托福写作预测题目：Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The purposeof television is to educate not to entertain.(电视的功能是娱乐还是教育?)
托福写作参考范文：
Television can be seen in restaurants, clubs, and living rooms, withprograms ranging from informative documentaries to interesting movies. Somepeople believe that its purpose is to be educative while others hold an oppositeview, claiming that television should be used for entertainment instead. Whilethere is some element of truth in both arguments, I believe that there is nosignificant need to purposely assign the function of television to eithereducation or entertainment.
On the one hand, television can provide pure entertainment. Some funny andhorror movies have nothing to do with education. They are designed to provideviewers with laughter or horror. For example, in the movie Final Destination, Ilearned nothing useful, but I love watching this kind of programs, because Ilike being frightened, which I may never experience in my actual life. Comedyshows are necessary too. After a whole day’s work, what most people need is truerelaxation.