Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief deion of the picture and then give your comments. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. You should write at least 150words but no more than 200words.

　　范文：

　　China has decided to end its decades-long one-child policy. All couples are allowed to have two children. This decision has aroused much chatter—whether it is high time that China should carry out the universal two-child policy or not. As far as I am concerned, this policy is in line with China’s domestic situations.

　　Speaking from a macro perspective, this policy is a timely adjustment to China’s changing situations. The aging population has been posing a threat to the sustainable and healthy development of China. This policy will optimize the demographic structure, increase the labor force, ease the pressure of aging population and ensure the sustainable and healthy development of the economy and society.

　　Speaking from a micro one, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance have jumped many times in just one generation, this policy will bring about many benefits to the family in the long run. In spite of the fact that child rearing is anything less than an easy task, the disadvantages, such as temporarily economic burden, seem to be pale compared with the benefits. The second child, at least, will accompany his or her sibling and in the future, they will share the responsibility to support and care for their old parents.

　　【參考譯文】

　　中國(guó)政府決定終止實(shí)行長(zhǎng)達(dá)數(shù)十年以來(lái)的計(jì)劃生育政策。所有的夫婦都被允許生育二胎。這項(xiàng)政策一出臺(tái)就引起了多方熱議----中國(guó)真的到了全面放開(kāi)二胎政策的時(shí)候了嗎?我個(gè)人認(rèn)為，這項(xiàng)政策符合中國(guó)國(guó)情。

　　從宏觀的角度來(lái)講，全面放開(kāi)二胎政策是對(duì)不斷變化著的中國(guó)國(guó)情做出的調(diào)整。人口老齡化已經(jīng)對(duì)中國(guó)的健康可持續(xù)發(fā)展造成了威脅。全面放開(kāi)二胎政策將會(huì)優(yōu)化人口結(jié)構(gòu)，增加勞動(dòng)力，減輕人口老齡化帶來(lái)的壓力并確保經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會(huì)的可持續(xù)和健康發(fā)展。

　　從微觀的角度來(lái)講，隨著父母一方出現(xiàn)身體虛弱狀況的概率----在他(或她)身上需要體力和經(jīng)濟(jì)的支持----是上一代人的許多倍，全面放開(kāi)二胎政策，從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)角度來(lái)看，將會(huì)給家庭帶來(lái)諸多裨益。雖然養(yǎng)育孩子絕不是一件輕松的事情，但是多養(yǎng)育一個(gè)孩子所帶來(lái)的弊端，比如，經(jīng)濟(jì)上暫時(shí)的拮據(jù)，是無(wú)法與其帶來(lái)的益處相比較的。第二胎出生的孩子，至少會(huì)讓他(或她)的哥哥或者姐姐感到不那么孤單;并且將來(lái)他們可以共同贍養(yǎng)他們年邁的父母。

　　【詞匯部分】

　　decades-long長(zhǎng)達(dá)數(shù)十年之久的

　　odds 幾率

　　chatter 嘮叨的話;喋喋不休

　　demographic 人口統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)的;人口統(tǒng)計(jì)的

　　macro 宏觀的

　　optimize 使最優(yōu)化;充分利用

　　micro 微觀的

　　sibling 兄弟姐妹