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第一篇~没有限时~主要是限时了写不出来啊~求猛砖 The speaker asserts that the most important historical events and trends are made possible by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten; therefore, the study of history should place more emphasis on groups of people rather than the famous few. I agree insofar as the masses’ contributions to history should not be neglected. However, I tend to disagree that in the study of history we should emphasize the masses instead of key individuals. To begin with, I concede that it was the masses who had participated in the entire course of history, that contributed the whole history, just like it is drips constitute oceans. Yet it is crucial to realize that the famous few such as key leaders in religion, politics, and art almost always belonged to certain types of organizations and might be remarkable delegates of the organization. That is, key individuals embodied being value and notions of the groups they attached and even they were admired and followed by their groups as indispensable diction indication. Consider, for example, China's war of resistance against Japan. Admittedly, it was because of the powerful resistance of whole Chinese nation for upholding nation’s independence and sovereignty, Chinese people can ultimately win that war. Great leaders such as Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou as portion of the community express Chinese nations' faiths and notions that Chinese people would never compromise to Japan and would resist invasion until gaining freedom, and they also pointed out the right direction and leaded the community to fulfill final destination, without their wisely command in the battle, the masses would probably remain grope a way out in the dark. In short, based on the premise that the famous few is part of the masses, I consider that leaders played more significant role than faceless, nameless people; therefore, history courses focused on the leaders' ideas and deeds seem reasonable. On the other hand, learning about key individuals in history is far much useful than learning the masses' contributions for our own lives. In my observation, people are always inspired by historical figures to achieve great things themselves. When it comes to the study of science, learning about greatest scientists’ achievements and personalities would just like mirrors for scientific students to inspect themselves and are modals incited students to achievement. For example, as a student of biology, it seems to me that learning about the achievement and personality of Curie, who was one of the greatest scientists in the history, that do indeed benefit my study, I admire her so much and try to work hard for obtain achievement as she did. Obviously it hardly works out through the study of groups of nameless and faceless people. Nevertheless, the study of history should not solely focus on individuals separated from the masses; otherwise, it would obscure the cause-and-effect relationships with which the study of history is chiefly concerned. Without the support of the masses, nobody could accomplish any achievements. Consider one of the greatest architectural feats in history--the Great Wall. We have always been told that the Great Wall was attributable to Chin Dynasty First Emperor Ying Cheng. However, could Ying Cheng accomplish this grand undertaking by his own? Of course, no. The Great Wall came out only through the efforts of large groups of people who were oppressed by the tyrant. To sum up, I concede that the masses create history and their contributions should not be neglected. However, I would be hard-pressed to find any watershed events and trends attributable to a leaderless group. Moreover, learning about the famous few is more beneficial for ourselves to achieve success. Thus, the study of history focus on individuals is effectively and reasonable.
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