Topic：Should a city preserve its historic buildings?
Should a city try to preserve its old, historic buildings or destroy them and replace them with modern buildings? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
参考分析：
保留历史建筑的必要性：文化意义；教育意义；商业意义(开发旅游业)
城市土地需求的现实性：开发住房；商业场所
至于要不要保留，往往是看哪一个价值更大，并且要具体情况具体分析。
The answer depends on the concrete analysis of concrete conditions.
范文：
一个城市应当保留老的，历史性的建筑：
（1）老的历史性的建筑是城市的象征，没有这些建筑，城市就失去了意义。
（2）老的历史性建筑是历史教育的来源。
（3）老的历史性建筑是吸引游客的好来源。
The issue here is whether old, historic buildings in a city should be preserved or replaced by modern buildings. In my opinion, buildings of historical value should definitely be protected rather than destroyed. I base my point of view on following reasons.
Firstly, each historical building is precious property of human being. Like an antic, the value of an old building cannot be measured by money. We will lose those valuable historical buildings permanently if we don't preserve them. Once a historical building is destroyed, we can never restore it; even if it is restored to its original look, the new building is only a fake replica; the historical value will never come back to us.
Secondly, a historic building always represents history and has educational functions. Each one of them can tell us a story. For example, some buildings are evidences of foreign invasion, others are signs of various religions existed in past decades. People nowadays can always obtain historic or cultural information through visiting these old buildings and sites. Although we can learn the past from books, pictures and by visiting museums, nothing can compare with the actual historical buildings themselves, which can bring vivid educational material to us.
Thirdly, historical buildings are a symbol of a city and a valuable tourist resource; therefore a city cannot go without historical buildings. Beijing is represented by the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, which are all historical relics. It is hard to imagine that someday the City of Beijing decides that all these buildings should be destroyed and modern buildings be built on their sites. Because those historical relics and buildings are too important to the city and can generate profound tourist income. A city will benefit more by protecting its historic buildings than by replacing them with modern buildings.
For all reasons given above, I will strongly suggest a city municipal should preserve the old, historic buildings.
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