有些人認為孩子在空暇時間應該有些接觸一些有教育意義的東西，否則就是在浪費時間。你同意這個觀點嗎?下面有小編整理的.討論這個問題的雅思作文範文，大家可以參考參考。
spare time
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Some people believe that children should engage in educational pursuits in their spare time, otherwise they are wasting their time. Do you agree or disagree?
You should write at least 250 words.
You should use your own ideas of knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
Many parents regretfully observe that their kids seem unable to come up with anything to do in their spare time besides turning on the TV or playing video games. I agree that children should make the best use of their spare time, and therefore educational programs should be their first choice when they are free.
The first reason is that educational activities, if properly planned and carried out, play a fundamental role in building children’s characters. Children are in the process of forming their outlook of the outside world as of themselves. By engaging in educational pursuits in their spare time, they have the opportunity to develop themselves, to enlarge their horizons and to discover the pleasure of doing things in a creative way. Educational activities may also help children to learn and develop the skills of gaining fulfillment from doing things.
The second factor is that educational activities also help children to learn and develop the skills. What is the main task of children? It is not only playing but also learning. Almost all the parents do not wish their children can only watch TV after they grow up. Children themselves also hope they can contribute to the world and the people when they enter the society. Therefore, it is important for children to do meaningful and valuable things in their spare time such as reading and studying.
At the same time, the problem with pursuits such as watching TV and playing video games, although entertaining, is that they do not contribute to children’s exploration of either themselves or the outside world in the process of their growing up. They do not require children to use any of their imagination or creativity. What is more, they are harmful to children’s intellectual development. The children tend to be satisfied with being couch potatoes, happily watching the screen all the time
To sum up, it is wise for children to discover the joy of doing educational things when they are not otherwise engaged. They will find that experience of searching and understanding is both useful and thoroughly satisfying as well as being the basis of many skills applicable to both academic and non-academic tasks. (363 words)
old people
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Should old people stay at home or be placed in nursing homes?
You should write at least 250 words. You should use your own ideas of knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
Parents have devoted all their lives and energy to their children and when they are old, it is time for their children to repay their care and love. Therefore, it seems that it should be the children’s responsibility to take good care of their parents in their later years. However, I believe that a better way of ensuring that aged parents lead a happy and healthy life is to put them in nursing homes.
Living in nursing homes, they have more opportunities to communicate with their peers. Keeping each other’s company, they don’t feel lonely and can do a great deal of things together, such as morning exercise, playing games, and exchanging memories and stories from their past. On the other hand, if they live at home, they are often left alone when their children and grandchildren are away working or studying.
In such retirement homes, aging people can receive intensive medical care from professional doctors. Besides, they can receive a proper diet prepared by dieticians to meet their individual requirements. This is especially good for those old people in poor health. Moreover, they could have regular medical check-ups so that any disease could be diagnosed in its early stage. What is the most beneficial is that if any disease strikes them, medical services are immediately available.
Indeed, there are also benefits for children’s work and study when nursing homes take over the task of caring for the elderly. Children, free from care, can devote themselves to work or study and achieve more success.
Since nursing homes benefits seniors and other family members so much, I believe that old people should be sent to nursing homes. (276 words)
