Issue48【0706G－CRUSADE小组】第3次作业 by vanlucker

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Issue48
"The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."


1.       基本同意
2.       The significance of historical individuals
3.       The disservice (to study) of excess emphasizing of individuals.
4.       The otherwise crucial contributions of groups of people and the advantage (to study) of considerable learn of those people.
5.       Besides, the development of history depends not merely on the famous few and groups of people, but on the other factors such as where, when, and to the extent of social relations. So the other factors need to be placed on particular emphasis as well.
6.       The conclusion.


        The famous individuals contributed the very significance to the development of history. Therefore, it is reasonable that students studying of history should emphasize crucially the key individuals. On the balance, however, I fundamentally agree with the speaker’s notion that the study of history should not excessively emphasize the achievements of individuals; groups of people need to be of considerable emphasis of their own contributions as well.
        To begin with, learning about great individual achievements to the historical development serves the study of history significantly. Accordingly, it is by studying of such great key roles in history that students might easier to remember the significant events and trends of certain individual’s time. Consider, for example, the study of the Civil War in which Abraham Lincoln is the most important figure. By studying his achievement to the Civil War, students can appreciate what background of his emancipation of slaves, what crucial campaigns he participated that served Union’s final victory, and especially who around him also contributed to this events; otherwise, without the study of Abraham Lincoln, students might be confuse about the chain of the events which he played a pivotal role to link them together. Moreover, the study specific to successful individuals might educate students better that students might be inspired to study hard in order to achieve similar attainments.  
       However, it is unreasonable to place too much emphasis on individuals; otherwise, students might learn merely about one aspect of history, ignore the contributions of others and eventually distort their understanding of history. One artistic illustration of this view tells us Gutzon Borglum was the designer of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, on which the busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt are carved. But if students only learned about the designer, they might neglect the project’s full extent of difficulty, the project crew’s contributions, and the whole society’s great effort. Thus, study of history should not pay suitable attention only to individuals, but to groups of people who also motioned the history moving pivotally as well.
       Accordingly, study of groups' achievements is worth considerable emphasis. The historical scientific events support this view. For example, Einstein’s theory of relativity isone of the most important and famous scientific achievements in history. Nevertheless, without studying the theory’s basic knowledge which involves many predecessors’ attainments such as the theory of gravity and electromagnetism, students might not smoothly appreciate this theory. Accordingly, the groups of other individuals sometimes were the pivotal role to the achievements of the famous few; and the historical study should not neglect their contributions. Thus, the study of historical groups of other individuals can serve students’ understanding and appreciation of the specific history.
       Besides, the wheel of history does not advance merely by these two factors. In other word, the historical important events and trends were occurred not only by either the famous individuals or the groups of others, but by other factors of certain time as well. "An individual’s character is a ‘factor’ in social development," concludes Plekhanov, "only where, when and to the extent that social relations permit it to be." This conclusion means that the certain social relations, neither certain individuals nor groups, might determine significant events and trends occurring. Consider, for example, George Washington’s lead of American Revolution. In his time, if George Washington did not lead the American to struggle, it is certain that another “George Washington” could be the American leader due to the distinct social background which American people struggle with British’s brutal oppressions for independence. Through studying this social background of his time, students can better appreciate the history of American Revolution. Therefore, studying the society of certain times needs to be placed on particular emphasis as well so as to help students better appreciate the history, not merely the individual achievements.
        In sum, the famous few are just mirrors of their time. To the extent that these mirrors reflect the groups of other individuals’ contributions and the social backgrounds of their times, students might learn effectively and deeply about certain histories. In other word, it is by studying famous individual’s achievements as pivots, as well as by studying the groups of people and historical background as the chains linked by those pivots, that students can best understand and appreciate history.

写后感哈哈:
刚开始写我都不知道举什么例子,花了一天看各种资料,才知道自己多么孤若寡闻, 美国史就知道一个独立一个南北,一举例就举完了,还不知道这样会不会给人有重复感.后来看了爱因斯坦相对论...的皮毛,发现这俩理论的基础还是建立在很多其他人的理论上的,所以把老爱的镇家之宝拿来举例,不知道合不合适?? 这样花一天时间写一篇ISSUE真的不值得,但是自己单看题目是无法写出来,根本没什么例子可举,看来下回换点其他的,比如一个历史学生干什么bala..bala一个艺术学生又干什么bala..bala,感觉这样写更容易,而且更全面,只是本人根本不了解其他领域的学生都干什么好事,只能去多看老外280的例子了....

[ 本帖最后由 vanlucker 于 2007-2-20 18:30 编辑 ]

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第二段emphasize key individuals 时，support感觉不太好。为了更好的背过或贯穿历史而learn历史人物，这样的理由未免太牵强，因为外国对于历史更注重analysis而不是record or resite,in contrast,我倒认为最后一句 the study specific to successful individuals might educate students better that students might be inspired to study hard in order to achieve similar attainments. 是一个更不错的support.
besides……一段关于emphasize studying the society of certain times 有偏强附会之嫌，与主题联系不大
struggle against……
that's all,加油，共勉

vanluckerUID: 2267009

国外历史注重analysis....这个不知道该怎么分析,我觉得有道理支持论点就可以了,但是可能我分析得还不是很有道理呵呵
至于BISIDES那段我本来是用来支持基本同意观点的补充...不知道为什么看起来象补丁...应该是我写得与上文不连贯导致的...找个时间修修..
总之thx a lot.
不知道高人有否写作,小弟欲报答一拍之恩呵呵