托福写作语料学习：​自己穷，怪朋友？

托福例题

去年12月考过的：

 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Letting a friend make a mistake is better than saying or doing something that would destroy the friendship.

拥有强大的社会关系会缓解财务上的匮乏。亲朋好友可以借钱、分担风险、帮忙照看孩 子，还能带来职位空缺的信息。孟加拉的一群妇女在接受商业培 训并领取免费分发的牲畜之后，不仅自己的收入上升了，其友人的境况也有所改善。

Having strong social bonds eases financial deprivation. Friends and relatives can lend money, pool risk, mind children and bring news of job openings. When a group of Bangladeshi women were given business training and free livestock, not only did they move up the income ladder, but their friends' lot improved too. 

不利的一面是，没有合适的朋友可能会加剧苦况。贫困越集中，社会网络的帮助往往越小。各国最贫穷人群中，有30%的人遭遇困难时求助无门，而与之相比，在最富有的人口中，这一比例是16%. 此外，穷人往往正是因为贫穷而被社会排斥，这更是雪上加霜。贫穷是引起歧视的更主要原因。

The downside is that not having the right friends can cement hardship. The more concentrated the poverty, the less helpful social networks tend to be.  30% of people in the poorest population had nobody to rely on in times of need, compared to 16% of the richest. It is doubly unfortunate, then, that poor people are often socially excluded precisely because they are poor. 

几个国家已经试行了将孤寡老人与贫困青年对接的方案。例如，德国已建成社区中心，在那里老年人可以获得青少年提供的计算机辅导。幸运的话，这些关系将有所帮助。或许德国的社区中心将同时带来收入和陪伴。

（此段的内容可以用于托福话题：“大学生参加社区活动的好处”）

Several countries have experimented with schemes that connect lonely old people and deprived youth. Germany, for instance, has built community centres where older visitors get computer coaching from teenagers. With luck, these connections will help. Perhaps Germany's centres will furnish income as well as company.