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雅思写作题材解析及习作修改（九）
——文化类

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一、雅思“文化类”题材考情分析

“文化类”题材在雅思考试中属于中危话题，平均每年出现3—5次。考点及分布如下：

1.网络对传统文化的冲击，包括：（1）人们能从网上获取信息，因此是否不需要博物馆了？（2）是否可以通过书籍、电影和网络而不需旅游去了解其他文化？

2.旅游和传统文化，包括：（1）很多当地人不喜欢当地的旅游景点和博物馆，为什么？可以采取哪些措施吸引他们？（2）旅行者如何学习其他文化和传统，为什么有些旅行者对这些文化和传统没有兴趣？

3.对文化的不同看法，包括：（1）对某些文化重视老年人，某些文化重视年轻人的看法；（2）越来越多不同文化和民族的人共同生活的原因及其利弊；（3）传统文化是否有必要保存？

4.对语言的看法：使用比较少的语言是否应该抛弃？

二、雅思“文化类”题材经典考题

1. The customs and traditional ways of behaviour are no longer relevant in the modern world. So they are not worth keeping any more. To what extent do you agree or disagree?（2016/09/10）

2. Multicultural societies, where people of different ethnic groups live together, can bring more benefits than drawbacks to a country. To what extent do you agree or disagree?（2016/04/02）

3. Differences between countries are becoming less evident recently. People can see the same films, brands, fashion, advertisements and TV channels. To what extent do disadvantages outweigh advantages?（2016/01/09）

4. Some people think that cultural traditions will be destroyed when they are used as money-making machines aimed at tourists, but other people believe that it is the only way to save such conditions in the world today. Discuss both sides and give your own opinions.（2015/12/19）

5. Many museums and historical sites are mainly visited by tourists, not local people. Why is this the case and what can be done to attract local people?（2015/02/07）

对于“文化类”话题，以下观点可以借鉴：（1）传统文化需要保存（preserve），因为传统文化中包含了一个民族的历史；（2）文化往往需要身临其境才能真正理解；（3）多元文化共存可以相互学习，消除偏见（remove prejudices），使世界更加和谐（more harmonious）；（4）文化更多作用于一个人的精神世界，不能全部以实用性来衡量；（5）应该保护语言多样性，因为一种语言消失，意味着一种文化消失。

三、雅思“文化类”题材习作修改

题目

Some people believe governments should spend money in saving languages of few speakers from dying out completely. Others think this is a waste of financial resources.Discuss both views and give your opinion.

学生习作

During the long human history, more than 5,500 kinds of languages have been born. Of those some are extensively used, such as English, Chinese and Spanish. While some only have few speakers. Then a question rises that if government need spend money in protecting these minority languages from extinction. There are people who consider it necessary, while others think it is a waste of financial resources. In my opinion, government should definitely take measures to save languages.

Not only for communication, languages carries human culture as well. It is an important channel for discovering a nation’s history and promoting culture dissemination. Therefore, protecting languages is approximately equal to protecting culture heritage. If we indulge a language gradually fading away, a part of culture will lose its inheritance and scholars will also lose valuable research materials. It is enormous losses for all humanity. In addition to that, financial resources ought to be used for various aspects. In modern society, economic construction. However,it doesn’t mean that cultural development can be easily neglected. On the contrary,culture is what runs a long course from a remote source. Protecting languages also shows respect to those minorities friends. Everyone has responsibility to inherit human’s previous treasures as possible as we could.

Generally speaking, governments should indeed spend money in saving languages of few speakers from dying out. A language is such a gem that certainly needs preservation at any cost.

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老雅评改

据说，现在世界上每天都有数十种语言在消失，有人就说，政府应该想办法保护这些语言，虽然讲这种语言的人非常少，但其他人则说，保护这些语言没有用，完全是浪费人力和物力。……