Issue103-欢迎拍文小组7月13日作业

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Does it the truth that the study of history has value simply to the extent that it is relevant to our daily life as the author suggested? In response to this assertion, one needs to analyze it comprehensively and systematically. although, at the first glance, the assertion has merit form a normative standpoint, which I agree with, that investigating history can be favorable to our daily lives, while, after thorough consideration, I still can not utterly agree with the assertion, from my perspective, I disagree with the issue from the aspect that the author overlooks or ignores the broad realms on which history might also has its significant influence.

First and foremost, there is no denying that studying history is favorable towards regulating as well as improving peoples' daily lives, as history is shaped by numerous excellent inventions and stories, it undoubted to be an impetus for improving peoples' daily lives based on these inventions, meanwhile people can also learn from the stories not only for absorbing meaningful experiences but also avoiding making the same mistakes. On one hand, from the respect of topping inventions, for example, printing skills, compass, papermaking technology and so on, these ancient inventions still be used in modern life play essential part of roles in people’s lives. on the other hand, the former studies in history, especially in the field of medicine, have motivated many great breakthroughs. For instance, through searching into the development of AIDS, biologists and scientists find new treatments and apply on patients for better fighting with the illness, but also give recommendations to the normal people away from contracting AIDS thus have a heath life. In these sense, history indeed have a direct and glorious contribution to human being’s modern life.

In the second place, despite of the merits from the speaker's claim in virtue that the author neglects the wide fields that history can impact on humans, from my viewpoint, history also has a positive influence on cultivating human's values, interests, ethics and ambitions. There is no suspicion, across the long river of history, there are many celebrities who have inspiring and previous spirits which is meaningful for massive public today learning from. Thomas Edison, who first invented electric light bulb, failed hundreds of times for finding a right lamp wick, but with strong determination，he successfully work out the light bulb, from him people today can learn about how to keep on our dreams and fight for it without giving up. Likely van gogh even was poor all his life and regardless in his generation he kept on drawing his paintings with the external theme, love, yet time proved him, from him people can learn the sparking spirit of maintaining interests. In sum, it is safely to advocate that history which filled with many inspiring stories is instrumental in encouraging people mentally.

Finally and may be the most importantly, history equally has an indispensable impact on forecasting future. There are many disciplines which may not change with time went by, and from summarizing relative previous experiences can help people to forecast future. Take environment problems for example, desertification, from the experience in history, people get the knowledge that over cutting forests and over grazing will lead desertification, so people today conscious that for preventing desertification, people should built more trees and preserve the initial forests. Ozone layer problem has been emerged for a certain of time, after summing up experience people deduce the relieving of greenhouse gases. In this respect, history assistant people to forecast the tendency of environmental problems and thus take actions before it getting worse.
From the analysis above, I should commit to the optimal conclusion that history has value not simply on human's daily lives but also on mental standard and is also useful for making perspective actions by forecasting future. As a result, when judging the function of history, it should be fairly considered by taking every conditions into account.