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大概写了一点东西,没有力气检查了. 有一些点还没有写到,供参考吧.
In this world, there is no perfect individual exists since people are more or less deficient and thus self-improvement has become a compelling goal in our lives. The speaker denied the concept that people are intrinsically deficient which make self-improvement unnecessary. This claim is dangerous since holding this belief risks to result completed blindness and egoism of human being, which will, surly hinder the progress of society.
Through out the history, endless examples reveal us the effort that human exerts over self-improvement, no matter as individual or as group members. Since the ancient times, our ancestor realize that human power seems trivial in sharp contrast to the unpredicted nature of natural catastrophe and disaster. Any attempt aiming at struggling with the nature with no regard of the natural law is doom to failure. Thus, numerous researcher and inventors or even ordinary people were obsessed by the idea that one day human being would be free from the bondage of their intrinsic deficiency. Realizing that it would be impossible for human being run as vigorously as leopard, they invent bicycle, cars and airplanes as efficient and speedy transportation means, which greatly change people’s life style and perception of the world. If we feel shamed the idea that human beings are intrinsically deficient as the speakers do, we would expect such a scenario in which people racing against leopard and spend their whole life switching from one place to another without too much meaningful things being done and problems being tackled. Realizing that human can not escape that gravity of earth, scientist use air shuttle, satellite to explore the outer space, and thus make it possible to predict whether, utilize space data to better analyze the future of earth, all of which contribute to increasing convenience of human life and security over natural disaster.
Moreover, apart form plumbing into this problem form a pure utilitarian perspective, we may see it from a philosophical point of view. Philosophers argue that human nature are naturally deficient since how able and sublime a person is, this is person is more or less blemished by selfishness, avarice and irrationality. Although it seems too cynical to hold pessimistic view about human nature, a clear and rational understanding will better improve a people’s morality and thus shape a more respectful individual. Returning to our daily life, it is not hard to name examples that those who deny their deficiency become alienated from this society where everybody attach great importance to self-improvement and anyone who blindly boast flawless will ultimately be threw to the backwater of history. Another perilous conception we should be aware of is that the title statement will result in the human’s arrogance over nature since they feel that man-made tools have almost made the conquering of nature an approaching victory not far from now while in my point of view, the wisest way is to co-live with nature harmoniously.
To sum up, I strongly disagree with the speaker’s claim since no matter from practical or ideological point of view, human being are intrinsically deficient. Our effort accumulated over the past centauries to free ourselves from various restraints justify that this deficiency is inescapable and self-improvement not only emancipate we from the chain of nature, but from the limit of dark side of human personality itself. |
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