issue41 一个怪怪的题目，欢迎大家排砖！

happyman2000UID: 136936

Issue 41.Such non-mainstream areas as astrology, fortune-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuit play a vital role in society by satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science.
一些非主流的领域，如占星、算命以及偏执在社会中扮演着非常重要的角色，它们满足了人们的那些主流科学满足不了的需要。

What we call “non-mainstream ” today such as astrology, fortune-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuit had ever played a incontestably dominant role in human history, and their great influence have even reached far into contemporary world dominated by rationalism and scientism. While acknowledging this role of non-mainstream areas, we shouldn’t ignore the fact that with the extraordinary progress of modern science and technology, effects of non-mainstream areas imposed upon human life is rapidly fading away from the vision of human beings. And the more advanced science and technology, the more manifest this tendency!

Astrology, fortune-telling and many other nonscientific cultures go along with the undeveloped state of science and technology. In the primitive age of human history, when there were no any idea of science or nationality, it were only these somewhat mysterious styled cultures that ancient people could resort to for the sake of eliminating or at least alleviating their confusion and anxiety over the miracles existing in nature. The innate curiosity of human also caused them to make all kinds of imaginative but not necessary scientific explanations about what they wondered and wanted. By this means, people’s needs for curiosity, consolation, as well as “rational” grounds for their behaviors were greatly satisfied. Certainly this is why these so-called non-mainstream areas thrived in the ancient age and had dominated human civilization for thousands of years.  

However, while giving rise to the prosperity of these mysterious cultures, human perpetual needs for the unknown and the unsatisfied also inevitably lead to their degeneration or ever-accelerating retreat from human civilization, with the rapid progress of modern science and technology. In the nature of them, astrology, fortune-telling and other mysterious things, even in their heydays, can only partly satisfy people’ needs, impossibly providing human final or complete satisfaction, though which is just what human want. Therefore, it is not a surprise that science and technology gradually substituted for those mysterious areas, becoming the new mainstream of modern age, for that they can better serve for human needs or desires, either mentally or materially. Moreover, these non-mainstream areas are now almost unanimously viewed as an inhibition or encumbrance to the progress of modern civilization by human elites. Rationalism and scientism have been claimed as the paramount educational goal by all schools, colleges, universities and even kindergarten. As to astrology, fortune-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuit, it has been a fortune for them to survive to the 21st century confronted with such an overwhelming impact of modern science, and it can be expected that as time goes by, these non-mainstream areas will find the social atmosphere become harder and harder to continue their survival.

Admittedly, the realm still exists that modern science and technology fail to address or attain, which spares more or less some space for non-mainstream areas in the modern age. Some traditional mysterious cultures are very popular in even several highly civilized regions such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, continually serving for consoling people’s mental disarrangements that are beyond of modern civilization. But it must be pointed out that today’s role of non-mainstream areas is quite different from that of the past: people in the past resorted to them for truths or grounds while nowadays people simply for consolation or relaxation. No one is too naïve to entirely believe in what astrology or fortune-telling tells him/her in the current world. In Hong Kong and other places, for example, some non-mainstream traditions are even used as lucrative programs to captivate foreign tourists. So we can hardly say that they still play a important role in the modern society despite their ostensible popularity in certain places.   

To sum up, regardless of their critical role in human life, astrology, fortune-telling and other non-mainstream areas are gradually fading away from the human civilization. And with the ever-increasing rate of scientific progress, their effect on human beings will becoming too trivial to notice.   (647 words)

zhamiaUID: 97673

Admittedly, the realm still exists (in some fields) that modern science and technology fail to address or attain
不好意思，本人语言能力正在努力提高中，所以不敢就方面发表过多看法，hanppyman的作文越写越好了，每次都能让我学到不少东东。

