Issue243【clover】第二次小组作业 by CC

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243. "The true value of a civilization is reflected in its artistic creations rather than in its scientific accomplishments."
文明真正的价值反映在它的艺术创作上，而不是科学成就上。

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The speaker in the title statement advocates that value of a civilization is better conveyed by its artistic accomplishments. At the first glance, this opinion seems to be somewhat appealing, however, after further reflection; I found that whether the value of a civilization is better reflected by artistic rather than scientific achievement is a complex issue--one that is tied up in the problem of defining the civilization in the first place. In addressing the issue it is helpful to consider, in turn, two distinct forms of civilization: spiritual and material.

In the spiritual realm, art creations represent the accumulation of the accomplishments in the mental world people acquired in human history, which is the typical value of a certain civilization. Hence, people’s achievement in art can surely represent the value of a civilization. From the artistic creations, we can see ideology, the belief and the spirit of a nation. For instance, the pyramids in Egypt show the creativity and religious belief of ancient Egyptian to the earthling. And the ancient China, not only exhibits its diligent character by the famous great wall, but also shows the world its own attitude towards beauty through those glorious palaces and gardens. That is to say, the true value of a civilization well showed in the artistic achievements since art is the very object created to express ideology and spirit.

In the material realm, scientific accomplishments referring to discoveries and technological advances in physical world, which show the substantial value of a nation, also play a dispensable role in making effective evaluation of a civilization. Through science achievements, a nation presents its techniques and wisdoms which were gain from people’s real activities from all the periods. Still take the ancient civilization for example, the pyramids also reflects the highly developed science and technology in Egypt, especially in the field of dynamics. Put aside the scientific accomplishments reflecting the highly developed ancient Egyptian civilization, how can those magnificent pyramids be built? The same situation happens in China; all the brilliant structures of those palaces show us with advanced technologies in architecture of ancient Chinese. Therefore, such knowledge and advancement in science are also crucial carriers for true value of a civilization

In the final analysis, I would like to illustrate that we cannot use either artistic accomplishments or scientific achievements separately to evaluate a civilization. Like material and spiritual are two aspects of the society, science and art two important fields to a civilization. It is vain to justify which one can better convey the value, which is just like asking a person which hand is more important, because both of them are indispensable. Without the knowledge of dynamics, the ancient Egyptian would not be able to build those glorious pyramids to convey their religious belief. Consequently, without the interaction between them, neither of the two can develop effectively, and thus ignoring either of them, the civilization could not make progress or have its own voice.

In conclusion, referring to the representation for the true value of a civilization, artistic achievement and scientific accomplishments are both essential components. Without either of them, we will unavoidably lose some part of a civilization that should have been worth our attention, thus the two aspects are equivalently important in reflecting the value of a civilization.

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改好了哦……有质疑可以探讨哦……

chaliaUID: 2589767

谢谢taotaole的修改啊～～ 发行我的问题特别多吖～ 我大刀阔斧的给改啦～～！

243. "The true value of a civilization is reflected in its artistic creations rather than in its scientific accomplishments."
文明真正的价值反映在它的艺术创作上，而不是科学成就上。

The speaker advocates that value of a civilization is better conveyed by its artistic accomplishments. At the first glance, this opinion seems to be somewhat appealing; however, after further reflection, I found that whether the value of a civilization is better reflected by artistic rather than scientific achievement is a complex issue--one that is tied up with the problem of defining the civilization in the first place. To address the issue, it is helpful to consider two distinct forms of civilization: spiritual and material.

In the spiritual realm, the true value of a civilization lies in its accomplishments people acquired in the mental world in human history. That is to say, art as the spirit carrier of human society is a typical representation for the value of a certain civilization. From the artistic creations, we can see the belief, percipient and the character of a nation. For instance, the pyramids in Egypt show the religious belief and creativity of ancient Egyptian to the humanity; the glorious palaces and gardens of China show us the special attitude towards beauty of ancient Chinese and famous Great Wall exhibits its diligent character to the world. Hence, we can draw the conclusion that the true value of a civilization is well showed in the artistic achievements since art is the very object created to express ideology and spirit.

