TOPIC: ISSUE120 - "So much is new and complex today that looking back for an understanding of the past provides little guidance for living in the present."
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There is says "Studying history makes people smart". In the light of this statement, we should now and then look back for an understanding of the past so that we can obtain some guidance for leading a better life, especially in this new and complex society.
In the level of society, the past can help us learn the basic rules of social development. First, the thing happened cannot be changed. Some people are not satisfied with them and complain that it is an unfair world. To do these is totally unnecessary for them to get back in the right track. What they should is to face the fact and sit down to make a deep analysis why these situations happen to them. No one can change the past and the best way to compensate what we miss is to cherish today and make concrete plans for tomorrow. Secondly, new and advanced techniques always replace the obsolete ones. When some people still indulge in the enjoyment of old tactics to till the farms, they have lost the chance to improve their living condition. Those low efficient big factories always give way to new technology-oriented small works. New cars aided by recent technology generally attract more customers for their higher safety and low cost of oil. Furthermore, human is only a small group in this natural world and should keep harmony relation with other species. Because of the ignorance of the natural balance, we have been punished that some species are extinct and more species are endangered. Even the basic living resources such as fresh water and air have been seriously polluted. Hence, no matter what we do, the first thing which should be considered is whether it is harm to nature. Actually, there are more rules we cannot list all here.
In the level of individuals, people can improve themselves through recalling what they had done in the past. Sometimes we make a rash decision without realizing that we do some things wrong. Several days afterwards, we may be aware that we hurt some of our close friends for carelessness. Then we should be apologetic to our friends and try to repair the broken friendship. Since then, we realize that we should take more care of our friends and pay more attention to their suggestions when we finish a task together. Or, the task may fail and friends may leave. So the previous mistake warns that we should not make such a mistake again.
Furthermore, the great people in the past are models who can inspire our activities, especially when we get in trouble. Most of us experience frustration and even have the intention of giving up. However, there is an effective therapy to our tired mental and physical bodies. The great people in the past always hold a bright night in front of us when we are lost. They can make great achievements under such a hard condition. Why not can we? To do this, we may have the feeling that we have been teemed with tremendous energy and courage. Those supposed troubles seem become some challenges from which we can turn stronger.
Therefore, a great deal of meaningful knowledge can be learnt through reviewing the past, which can help us correctly realize ourselves and encourage us to move on. In this thoroughly different and complicated world, we can become more enlightened by looking back.
TOPIC: ISSUE120 - "So much is new and complex today that looking back for an understanding of the past provides little guidance for living in the present."
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There is says
(a saying goes)"Studying history makes people smart(wise)". In the light of this statement, we should now and then look back for an understanding of the past so that we can obtain some guidance for leading a better life, especially in this new and complex society. (格言的开头,很不错哦。)
In the level of society, the past can help us learn the basic rules of social development. First, the thing happened cannot be changed. Some people are not satisfied with them and complain that it is an unfair world. To do these is totally unnecessary for them to get back in the right track. What they should is to face the fact and sit down to make a deep analysis why these situations happen to them. No one can change the past and the best way to compensate what we miss is to cherish today and make concrete plans for tomorrow. Secondly, new and advanced techniques always replace the obsolete ones. When some people still indulge in the enjoyment of old tactics to till the farms, they have lost the chance to improve their living condition. Those low efficient big factories always give way to new technology-oriented small works. New cars aided by recent technology generally attract more customers for their higher safety and low cost of oil. Furthermore, human is only a small group in this natural world and should keep harmony relation with other species. Because of the ignorance of the natural balance, we have been punished that some species are extinct and more species are endangered. Even the basic living resources such as fresh water and air have been seriously polluted. Hence, no matter what we do, the first thing which should be considered is whether it is harm to nature. Actually, there are more rules we cannot list all here. (作者的写法很新颖,但是这个对本段TS的论证时有问题。这应该只是3个例子,应该有整体性论述历史和规律的关系的话支撑。举三个具体的例子,解释下例子的正确性,跟Ts的直接关系有限。而且,蕴含的假设是basic rules 等价于这3条,也有问题。)
In the level of individuals, people can improve themselves through recalling what they had done in the past. Sometimes we make a rash decision without realizing that we do some things wrong. Several days afterwards, we may be aware that we hurt some of our close friends for carelessness. Then we should be apologetic to our friends and try to repair the broken friendship. Since then, we realize that we should take more care of our friends and pay more attention to their suggestions when we finish a task together. Or, the task may fail and friends may leave. (这段关于友情的例子有些冗长,像讲故事了。用些有名点的例子,效率高一点。)So the previous mistake warns that we should not make such a mistake again.
Furthermore, the great people in the past are models who can inspire our activities, especially when we get in trouble. Most of us experience frustration and even have the intention of giving up. However, there is an effective therapy to our tired mental and physical bodies. The great people in the past always hold a bright night in front of us when we are lost. They can make great achievements under such a hard condition.(例子可以具体一点) Why not can we? To do this, we may have the feeling that we have been teemed with tremendous energy and courage. Those supposed troubles seem become some challenges from which we can turn stronger.
Therefore, a great deal of meaningful knowledge can be learnt through reviewing the past, which can help us correctly realize ourselves and encourage us to move on. In this thoroughly different and complicated world, we can become more enlightened by looking back