第3段还是举个例子吧，满篇都是说理，关于随着科学的发展，神话等不再主导人们的思想的例子很多。可是这样一来你的文章有要加长了，呵呵！

qhywUID: 136716

用fade一词形容non-mainstream 我觉得在切帖不过了！
整体还不错吧！
happyman什么时候考作文？

QQsugarUID: 136441

What we call “non-mainstream ” today such as astrology, fortune-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuit had ever played a incontestably dominant role in human history, and their great influence have even reached far into contemporary world dominated by rationalism and scientism. While acknowledging this role of non-mainstream areas, we shouldn’t ignore the fact that with the extraordinary progress of modern science and technology, effects of non-mainstream areas imposed upon human life is rapidly fading away from the vision of human beings. And the more advanced science and technology, the more manifest this tendency!
(I really appreciate your viewpoint: with the ever increasing accumulation of science and knowledge, the non-mainstream areas are just facing a tendency towards fading, and along with the further development of modern science, we always have good reason to believe the fact that such area will eventually diminish itself from the history stage.)
Astrology, fortune-telling and many other nonscientific cultures go along with the undeveloped state of science and technology. ( a little vague) In the primitive age of human history, when there were no any idea of science or nationality, it were only these somewhat mysterious styled cultures that ancient people could resort to for the sake of eliminating or at least alleviating their confusion and anxiety over the miracles existing in nature. The innate curiosity of human also caused them to make all kinds of imaginative but not necessary scientific explanations about what they wondered and wanted. By this means, people’s needs for curiosity, consolation, as well as “rational” grounds for their behaviors were greatly satisfied. Certainly this is why these so-called non-mainstream areas thrived in the ancient age and had dominated human civilization for thousands of years.

However, while giving rise to the prosperity of these mysterious cultures, human perpetual needs for the unknown and the unsatisfied also inevitably lead to their degeneration or ever-accelerating retreat from human civilization, with the rapid progress of modern science and technology. In the nature of them, astrology, fortune-telling and other mysterious things, even in their heydays, can only partly satisfy people’ needs, impossibly providing human final or complete satisfaction, though which is just what human want. Therefore, it is not a surprise that science and technology gradually substituted for those mysterious areas, becoming the new mainstream of modern age, for (in) that they can better serve for human needs or desires, either mentally or materially. Moreover, these non-mainstream areas are now almost unanimously viewed as an inhibition or encumbrance to the progress of modern civilization by human elites.( The more serious is, the restriction such non-mainstream set upon some peoples that could hamper the promulgate of knowledge) Rationalism and scientism have been claimed as the paramount educational goal by all schools, colleges, universities and even kindergarten. As to astrology, fortune-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuit, it has been a fortune for them to survive to the 21st century confronted with such an overwhelming impact of modern science (somewhat awkward), and it can be expected that as time goes by, these non-mainstream areas will find the social atmosphere become harder and harder to continue their survival. (I recommend that the last sentence should be more concise)

Admittedly, the realm still exists that modern science and technology fail to address or attain, which spares more or less some space for non-mainstream areas in the modern age. Some traditional mysterious cultures are very popular in even several highly civilized regions such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, continually serving for consoling people’s mental disarrangements that are beyond of modern civilization (wrong expression! Beyond （the capacity of ）modern civilization此外，难道说这些占卜，观星术真的能在一定程度上超越现代文明么，请赐教). But it must be pointed out that today’s role of non-mainstream ( better be replaced with the existing role, rather than today’s rule )areas is quite different from that of the past: people in the past resorted to them for truths or grounds while nowadays people simply for consolation or relaxation. No one is too naïve to entirely believe in what astrology or fortune-telling tells him/her in the current world. In Hong Kong and other places, for example, some non-mainstream traditions are even used as lucrative programs to captivate foreign tourists. So we can hardly say that they still play a important role in the modern society despite their ostensible popularity in certain places.

To sum up, regardless of their critical role in human life, astrology, fortune-telling and other non-mainstream areas are gradually fading away from the human civilization. And with the ever-increasing rate of scientific progress, their effect on human beings will becoming too trivial to notice. (647 words)
总的来说，你的这片文章写的是很让人佩服的，语言流畅，立意明确，深刻。 但我认为美中不足的是结构上不是很清晰，比如你的第二段阐明的是这些非科学的文化（或者说伪科学）是在特定的历史条件下诞生的， 有其一定的意义；那么第三段需要阐明的东西自然是随着社会的进一步发展，这些领域是如何让位给科学的，以及科学有时如何势不可挡的代替伪科学而成为人们探索了解自然界的一个工具。充分的论证了这些以后，科学的主流地位，以及非主流文化在历史上的必然衰退就跃然纸上了。
说的不对的地方，多多包涵哦。。。

happyman2000UID: 136936

多些各位的批改及评论！
QQ糖给我指出结构问题，其实就是我想努力的，可惜由于表达能力还是更不上思维，写的过程中没能清晰地表达出这一意思！
我9月23日考，时间还是比较充足的！