In many countries, people are now living longer than ever before. Some people say an ageing population creates problems for governments. Other people think there are benefits if society has more elderly people. To what extent do the advantages of having an ageing population outweigh the disadvantages?

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During
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last
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few generations and the developments we had in different fields, the number of
people
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who are living in old ages above
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70 is increasing but the
number of
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birth rate is falling.
therefore
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, some
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believes
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that
this
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statement can cause difficulties for the government, which I totally agree with,
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however
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however,
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in
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essay
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essay,
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I will point to both benefits and drawbacks.
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with,
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show
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us the number of happy
people
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who are living with their parents or grandparents
are
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much more than
who
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those who
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had
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lost their
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loved
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ones which can cause an increase in depression between young ages. Even though it is important to take care of
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mental
health
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the negative effect of having too many elderly in
population
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the population
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can have unexpected effects
for
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on
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a country too.
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, most
of
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the
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apply
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people
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with physical
health
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can regularly work till their 70ties and for the rest of their
life
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life,
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they will need
retirement
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a retirement
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salary coming from the
governments
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government's
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budget. Even if we assume they have
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amount of money to spend
this
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way too.
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, believe it or
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as we grow our body start to lose
its
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their
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health
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and
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apply
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Knowing that there are young
people
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who are struggling with various kind of diseases
too
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nothing will change the fact that most of the illness appears in old
ages
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age
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. Despite that, we may need more factories to produce medicine and
cutting of
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more
plant
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plants
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or
tree
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trees
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for medical uses which can directly lead us to air pollution and
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the environment. In conclusion, in my opinion, it may be necessary to have old
people
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in
population
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the population
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for taking
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to take
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care of
societies
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society's
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mental
health
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but
in
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on
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average disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • ageing population
  • benefits
  • disadvantages
  • advantages
  • experience
  • knowledge
  • contribution
  • economy
  • society
  • healthcare
  • youth employment
  • community
  • intergenerational support
  • volunteerism
  • mentorship
  • increased demand
  • pension costs
  • social welfare systems
  • workforce
  • productivity
  • intergenerational conflict
  • technological adaptability
  • dependency
  • effective
  • skill development
  • employment opportunities
  • intergenerational solidarity
  • communication
  • lifelong learning
  • technological literacy
  • age-friendly
  • social policies
  • infrastructure
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