In many countries, people spend more and more time away from their families.

　　What causes this trend?

　　What effects do you think it has on themselves and their families?

　　• 说明文题型，问原因和结果。家庭大话题下的老话题，就在2021年8月12日刚考过。审题时需注意：结果的部分，必须从“个人”和“家庭”两个层面讨论。

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　　【原因】

　　1. Generally speaking, the surging pressure, be it in study or in employment, has attributed to this trend.

　　* 总起句点出主要原因：激增的压力。

　　2. More accurately, as the vacancies of governmental bodies and highly-reputed businesses are few and far between, the competition for an ideal job is intense considering the sea of people applying.

　　* 进一步解释激增的压力的原因。

　　3. To have the edge over their counterparts, those applicants, when they were students, had every reason to seek for the opportunities to enrol in renowned universities, regardless of how far away they might be from their families.

　　* 群体1(学生党)：外出学习以谋求日后的竞争力。

　　4. As to the working professionals, it is due to the heavier living pressure that they, especially average working parents, have to spend the majority of their time in office or on business trips, leaving their children or the elderly at home.

　　* 群体2(上班族)：为了寻求更多的工作机会，远离家庭。

　　【解析】

　　1. 内容(Task Response)*** 特别重要 ***

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　　2. 组织(Coherence and Cohesion)*** 尤其重要 ***

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　　3. 词汇(Lexical Resource)

　　vacancy 为可数名词，意思是“[职位]空位，空缺”。归类于“话题高频词”。

　　few and far between 为形容词词组，意思是“少之又少”。归类于“通用词”。

　　counterpart 为可数名词，意思是“职务相当的人;作用相当的事物”。归类于“通用词”。

　　working professional 为可数名词，意思是“上班族”。归类于“话题高频词”。

　　4. 语法(Grammatical Range and Accuracy)

　　第1句：主句 (the surging pressure has attributed to this trend); 中间的be it 为whether省略引起的倒装，原形为：whether it is in study or in employment.

　　第4句：it is…that…强调句，强调原因状语 (due to the heavier pressure), 主句为 they have to spend… + v.ing非谓语作伴随 (leaving…)。