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本帖最后由 hunter101020 于 2009-4-4 00:11 编辑
160# qianyier
221、The chief benefit of the study of history is to break down the illusion that people in one period of time are significantly different from people who lived at any other time in history. 研究历史主要的好处就是消除了人们这样的错觉:一个时代的人与以前任何一个时代的人有显著的不同。
We study history to explore our predecessors or ancestors’ lives and to guide our new lives. Whether people in one time differ from those at any other time in history is a controversial question. I deem that it is not the human nature that has changed but the circumstances that people face have altered in different times. And the merits of studying history do not limit to break down the illusion that people in different eras differ apparently.
Admittedly, with the development of history, situations change enormously. Human society has evolved from slash-and-burn cultivation to an era of computers. The surviving conditions have been more and more complex, together with the changes, the way of life become totally different. About 30 years ago, telephone was not prevalent in China and people usually kept writing letters to get in touch with each other. Nowadays, letters are rare even in remote regions. It seems that relative sentiment or friendships with people in a long distance have been weakened. Consequently, the illusion that people in one time are obviously different from people who lived in any other time come out. (根据英文表述的习惯ts主要在段首 这样比较清晰明了)
Nevertheless, human nature lasts similar whatever the period of time is. Thousands of years have passed since the origin of human beings, but the desires for essential living security do not change, for instance, sufficient food, safe shelter and warm clothes. Besides, people, whenever they are living in, all have the eager for love and sex, and need to interact with others. Therefore, as having referred in the former paragraph, the decrease in letters cannot indicate that the contact between friends or relatives is weakened too. Maybe people keep in touch more frequently and immediately through telephones and internet, which can strengthen the sentiment. Although many new countries sprang out, the pursuit for peace and stability did not change among people on the earth.
The problems people have to face become more complex now so that people today may be more anxious than those in any other time in history in psychological aspect(从complex到anxious是两个意思 有两个逻辑 要断句). In the agricultural era, people had to overcome the extreme climate, that maybe draught in planting season or too drown in harvest season, or to fight against the invasion of wild animals. In a new technological era when we have created various machines to help us to produce abundant products, however, we cannot avoid the atmosphere contamination or water pollution that may endanger our lives.(这个例子没有说服力 污染就一定比对付天灾猛兽侵袭更complex 这只是问题的角度不同吧) What is even worse, the invention of nuclear weapon threats the safety of many nations(强调下never happen before). Even we are proud of convenience brought by automobiles when traveling, we have to concede that we are relying more and more on power resources or maybe the import of oil as energy. Can we still be so comfort when the resources are exhausted/depleted one day? (这些问题一定比过去的问题更棘手吗?如果是 要说明 因为这是本段的ts)
(这一段是在叙述现实情况 但是有一点不足是与上文联系不够紧密 从时代的变迁情况不同 到人类的本性没变 是对比 但到这里关系就不是很紧密了 感觉是另起炉灶)
Although the circumstances have changed a lot, (前后句有转折关系吗 环境变了 历史就没意义?)the study of history cannot stop for it is of great value to modern society. History tells modern people a lot more than just how to differ the differences. History is a mirror of today and we can learn experience in dissimilar realms. Take politics as an example. When researching Chinese history, we can learn that once the basic living standard could not be guaranteed, people must revolt to the authority and dynasty changed.(这里的例子要具体 有说服力) Although we are stepping into democratic society today,(还是这里有转折关系吗?) the social welfare is of the same importance as in history. According to history, the leader in power ought to put the people’s interest at first when making policy(这算是一个论点了). Another example is that in ancient time, we learn that human and nature should keep in harmony so we must keep our nature harmonious and lead the sustainable way of developing这又是一个论点rather than例子.
我是第一次注意到这道题 感觉很有写头 其实这道题正说应该是 研究历史告诉我们 历史并不像表面看到的那样 其实不同时代的人们是有相同点的 我想题眼就在于“变与不变” 而说历史的其他作用应该是in addition
再说这篇文章 首先语言论述上很不错 比较有条理 虽然有细节不是很好 有语病 但大体水平不错 行文逻辑比较松散 中间四段没有明确关系 感觉是为了字数说字数其次切入点上有些偏题 除了第一段讲述人们错觉出现的原因和第二段本性不变以外 三四两端扯到环境变化和历史意义上去了 全然不管“人”这个概念 而且即便是说人们不变的地方光以人性一个方面讲太过狭窄论述的东西有点commonsense
总的来说语言 段内结构没啥太大问题 但全文逻辑不好 有些偏题 下笔前应该多思考思考
In sum, whenever the period of time is, human nature is similar, while the surviving environments have transformed and many new questions come into mind. Anyway, the study of history benefits people to adjust to new circumstances and provide implications to solve new problems rather than merely tells us that people in history are similar with people in one time. |
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