One of the much-talked-about present-day social problems is juvenile delinquency , and its rate of f requency is seemingly on the rise .

　　It is r epor ted in newspapers that the delinquents r ange in age from 12 to 18 . Only a small por tion have committed serious crimes like kidnapping and murdering . T hose cases are handled through the cour t system . Most of the delinquencies fall into four categories : br awling , including gang fighting with deadly weapons ; theft , mostly pet ty , sexually promiscuous behaviour and addiction to drugs . The delinquents are gener ally placed under tempor ary supervision by neighbour - hood commit tees , work units or reform schools .

　　The causes of juvenile delinquency ar e varied . Th rough media we of ten come acros s the following cases:

　　Ill-t reatment to t eenage rs by their step-fathe rs or stepmothers often lead to family t ragedies . School pupil delinquents, being not properly car ed for , have chronic behaviour problems . Their par ents a re too busy either with busines s or with gambling . Still , the re ar e cases resulted f rom par ents’or grandpar ents’indulgence to their dar lings . Petty theft once or twice is not punis hed but encouraged . Gr adually these pet ty thieves grow addicted to stealing . Adolescents t ried drugs mostly out of curiosity before they finally became habitual drug-take rs .

　　Not a few examples can be found around us in our daily life . Limited by time and space , I have to skip them ove r . However , juvenile delinquency , being a serious social problem concerning the young gener ation , cer tainly dese rves special a ttention . I think of all the things we can do, the most fundamental one is deepening and st rengthening education so as to ultimat ely save the young .

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　　結構分析：

　　· 青少年犯罪——— 社會熱門話題

　　· 現狀

　　* 犯罪種類

　　* 處理

　　· 犯罪原因分析

　　· 加強教育, 拯救青少年

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　　內容分析：

　　本文是一篇帶有議論的說明文。文章前半部分敘述了青少年犯罪的現狀, 后半部分是議論, 主要分析了悲劇發生的原因,最后作者提請全社會都來關心這一問題。文中作者引用了社會調查的資料以及電視報道, 因此素材真實而典型。

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　　萬能句型：

　　its r ate of fr equency is seemingly on the rise ( 犯罪)頻率似乎在上升

　　It is r epor ted that 據報道

　　range from . . . to . . . 范圍從⋯⋯到⋯⋯

　　a small por tion = a small number

　　commit crimes 犯罪

　　kidnap v . 綁架

　　handled through the cour t system 由法院來處理

　　fall into four cat egories 歸結為四種

　　br awling n . 斗毆

　　gang fighting with deadly weapons 持兇器打群架, 械斗

　　theft , petty thef t 偷竊, 小偷小摸

　　sexually promiscuou s behaviour 亂搞兩性關系

　　addiction to drugs 吸毒

　　temporary supervision 臨時監管

　　neighbourhood committee 居民委員會

　　the causes a re va ried 原因是多種多樣的

　　ill- tr ea tment n . 虐待

　　step-fathe r ( -mother ) 繼父/ 母

　　tr agedy n . 悲劇

　　chronic behaviour problems 長期表現不良

　　gambling n . 賭博

　　result from 起因于

　　indulgence to their da rlings 溺愛子女

　　adolscent 青年

　　out of curiosity 出于好奇

　　habitual a . 成習慣的, 習慣性的

　　not a few = many

　　unltima tely a d . 最終