2017考博英语作文热点话题主题词汇：家庭类之老年人
guarantee for old age security
给老年人提供保障
live on pension
靠养老金生活
build up homes for the aged
建造老人院
As one gets older, he is more liable to have health problems.
年纪大了容易添病。
Movement becomes difficult with age.
随着年事的增高行动变得困难。
The vigor of a person’s body lessens as he grows old.
人到老年体力就变弱了。
be calculated to prolong one’s life
延年益寿
think young and stay young
精神年轻就能保持年轻
three important things for a long old life: fresh air, fresh food, simplelife
长寿的三要素：新鲜空气、新鲜食物、简单生活
Medical expenses remain a serious problem for the aged.
医疗开支对于老年人是很大的困难。
be lonely and starving for companionship
因孤独而渴望有人作伴
keep active, alert and open-minded
保持积极向上、机敏和开朗
The worst problems of the old age are health, loneliness and personal safety.
老年人最可怕的问题是健康、孤独和个人安全。
have a close relationship with their children
与子女保持密切关系
The old and the young do not always understand each other.
老年人与年轻人往往不能互相理解。
China is a nation that is proud of the virtue of filial piety.
中国是一个以孝道为自豪的民族。
Filial piety is defined as “a son’s or daughter’s obedience to andrespect for parents”.
孝顺指的是儿女对父母的顺从和尊敬。
have the duty to support and assist one’s parents
有赡养扶助父母的义务
We should be considerate of the comfort of old people.
我们应该为老年人的舒适着想。
编者语：考研英语一中的图画作文关于家庭精神文明建设类的文章从2002年至今考查过四年，分别是2003年、2005年、2014年、2016年。所以是考生重点学习的话题，希望考生能把这个话题下常用的短语或句子背诵下来，至少把我画黄色背景的内容背诵下来。
写作必备句型：
guarantee for 为......提供保障
live on 靠......生活
be liable to do 倾向于做......
have a close relationship with 和......保持密切关系
have the duty to 有义务做......
造句练习：
1、另一方面，物质生活的改善并不伴随着孝道的美德和家庭价值观的提高。
2、由于父母年事增高而行动变得困难就加以抛弃的行为是非常自私的行为，这种行为不仅反映社会道德的堕落，而且危害社会持续性发展。
3、如果这种趋势持续下去，我们的社区将会失去存在的意义，因为人类社会的幸存，依赖于父母子女之间保持密切的关系。
参考答案：
1、On the other hand, the improvement of material life is not accompanied by the raised virtue of filial piety and family values.
【词汇】On the other hand 另一方面
improvement n. 改善
material life 物质生活
be accompanied by 伴随着
【分析】这句模板句分析了现在年轻人不养老的原因。
2、The abandoning of the old parents whose movements become difficult with age is a very selfish behavior, which not only reflects the decline of moral sense but also does harm to the sustainable social development.
【词汇】abandon v. 抛弃
selfish adj. 自私的
reflect v. 反映
moral sense 道德意识
sustainable adj. 可持续的
【分析】本句主干是The abandoning is a very selfish behavior。of the old parents是abandoning的后置定语，whose movements become difficult with age是parents的定语从句，which引导的是非限制性定语从句，从句中使用了not only...but also的并列结构。
3、If the trend continued so, our community would lose its meaning of existence, because human society can survive only when we, young and old, have a close relationship with each other.
【词汇】trend n. 趋势
meaning of existence 存在的意义
survive v. 幸存
【分析】本句使用了虚拟条件句，必然加分的结构。if引导条件状语从句，because引导的原因状语从句，原因状语从句中嵌套when引导的时间状语从句。