【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ety and propose a few possible solutions to address the issues. The main reason why the elderly are not well respected is that they often fail to municate with other members in the society effectively. As they retire and leave their job positions, they lose the opportunities to get the most uptodate information on different aspects of life. They often find it difficult to talk with younger people who are more familiar with the latest development of the society. In addition, the younger people often municate with one another using the lastest technologies such as mobile phones SMS (short messages services), and instant messengers. Once the younger people get used to these new gadgets, they lose the patience to talk to the elderly facetoface. To address the issue of the lack of respect, the elderly people should be provided more opportunities to acquire the latest information about the world and the society. They need to learn how to surf the Internet and use the newest technologies to municate with other people. The local munity colleges may offer courses like New Tools for Interpersonal Communication specifically designed for the senior citizens. Moreover, the software designers and the mobile phone manufacturers should take the elderly people39。s needs into consideration when they work on the design of the interface of the devices to make their products more elderlyfriendly. Of course, introducing new technologies to the elderly alone cannot solve the problem. It is important to remember the elderly need more than medical services. They also need younger people to acpany them, to hear their stories and to be there for them. Therefore, the younger people should be engaged to pay more attention to the elderly if we want to improve the munication between the elderly and the younger people. Community centers for the elderly should be built to bring the old people and the younger people together in two ways. Firstly, more younger people may be hired to simply spend time with the eldely. Secondly, the munity centers may also introduce certain programs to attract volunteers from local high schools and universities. Such programs may help encourage more people to care about the elderly. In conclusion, there are many factors causing the problem of the elderly lacking respect from the younger people. The munication failure between the elderly and the younger people is one of the major issues. To address this problem, efforts should be made to introduce new technologies and to bring more younger people, employees and volunteers, to the elderly. Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoding change. Others, however, think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both these view and give your own opinion. Over the last half century the pace of change in the life of human beings has increased beyond our wildest expectations. This has been driven by technological and scientific breackthroughs that are changing the whole way we view the world on almost daily basis. This means that change is not always a personal option, but an inescapable fact of life, and we need to constantly adapt to keep pace to it. Those people who believe they have achieved some security by doing the same, familiar things are living in denial. Even when people believe they are resisting change themselves, they cannot stop the world around them from changing. Sooner or later they will find that the familiar jobs no longer exist, or that the 39。safe39。 patterns of of behavior are no longer appropriate. However, reaching the conclusion that change is evitable is not the same as assuming that change is always for the better. Unfortunately, it is not always the case that new things are prompted because they habe good impacts for the majority of people. A lot of innovations are made with the aim of making money for a few. This is because it is the rich and powerful peple in our society who are able to impose changes (such as in working conditions or property developments) that are in their interests. In conclusion, I would say that change can be stinulating and ebergizing for individuals when they pursue it