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TOPIC: ISSUE103 - "The study of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives."
提纲:学习历史有价值,并且价值多体现在和现代生活相关处
1、 现在与原来不同,但还是有共同点,因此学习历史有价值,历史大多数都是日常生活”only”
2、 学习历史可以:
(1) 促进个人发展
(2) 企业发展时注意环境、科学进步
(3) 保证民主国家安定
Does the study of history have value only when it comes to extent that it is related with our everyday lives, as the speaker claims? Although I concede that there are many differences between nowadays and the past, on balance, I hold the opinion that studying history can provide guidance to our daily lives, which can contribute to the development of individuals, different areas of our society, and ensure the well-being of our society as well.
To begin with, with the innovation of computers and the Internet, the world today appears to be totally different from it was before. An increasing number of women are involved in occupations today thanks to the invention of washing machines and other innovations, which also gives rises to the problem of feminism. Moreover, with the advanced improvement of atomic investigation, people can make use of new energy to further develop our industry and society. However, going hand in hand with these developments is the danger of new weapons to shatter men's bodies and harm the society to the extent that it may ruin its existence. However, study of history still has value today as apart form the apparent differences, our values, cultures and conceptions which are embraced in our everyday life have not changed virtually throughout history, which enable us to utilize the experience stem from history events to better ourselves. And, today cannot be separated from the past. The issues we encounter nowadays are inherently related to the ones faced by our forefathers in the past, such as jealous, hate, war, and lust for power and domination.
In the first place, to make use of experience provided by historical persons can help us to recognize us oneself better and provide guidance for our self-education. For one thing, via getting a view of history, we all know that we are timid to face dangerous situation or difficulties. Realizing this, we need not blame ourselves for all sorts of negative feelings so far as they are naturally springing from the intrinsical part of human nature as implied by history. For another, studying history can provide information 太大的概念about how our forebears deal with these problematic negative or depressed feelings. We can therefore, equipped with the wisdom of our forebears, solve our own problems easily and more accurately.
In the second place, the study of history can prevent us form making the same mistake again or provide stepstones for today. As we all know, with the coming of Industrial Revolution, our environment began to suffer form increasing pollution, for whatever reasons brought by human beings. Nowadays, when our factory owner makes a decision, it is required by law that influence to the environment should also be taken into consideration. Indeed, the study of history informs us that we cannot develop economy at the expense of our environment which is threatened to the extent that it may endanger the well-being of our humans as a species. Moreover, the achievements in scientific realm can serve as tools and principles today, with which might comes today’s startling improvement.
Finally, getting a better view of history helps us to ensure the well-being of our democratic nations as well. For example, after the review of the details on Watergate scandal of Nixon, we realize the importance of presidential moral which may undermine democracy. Besides, history can help our leaders to make decisions which may determine the future of our nations. Turning back to the environmental example mentioned earlier, it is by realizing the consequence of the examples set by our forebears that we recognized the importance of our environment, and with that recognition our social leaders decided to set the law to protect the environment. Moreover, it is by compared with the past that we can get a convincing view of developments today.
To sum up, I fundamentally agree with the speaker that the study of history has value when it is relevant to our daily lives, no matter in the realm of personal development, or the improvement in fields like business and science, or the function of our nation. Moreover, in my opinion, what happened in the history is closely relevant to life today; after all, all things are based on what it was in the past. |
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