In the material realm, the true value of a nation appears as discoveries and technological advances in physical world. Therefore it is safe to say that scientific achievements which greatly improve people’s ability in solving problems show substantial value of a civilization. Through science accomplishments, a nation presents its techniques and wisdoms which were gain from people’s real activities from all the periods. Still take the ancient civilization for example, the pyramids also reflects the great achievement in the field of geometry and dynamics in ancient Egypt. Without this progress in science reflecting the highly developed ancient Egyptian civilization, how can those magnificent pyramids be built? The same situation happens in China; all the brilliant structures of those palaces show us with advanced technologies in architecture of ancient Chinese. Therefore, such knowledge and advancement in science are also crucial carriers for true value of a civilization

finally, I would like to illustrate that we cannot use either artistic accomplishments or scientific achievements separately to evaluate a civilization. Like material and spiritual are two aspects of the society, science and art are two important fields to a civilization. It is vain to justify which one can better convey the value, which is just like asking a person which hand is more important, because both of them are indispensable. Without the knowledge of dynamics, the ancient Egyptian would not be able to build those glorious pyramids to convey their religious belief. Consequently, without the interaction between them, neither of the two can develop effectively, and thus ignoring either of them, the civilization could not make progress or have its own voice.

In conclusion, referring to the representation for the true value of a civilization, artistic achievement and scientific accomplishments are both essential components. Without either of them, we will unavoidably lose some part of a civilization that should have been worth our attention, thus the two aspects are equivalently important in reflecting the value of a civilization.

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感觉文章总体不错哦~

chaliaUID: 2589767

谢谢九天的修改~ 我对部分句子的顺序做了点微小的调整..

243. "The true value of a civilization is reflected in its artistic creations rather than in its scientific accomplishments."
文明真正的价值反映在它的艺术创作上，而不是科学成就上。




The speaker advocates that value of a civilization is better conveyed by its artistic accomplishments. At the first glance, this opinion seems to be somewhat appealing; however, after further reflection, I found that whether the value of a civilization is better reflected by artistic rather than scientific achievement is a complex issue--one that is tied up with the problem of defining the civilization in the first place. To address the issue, it is helpful to consider two distinct forms of civilization: spiritual and material.


In the spiritual realm, the true value of a civilization lies in its accomplishments people acquired in the mental world in human history. That is to say, art as the spirit carrier of human society is a typical representation for the value of a certain civilization. From the artistic creations, we can see the belief, percipient and the character of a nation. For instance, the pyramids in Egypt show the religious belief and creativity of ancient Egyptian to the humanity; the glorious palaces and gardens of China show us the special attitude towards beauty of ancient Chinese and famous Great Wall exhibits its diligent character to the world. Hence, we can draw the conclusion that the true value of a civilization is well showed in the artistic achievements since art is the very object created to express ideology and spirit.


In the material realm, the true value of a nation appears as discoveries and technological advances in physical world. Through science accomplishments, a nation presents its techniques and wisdoms which were gain from people’s real activities from all the periods. Therefore it is safe to say that scientific achievements which greatly improve people’s ability in solving problems show substantial value of a civilization. Still take the ancient civilization for example, the pyramids also reflects the great achievement in the field of geometry and dynamics in ancient Egypt. Without this valuable progress in science reflecting the highly developed ancient Egyptian civilization, how can those magnificent pyramids be built? The same situation happens in China; all the brilliant structures of those palaces show us with advanced technologies in architecture of ancient Chinese. Therefore, such knowledge and advancement in science are also crucial carriers for true value of a civilization.


Finally, I would like to illustrate that we cannot use either artistic accomplishments or scientific achievements separately to evaluate a civilization. Like material and spiritual are two aspects of the society, science and art are two important fields to a civilization. It is vain to justify which one can better convey the value, which is just like asking a person which hand is more important, because both of them are indispensable. Without the knowledge of dynamics, the ancient Egyptian would not be able to build those glorious pyramids to convey their religious belief. Consequently, without the interaction between them, neither of the two can develop effectively, and thus ignoring either of them, the civilization could not make progress or have its own voice.


In conclusion, referring to the representation for the true value of a civilization, artistic achievement and scientific accomplishments are both essential components. Without either of them, we will unavoidably lose some part of a civilization that should have been worth our attention, thus the two aspects are equivalently important in reflecting the value of a civilization.