题目
Young people who commit serious crimes, such as a robbery or a violent attack should be punished in the same way as adults. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
解析
本题为经典老题，曾经在2013年11月9日、2015年4月25日、2015年6月18日、2017年5月6日出现过。
青少年犯罪后是否应该受到与成年人同样的惩罚？关于如何惩罚青少年罪犯的话题，无非都是围绕着是否应该把他们关进监狱，他们得到惩罚，受到教育，从而变成一个更好的公民，其他的办法无非是让他们免费做义工，让他们在学习中改正错误。
很多同学很害怕犯罪话题，总觉得这个话题比较抽象，难以论证。事实上，老雅认为，雅思考试中，无论面对哪个话题，烤鸭都应该在审题过程中，多想想这个话题与我们的日常生活有什么关联（包括衣食住行，学习，友谊，交流等），而不是将话题引向高深的哲学推理或者某个专业领域。
以这种方法，我们就会发现，没有哪个雅思话题是远离我们生活的，我们都能顺利找到入题的方法。老雅就以本题为例，告诉大家，一个貌似高深的犯罪话题，如何可以轻松论证，四两拨千斤，得到自己理想的分数。
面对本次考试题目（乃至犯罪话题），即年轻人犯罪是否该受到与成年人同样的惩罚，多数同学第一时间想到的可能是：应该，因为这体现了社会公正；或者，不应该，因为青少年应该给机会改过自新。然后就开始冥思苦想，怎么论证这个社会公正问题，或者青少年如何改过自新的问题。这种思维方式，就把你的写作带入到了一个艰难的死胡同，最痛苦的情况可能是一条无法走出的死胡同。
比如：社会公正问题论证起来，远不是一般同学可以用英语做到的（即使用汉语都有问题），于是，这样的同学就开始哀叹：这个题目真太难写了！但是，事实是这样吗？非也，事实是你的思维出了毛病：你没有真正把握住题目要求，也没有掌握雅思写作的正确思维方式！那么，如何转换这个思维方式呢？我们是否可以这样思考：青少年罪犯如果受到与成年人同样的处罚（比如关进监狱），对青少年是好还是坏？对这个社会是好还是坏？
这样一思考，我们就有话可说了。受到同样处罚，有利于青少年尽快认识错误，改过自新，从而对整个社会也有好处；如果从轻处罚，青少年则难以吸取教训，对他们的未来不利，对社会的安全也不利。这样写，你不仅避免了社会公正这样抽象的死胡同，也会觉得250个字的空间太小了！
高分范文
It is argued that, when a teenager commits a crime, even a serious crime such as robbery or sexual molestation, he should not be given the same punishment as an adult criminal. Instead of being put into prison, as these people would suggest, the young criminal should be ordered to do some community services so that they can learn from their mistakes. Quite contrary to this popular belief, I think all criminals, no matter how young they are, should be put into jail and how long they should stay there depends on the nature of their crime. Firstly, prison is a good place for young people to think again what wrong they have done to other people. When put into jail, the young people will have little to do but read and think about their past. There are also many people who will help the young people understand why what they did before is not socially acceptable. In this way, these young criminals will have a better chance to come back to normal life. On the contrary, if they are just ordered to community services, they may very likely end up repeating their mistakes. Secondly, for these young criminals, their experience in prison may help prevent them from committing more crimes. Once they have been put into jail, they will never forget this experience. So, next time when they think of doing anything wrong, their memory of the prison will immediately return and then they may stop. The memory of doing community services, I believe, does not have this function. Therefore, my opinion is that, like an adult law violator, the teenager should also go to prison if he commits serious crimes because this experience in prison may enable him to become a better person. Other forms of punishment may be useful, yet I do not think they are as effective as incarceration.
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