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雅思写作真题还原
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Some people think museums should be enjoyable places to attract and entertain young people. Others think the purpose of museums is to educate, not entertain
Discuss both sides And give your own opinion
Use your own ideas ,knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
Write at least 250 words.
题源分析
此题是讨论人们对同一事物的不同观点，即博物馆的功能应该是娱乐的还是教育的。提出两者的观点后再分别分析支撑各个观点的理由，最后明确提出自己的观点。
推荐格式是：
第一段：简要复述题干，提出两种观点。
第二段：分析第一个关于博物馆的功能应该是娱乐的观点：出自参观者和博物馆的需要，参观者希望在博物馆参观是愉快放松的，而博物馆需要吸引人们来参观。
第三段：分析第二个关于博物馆的功能应该是教育的观点：博物馆收集了大量物品，承担着传播人类知识和文化的责任;博物馆陈列着有关国家发展历史的资料，所以也扮演着对参观者进行爱国主义和归属感教育的角色。
第四段：提出自己的观点：博物馆主要的功能还是教育，增加娱乐性只是为了寓教于乐。
其他参考观点：
博物馆的功能应该是娱乐的原因：
1.大部分游客都是将博物馆作为休闲观光的地方去游玩的。
2.现在娱乐业的发展吸引了很多人，而博物馆要吸引参观者，也需要与娱乐业联合。
3.科技的发展产生的虚拟博物馆使人们可以在虚拟的场景中接触历史，这使人们对博物馆的娱乐方式有了更多期待。
博物馆的功能应该是教育的原因：
1.历史对人类的发展有着重要的参考价值，而珍藏历史的博物馆就应该用历史教育人们。
2.博物馆展示了社会各样事物发展的过程，所以教育人们了解这些发展过程有利于对这些事物进行研究和再发展。
经典范文欣赏
There are tens of thousands of museums all over the world. The museums are -.' keeping, preserving and exhibiting historical, scientific or artistic objects. Regarding to the purposes of museums, some people think museums should be enjoyable places to entertain - . young people ,while others believe that museums should play a role of educating people.
Some people reckon that museums should be enjoyable places out of the demands of visitors and themselves. On one hand, visitors hope the museums become enjoyable ace's where they can appreciate a collection and relax themselves. At the same time , they can appreciate many historical cultures and have a special experience in museum. On the her hand, for the museums, in order to attract people to see the objects, they should make those exhibits interesting and offer some programs for the public such as films, musical or dance performances, and technology demonstrations, which make visitors feel interested and delighted
But for some people, they think the main purpose of the museums is educative. To start with, museums offer all kinds of collection and show them such as treasury, storehouse, laboratory and school, so they inevitably bear the responsibility of disseminating human knowledge and culture and have strong didactic purpose. Then museums display evidential historical and present datas about how things have emerged, developed, evolved and declined, and about how human being have developed, so cultivating visitors' patriotism and their sense of belonging is also an important role of museums.
For my own part, I think the museums need to fulfill their essential role as an educational resource. Even though some people go there for fun; they're educated at the same time. As a great source of information about cultures and history, the main responsibility of museums should educate and inspire people from generation to generation.