both are time-intensive and difficult to be managed simultaneously. Sheer evidence can be found from those with a higher post-secondary or tertiary education who had their first child considerably later than those with lower secondary education only.

原因段2：

Furthermore, Young couples nowadays are likely to pursue careers, which means they will encounter a series of job steps that progressively entail more responsibility in pursuing of higher remuneration and greater authority and autonomy. Those willing to pursue careers may post pone childbearing until they are well established on their career path.

影响段1&2：

There's an undoubted sense of maturity that comes along with age and plays a vital role in better parenting.Older parents, who tend to opt for more sophisticated parenting approaches due to their maturity, are less likely to scold or physically discipline their kids, which means it will be more likely for their children to be better behaved, well socialized and emotionally healthy in their pre-teen years. In addition, later parenthood can be a key contributor of declining fertility, which accelerates the already severe aging population in the globe. This can in turn leads to a discontinuity in labor force across the spectrum of various sectors.