3月8日雅思真題解析及高分範文

題目

In more and more countries, people choose to give money on special occasions rather than giving gifts chosen personally. Why might this be the case? Is it a positive or a negative development?

解析

本周題目為(wei) 新題。

有一種現象，就是在有些國家人們(men) 不再互相送禮物，而是送錢。這個(ge) 原因是什麽(me) ？這種現象是好還是壞？

這個(ge) 題目雖然是新題，但似乎大家都很熟悉，因此也並不難。

大家不再互相送禮物，改送錢，原因可能有二：

1. 大家現在生活分散，不常見麵，不知道給對方送什麽(me) 禮物，於(yu) 是隻好送錢

2. 大家沒有那麽(me) 多時間去慢慢對對方挑選禮物，送錢最簡單。

這種現象肯定是弊大於(yu) 利的，主要是送錢不利於(yu) 維護人與(yu) 人之間的關(guan) 係。錢是冰冷的，沒有個(ge) 人溫度。

範文（7-8分）

People used tocelebratespecial occasions such as birthdays, wedding days, and importantanniversariesby giving gifts to each other, but nowadays this seems to begoing out of fashionin many countries. Instead of gifts, they now give money to each other.

I think this change has taken placelargelyas a result of the changed lifestyle people live today. In the past, people and their relatives and friends used to live together generations and generations in a ratherrestrictedarea. They knew each other perfectly well, so they knew what kind of gifts they should give to each other. Therefore, the one who loved books might just receive from his friend his favorite book as a birthday present, and the one who showed interest in music might be given a flute or even a piano. However, the situation is very different nowadays. People --- even parents and their children --- are now living in different parts of the world so they do not see each other that often.Consequently, uncertain about whatspecificgifts to give, they choose to give money to each other.

Thedisplacementof gifts by money can also be explained by the fast pace of life people have now. Choosing a right gift for a special occasion takes a lot of time and people nowadays simply cannotaffordthat time since they have to work hard to catch up in this ever-acceleratingworld.

I believe this trend will produce negative effects since it isdetrimentalto the maintenance of interpersonal relationship. As money is something thatcirculatesuniversally, it does not carry any personal warmth. When used as asubstitutionfor gift, it often means that the giver does not really know, or even care to know the specific needs of the receiver. The relationship between the two will thus beundermined, rather thanconsolidated.

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