2018年雅思小作文范文：2月1日

　　Figures show that in some countries, there is an ever-increasing proportion of population aged 15 or younger. What do you think are the current and future effects on those countries?

　　范文：

　　Lifestyle has undergone dramatic changes over a couple of decades. Presently, the population of teenagers is on the rise in some countries which might have both positive and negative effects on the progress of a nation. Here, I would like to account for current and upcoming consequences of this phenomenon.

　　Multifarious positive effects can be put down behind this happening. First and foremost, youthful generation plays a phenomenal role to flourish the progress of a nation. For example, majority of young people are expected to learn professional skills related to science, engineering, medical, technology, sports and so on. As a result, a country will be enriched with a massive number of prodigious talented people who could contribute remarkably at jobs to ensure the development of their nation. Besides this, advancement strides only in the presence of youngsters. To be specific, young blood is energetic, agile, creative and adaptive who welcome new changes, adjust nicely and can introduce innovative ideas for betterment of living standard. Hence, a nation is supposed to be more advanced than others.

　　Moreover, youngsters are well educated, advanced and conscious about healthy living standard. Thence, they could be made willing to participate in social welfare activities such as planting more trees, promoting cleanliness, saving wild life, using biodegradable materials so on to evolve pleasant ecological conditions and superior lifestyle. On the contrary, it has thorny side too.

　　To begin with, in many thriving regions, employment sources are less due to deprivation of industries and other commercial sectors. Therefore, increasingly number of young people is leading to lack of job opportunities in such areas. Furthermore, the cultural heritage of a nation may lose its significance. To be specific, unlike other age groups, youthful generation has tendency to develop their own ways of living and attitudes rather than following traditional values. Thus, individuality of a culture will be at the low ebb. All of above, generation gap will spread its roots on account of imbalanced ratio of different age groups. Hence, misunderstandings and disputes might be the order of the day between young and late adulthood.

　　To recapitulate, elevation in the number youngsters may lead to some hardships. However, I still believe positive outcomes will exceed negative results.