雅思写作犯罪类素材介绍

 
　　雅思写作犯罪类话题是许多雅思考生的噩梦，很多人就因为碰到了雅思写作犯罪类话题而不得不继续“二战”，可是其实雅思写作犯罪类话题的出题方向还是非常明确的，基本就局限在青少年犯罪、怎样对待犯罪分子等几个方面。为此整理雅思写作犯罪类素材，希望对大家有所帮助，文中观点仅供参考。
　　雅思写作犯罪类素材每年一般会出三到五次左右，今年目前只出现了一次，想要取得写作高分的考生需要去准备这个话题。首先，我们来看一下今年的这道题：
　　20130216 Some people think all lawbreakers should be sent to prison, while others believe that there are better alternatives. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
　　这是一道高频考题，考察的是关于怎样对待犯罪分子的问题，是放到监狱，还是延长刑期，或者是接受教育和职业技能培训呢?请看历年相似的真题：
　　20080112Some people think the best way of reducing crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others, however, think there are other better ways to reduce crime. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
　　20080918 Putting criminals into prisons is not so effective in dealing with them. Instead, education and job training should be offered to them. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
　　20090917Some people think that all the lawbreakers should be sent into the jail, while others believe that they should also be made to do some work or learn some skills in the community. What is your opinion?
　　20120512Today prison is the most common solution for crime. But some people think that it would be a more effective way to provide them with better education to prevent them from becoming criminals. Do you agree or disagree?
　　下面我们就通过一篇Economist的文章，来看看雅思写作犯罪类素材常用的词汇有哪些：
　　1、Less noticed, though, were the suspended sentence and release of two of Mr Li’s juvenile accomplices, even though they pleaded guilty.
　　suspended sentence：缓刑
　　Accomplice：同伙(团伙犯罪中)
　　Guilty:有罪的
　　2、They were urbanites, not migrants, and they could afford to pay sizeable compensation to the victim.
　　Urbanite:城里人
　　Migrant:移民
　　Sizeable compensation:大量的赔偿金
　　Victim:受害者
　　3、Migrant and left-behind juveniles are far more likely to be incarcerated than their peers who were brought up in the cities, even though surveys suggest that urban young people commit proportionately about the same number of violent crimes as migrant young. In Shanghai, juveniles without local household registration were given suspended sentences (or probation) in only 15% of cases in 2010; locally registered young folk went free on suspended sentences 63% of the time.
　　left-behind juveniles：留守儿童
　　incarcerate：关禁闭
　　probation：缓刑
　　4、The reasons the migrant young are more likely to be punished severely are closely related to the reasons they get into trouble in the first place: their migrant status and their relative poverty.
　　be punished severely：被严厉惩罚
　　5、Their rural home towns lack resources to monitor children on probation, so they end up in prison.
　　end up in prison：以进监狱告终
　　6、And revisions to the national criminal code, in effect this year, specify that juvenile offenders should be treated more leniently than adults.
　　Revision: 修改
　　national criminal code：国家刑法典
　　in effect：生效
　　juvenile offenders：青少年罪犯
　　leniently：宽容地
　　7、Officially the emphasis is on education over punishment.
　　教育比惩罚更重要。
　　本期文章以中国的青少年犯罪为背景，论述了很多法律方面的相关问题，为我们提供了很多地道地法律英语表达，大家可以参考经济学人10月26日的文章。
　　以上就是雅思写作犯罪类素材的相关介绍，作为一道高频考题，还是有了解的必要性的，最后祝大家都能考出好成绩。