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论博物馆：教育或娱乐?
海外大学教师原创范文
>Some people think that museums should entertain people while others
believe that the purpose of museums is to educate. Discuss both views and give
your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your
knowledge or experience.
Example Writing (谢振礼老师)
By Jeenn Lee Hsieh
Nowadays museums are becoming entertainment, with good ones mixing
entertainment with education. Housing samples of civilization's historical and
artistic treasures, museums usually have something to teach, but what they teach
may not be what people want to see. In addition to essentially being educational
in nature, a museum must be fun enough to entertain visitors since what is
enjoyable is good for the public.
Figuratively, all museums are like schools of various disciplines ranging
from history to arts to science. A well-established museum summarizes something
of the human experience and such experience from the past to the present is
always a great teacher of specific subjects. By transforming time into space, a
museum makes educational sense because it is dedicated to preserving and
displaying the tangible and intangible evidence of the heritages of humanity and
its environment. In this regard, a museum is generally regarded as necessarily
educational. Failing that purpose, the existence of any museum is in doubt.
Hence, all museums aim to teach something which visitors are curious about.
On the other hand, a museum tour should be made an amusing event for
individuals, families and sight-seeing groups. Museum-going can be as enjoyable
as window-shopping in a customer-friendly department store, far from being bored
by the sight of objects on exhibition simply for the educational purpose . It is
important that there be at least "serious fun" about it. Without the prospect of
having entertainment, many people, particularly children, might think twice
before making that trip . Just because a museum is established to be chiefly
educational, it does not mean that entertainment is denied. This applies to
holiday-goers who are looking exactly for that kind of pleasure and relaxation
which a good museum can provide.
The argument for entertainment is based on public interest in having a good
time in a way very unlike studying in school. An ideal museum should therefore
be a mating of entertainment and education, provoking intense and pleasurable
nostalgia that none of its audience has had. It is certainly better to let any
visitor feel pretty much of an "entertained student" instead of a "bored
tourist". (原创范文：谢振礼老师) |
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发表于 2016-7-10 15:23:28