【范文正文】

Paul made a relevant point that public libraries are still invaluable cultural assets for a community, and I’d add that another indispensable function of these facilities is that they are a great place to house classic books from ancient times, which are crucial materials to study the history and culture of the city. For example, Jiang Yaohui, a researcher from my hometown Dalian, China referred to plenty of materials when carrying out his research on the Russian Empire’s colonial domination in Dalian. Most of the books he cited were borrowed from the Dalian Library and libraries located in Russia, which could hardly be found on the Internet. Even if they had been stored in an online library, just like what Claire said, it would still have been necessary to hold an original paper book in real libraries【虚拟语气】, in case of a database crash that eliminates the cultural heritage in digital form.【定语从句】 In this case, libraries are just suitable places to store those materials, since books can be particularly fragile with the passage of time. They require a fixed place with proper temperature, humidity, and professional librarians to preserve them. Only in this way can those books exert their power in providing researchers and local people with the information they need about the city,【倒装句】 and that is exactly the value of physical libraries.

【写作思路】

本文的观点是同意Paul的观点，认为图书馆应该保留。图书馆收藏很多重要的古籍，是研究国家和城市的重要资料。举了一个真实例子是：大连的一位学者蒋耀辉在研究大连的殖民地历史时，参考的资料很多都出自大连当地和俄罗斯的图书馆，这些在网上是找不到的，即使有线上版本的（对Claire观点的让步反驳），纸质版的原件也必须保留，因为数据库也有可能崩溃。保留的地点就是图书馆，因为这里有专业的管理员和空间。这就是实体图书馆存在的价值。

对实体书重要性的强调：作者指出，即使在数字化时代，保持原版纸质书的必要性，特别是在数据丢失的风险面前，这一点挑战了完全依赖数字化的趋势。

图书馆作为物理资料保存地的价值：强调了图书馆在保护易碎书籍和文化遗产方面的独特角色，以及为研究者和当地人提供无可替代的信息资源的重要性。

【用词用句整理】

"invaluable cultural assets"：这个短语强调了公共图书馆作为社区文化宝藏的极大价值。

"indispensable function"：表明这些设施的某些功能是必不可少的，强化了图书馆的重要性。

"crucial materials"：这个词组用来形容对研究城市的历史和文化至关重要的资料，体现了作者对资料价值的高度认识。

定语从句: 如“which are crucial materials to study the history and culture of the city”，提供了额外的信息，增强了句子的复杂性和信息量。

虚拟语气: 用于“Even if they had been stored in an online library, ...”，表达了对比现实可能出现的情况，显示了深思熟虑的讨论。

倒装句: “Only in this way can those books exert their power...”，通过倒装，作者强调了保护书籍的方法对于实现其价值的重要性。