我们的九月小组-----第七次作业

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When asked about the main benefit of studying history, a great many people might embrace the idea that it promotes us to understand that no considerable difference exists between people of different eras. Admittedly, this point of view is rational partly; however, the study of history also provides us a great deal of other benefits, some of which are even more important and vital.

To begin with, it is undeniable that many same or similar characteristics exist among human beings of different eras. For instance, from slavery, feudal regime, to the present modern society, human beings never stop the persistent pursuit of freedom, democracy, which is the basic and shared common belief in centuries. On January 1st, 1863, one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States, named Abraham Lincoln, declared "The Emancipation Proclamation" which stands for the abrogation of slavery thoroughly. And this case appropriately shows us human beings' constant efforts to acquire freedom. In addition, from ancient periods to current era people highly appreciate and emphasize the people with good attributes and nature, such as ready to help others in need; having a good sense of responsibility and accountability, holding team-spirit and so on. Although centuries have passed, those shared common characteristics in value exist still in human.  

Meanwhile, never should we ignore that distinctive attributes and features are displayed by people in different periods, which to some extent properly distinguishes them from each other. Specifically, in ancient China, such as Qing dynasty, Ming dynasty, people held the partial opinion that women should not be educated for every reason, moreover, their born responsibility is to take care of the children, husband, and the parents-in-law, however, with the progress of the society, the old view concerning women has changed totally. Nowadays, in China women are treated equally as men, no matter at home or in the society with identical opportunities for education and employment.

Furthermore, the study of history presents us more than the above mentioned point of view, as a matter of fact, we also learn quite a lot about the law of social development and the trend of the evolvement of nature, which are critical understandings from studying history. For example, through studying history, we realize that the development and evolvement should be carried on in a sustainable approach. At the initial development of certain developed countries, they choose to develop in a way which is fraught of serious pollution to the environment, however, later people through studying the experience in history realize the severity of the problem, and begin to embark on the sustainable development, which fits the trend of social evolvement and is in accordance with the aggregate welfare of the society. In addition, we also learn numerous other precious experience and lessons during the process of the studying history.

To sum up, we can come to the conclusion that history teaches us to understand both the similar and distinctive characteristics of the human beings, which is a basic understanding of the human being ourselves. Even more importantly, we acquire considerable other knowledge and information with regard to the society on the whole, which helps us to establish a better development of the society

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l这篇文章先写了不同时代的人有着的共性，又写了不同时代的人的差异，然后说明了对于研究历史的其他好处。
个人感觉通篇较为连贯和通顺，读起来层次比较清晰，例子也不错。
但可能采用了有保留的反对的写法，有感觉有些力度不够，前两段较为客气，然后题目的意思是研究历史的最大好处是打破了不同时代的人是不相同的说法，我认为论证应该是说明两点：1不同时代的人也不是全相同的，2研究历史的主要好处不一定是打破了这个说法。总觉得对于第一点阐述的不是很有力或者说不是很透彻的指明了这个观点。

其实已经写的很好了。。。。。偶暴汗暴惭愧哈。。。（只好找不出其他错误，随便挑刺了。。。）

[ 本帖最后由 kevin_6603 于 2006-8-1 17:21 编辑 ]