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发表于 2010-2-24 16:45:04
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1# swolf54
48"The study ofhistory places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant eventsand trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groupsof people whose identities have long been forgotten."
Individual or
groups people, which should receive more focus from scholars in the study of history? Some people argue that individuals are more important, as they play vital roles in the crossroads (crossroad) in histories--thus they should be focused more.Yet, others hold the opposite attitudes(attitude) that the most significant events and tends (trend) in history were made by groups, who are often neglected (rarely noticed)by the current history study. As for me, though I concede that the famous few do have huge effect to the development of history, however, the ordinary people are relatively more important in the study of history. Good begining
Admittedly,regarded as the representatives (representative) of specific eras (era), famous few play important roles in history study. Undeniable, some individuals do affected (affect) the trend and development of history to some degrees(degree). Take George Washington, father of the United States, as an example. In stead of reserving, he refused to run for a third turn after reluctantly served a second term as president, establishing the customary policy of a maximum of two terms for a president, which laterbecame law in U.S. If he didn’t do so, American current president tenure may be different from what it looks like today. (I feel this example isn’t fit here quite well )Besides, famous persons’ words and behaviors (behavior) are representatives (representative) of their period and act as symbol of different eras. For specific instance, Michael Jackson is the one of the most well-known musician of the late 20th century. As the King of Pop, his (he) attracts not only fans but also musical historians, who want to comprehend the past history by identify the characteristics of famous musicians like Michael Jackson. Thus,considering the crucial effect of the famous person in history, it is natural for many historians to pay attention on them.
However, too much emphasis in (on) individual study easily results in hasty generalization (generalized) mistake(mistakes). Besides famous few, it is also necessary to set focus on the ordinary ones(one). Indeed, the history is formed of both the ordinary and the elite. As one of the historian professors in my university said: "Elites only characterize part of the history, if you want to get an integral comprehensionof that era, the most precious material are memoirs written by ordinary people,which document every aspect of life." Therefore, in the study of history,ordinary people should to be paid more close attention, after all, they are indispensible part of our society.
Furthermore, as the majority of society, ordinary people have tremendous effects toward the society. In fact, behind the famous people, it is the ordinary people who truly promote the development of history. For instance, the greatest discoveries I nphysics are often based on various experiments, which cannot be conducted without relative equipments. Yet, once a discovery is found, whole society always focus only on the discoverers, but neglects the inventors of the experimental facilities and other scientists who also contribute in the discovery. As a consequence,
due to their great contributions, ordinary people should not be neglected in history study.
All in all, for the crucial and indispensable roles , ordinary people play in the history stage,they should also be emphasized in the study of history. This (that , you cannot use “this” here) helps
us to find the distinct trace of history development.
Good job , myself is bothered by grammer , it seems that you have touble with it too ,do care the singular and plural form of noun especially the abstract noun and please pay attention to the blank betwween words , many of them are stuck together . |
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