[天下无G]第四次作业提纲

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120 (75)
"So much is new and complex today that looking back for an understanding of the past provides little guidance for living in the present."
1．Concede that there are so many differences from before.
Internet, nuclear warfare, genome
2.  However, history can tell the people why the world is like this. Recognizing a thing deeply can help control and change it.
  The history of World War Two – the world situation;
3.        History can prohibit people from making similar mistakes and provide a way to solve analogous problems.
4.        Some history can inspire people. Science / war
5.        Otherwise, it is harmful to persist on history without flexible variety.
   
221 (67)
"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."
Disagree
1.  Concede that there are many differences between people who live now and those lived before.
   The view of value, the chief problems(live and explain the world – solving pollution and lavk of resources)
2.  However, there are still many similarities such as philosophy and some kind of art, which is the foundation of the modern ones.  Confucius
3.  History is a continuous entity which always repeat itself. Studying history can help the people avoid making similar mistakes.
  
10 (32)
"Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated."
Disagree
1.  There are many major cities which preserve the nation’s cultual, such as 雅典，纽约， 巴黎, 北京
2． However, many major cities are built up recently for business or political purpose, such as 巴西利亚，
3． Many small cities and towns preserve cultural better for little affected by modern business and culture. Such as 丽江 法国小镇Megeve
  列举原因：影响少，风俗保留多， 传统工艺多，生活节奏慢（保留艺术）
4． Compared to the major cities, which have more fund and business to build, small cities and towns need more financial support from government.

207 (45)
"Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are."
1．Rituals and ceremonies reflect the culture. Such as different culture have different wedding ceremonies.
2. However, many ceremonies have become global, such as Christmas Day and Valentine’s day, which is popular in many countries with much different cultures and can not help define a culture.
3. The culture also reflected in the daily lives such as the manners and arts such as songs and painting.
4. So it is difficult to equal culture to rituals and ceremonies.

13 (43)
"Many of the world's lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. The governments of countries in which these languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct."
Agree
1.  Many of the languages which are nearly extinction since fewer and fewer people are using them. Such as many language spoken by minorities of China.
2.  It is the global economy that demands some languages being used for easy communication.
3.  However, language always convey the culture of a nation or an area, which is the treasure of people and can not be replaced by another language. 拉丁语的严谨至今仍在科学命名中使用
4．It is urgent to prevent languages from extincting. Although it is difficult, preserved in the Meseum is what people should do at least.  

88 (67)
"Technologies not only influence but actually determine social customs and ethics."
Disagree
1.  Technologies surely influence society much, such as 祭天，求雨等
2． However，many customs have not been changed till now, such as firecracker in China, Thanksgiving Day.
3.  The ethics can not be changed by technologies. Clone , 安乐死，

150 (70)
"Because of television and worldwide computer connections, people can now become familiar with a great many places that they have never visited. As a result, tourism will soon become obsolete."
Disagree
1．  Television and internet can help people to know more about many places and even see them on the screen. The TV programmes and photos in the internet – google earth.
2．  However, pictures and photos can not replace the visit to the place. It is difficult to realize the grandness of the Pyramid when seeing a photo without having looked up it at its foot.
3．  The introductions and advertisements in the television and computer connections can kindle people’s curiosity and interesting of the places, and promote the tourism.