It has been claimed that workers over 50 are not responsive to rapidly changing ideas in the modern workplace and that for this reason younger workers are preferred. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
有人认为，50岁以上的工人不适应快速变化的思想在现代工作场所,因此年轻工作者优先，你同意或不同意吗?
Some people believe that due to the rapid changes occurring in modern workplaces, it is better to employ younger people than older people. I do not believe that this is the case.（广州环球雅思资深老师解析：开篇介绍话题，阐述作者自己的观点。）
One argument in support of younger employees is that older employees could be more set in their ways and potentially against any change. To an extent this may be true, but there are many flexible and intelligent workers over 50, while there are inflexible and narrow-minded younger ones. Attitude towards change isa result not of age but of personality type.（广州环球雅思资深老师解析：把老年人和年轻人做对比，说明认为老年人思想僵化的观点是无稽之谈。）
That said, physical changes occurring with age could mean certain jobs are more suited for a younger person. For instance, psychologists seem to be in agreement that memory declines with age for people not remaining mentally active. In high-tech industries such as computer programming, where it is so important to be able to work with huge amounts of information, numbers and calculations, being younger may be an advantage.（广州环球雅思资深老师解析：承认年轻人确实有得天独厚的优势。）
However, older workers have a wide range of other positive attributes that they can bring to their working environment. Generally, they have more work experience than those who are younger. In addition, as can be seen with the trend of many department stores in the UK taking on older people, they are seen to be more reliable and respectful. These are important in any kind of working environment.（广州环球雅思资深老师解析：老年人拥有的优势更多，比如：丰富的工作经验、值得尊敬和信赖等。）
In conclusion, therefore, there is no evidence to support employing young people as opposed to those over 50. It would seem that a mix of the best qualities of old and young is preferential in order to ensure the most productive result.（广州环球雅思资深老师解析：后一段总结全文，并且提出了一个貌似更好的方案。）
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