分享雅思作文范文——年轻人从事志愿者活动

It has been suggested that all young adults should be required to undertake a period of unpaid work helping people in the community. Would the drawbacks of such a requirement be greater than the benefits to the community and the individual young adults?

有人建议，所有年轻人都应该被要求从事一段时间的无偿工作，帮助社区中的人们。这样的要求对社区和年轻人个人来说是否坏处大于好处？

这是一道利弊类大作文，讨论的是年轻人无偿参加社区服务对社区和个人的影响。审题时注意两点，一是题目讨论对象限定在“young adults”，需要考虑到这个人群的特性。二是题目要求讨论参与社区服务对年轻人的好处和坏处，注意要进行两方面的对比，并给出自己的态度，而不只是罗列好处和坏处。

As responsible citizens of a progressive society, there is often an expectation bound to all the young adults that they should get involved in unpaid work to assist people in their community. Although there are drawbacks to such activities, I would argue that these are outweighed by the benefits.

The drawbacks associated with this primarily include the time that a young adult would put in helping people. This time could very well be used in enhancing current skills, developing new skills, strengthening educational qualifications and then applying for competitive and high status jobs. Also, youth is that stage of life that allows enjoyment without being tied down with the responsibilities that arise with age. Spending the little leisure time that they get in helping the community would steal from them the pleasures of exploring their individuality.

On the other hand, providing unpaid help to people in the community also comes with significant advantages. The young adults of today become the leaders and innovators of tomorrow. If today they learn the value of moving forward while helping others move forward, they will understand what true progress and success means and that money is not everything. They will learn to empathize with each other, be sensitive to each other's needs and make choices that benefit one and all. This in turn will also help communities prosper. With people being able to reach out to each other in cases of need, neighborhoods and cities could hopefully become become better places to live in, which is precisely what is needed in society today.

To sum up, I believe that the benefits are greater than the drawbacks. The requirement to undertake community service must be a key part of the life cycle of young adults and encouraged wherever possible.

responsible citizens 有责任的公民

get involved in unpaid work 参与无偿工作

outweighed 比……重要

associated with 与……相关

enhancing current skills 加强当前的技能

applying for 申请

arise with age 随着年龄的增长

Individuality 个人

Innovators 创造者

true progress and success 真正的进步和成功

empathize 同情；换位思考

make choices 做决定

prosper 繁荣；昌盛

undertake community service 从事社区服务

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