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我們來看看各國(guó)在這一問題上的不同反應(yīng)：
Govt denies immediate plan for retirement age rise
BEIJING - China's human resources authorities are seeking to relieve growing public concerns over the government's reported consideration to lift the retirement age in response to a financial shortage facing the country's pension fund.
"China has no immediate plan to adjust the retirement age," an unidentified official of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) was quoted as saying on Thursday by People's Daily.
France retirement age protests turn violent
(PARIS) Protests against a proposed hike in retirement age by the French government took an increasingly radical turn with masked youths setting fires in cities across France yesterday.
UK retirement age challenge fails
In the UK, a worker can see their employment end at the age of 65 without any redundancy payment - even if they do not want to retire.
However the judge in the case said there was a compelling case for the compulsory retirement age to rise.
【熱點(diǎn)話題】今天想就老齡化導(dǎo)致的退休年齡問題和大家聊聊寫作。
前面這則新聞來源于ebusiness，報(bào)道源于歐盟出臺(tái)的一份報(bào)告，敦促歐洲各國(guó)提高退休年齡，以緩解退休金支付壓力。根據(jù)歐盟委員會(huì)預(yù)計(jì)，為了保持現(xiàn)有的退休金支付水平，至2060年，歐盟27個(gè)成員國(guó)必須將退休年齡提高至70歲。后面的幾則新聞則摘取了來自于中國(guó)﹑法國(guó)和英國(guó)政府及民眾對(duì)于提高退休年齡這一問題的不同態(tài)度和行動(dòng)。一向關(guān)注“弱勢(shì)群體”和“熱點(diǎn)問題”的雅思出題者，也在曾經(jīng)的題目中談及這方面的內(nèi)容，我們來看一下以下兩道題目：
1. In many countries, the proportion of older people is steadily increasing. Does this trend have more positive or negative effects on the society?
2. In some countries the average worker is obliged to retire at the age of 50, while in others people can work until they are 65 or 70. Meanwhile, we see some politicians enjoying power well into their eighties. Clearly, there is little agreement on an appropriate retirement age. Until what age do you think people should be encouraged to remain in paid employment?
一道題目是討論老齡化帶來的影響，眾所周知，這一現(xiàn)象給社會(huì)造成了沉重的經(jīng)濟(jì)壓力，在出生率低壽命較長(zhǎng)的西方國(guó)家，這一問題導(dǎo)致的直接后果就是“是否要提高退休年齡”，因?yàn)檫@是解決養(yǎng)老金缺口最立竿見影的辦法。
另一道題目是關(guān)于退休年齡的討論，實(shí)際上，各國(guó)對(duì)于退休年齡的不同態(tài)度取決于自身利益，發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家民眾反對(duì)延遲退休，是因?yàn)閾?dān)心福利；而在中國(guó)，特別是體力勞動(dòng)者及低收入群體反對(duì)延遲退休，是因?yàn)閾?dān)心生計(jì)。
