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根据zehua意见修改如下:
B1几乎没改,B2改了例子,B3大改.
Who contributed most to significant historical events and trends? In my view, the contributions of groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten cannot be denied, whereas the function of the famous few cannot be overlooked. Both the famous few and groups of people whose identities are unknown are necessary in making significant events and trends.
On one hand, retrospect in history, famous leaders in the fields of science, literature and politics always play a vital role in the rebellions and reformations. It is they who have the ability to find out the root of people's discontent and point out a right direction to follow. In the realm of politics, De Gaulle, the first president of the Fifth Republic, led Free France from London during the Second World War, which rescued France from the regime of Germany. In the realm of science, Darwin, a novice of natural science questioned why God exists, published the theory of evolution which is widely considered as the fundamental basis of biology today. There are numerous examples to verify that famous people have played an important role in the advance of the society by publishing their ideas and making an event to happen.
On the other hand, the efforts made by people whose identities have long been forgotten should also be emphasized. Without those people, it is impossible to the uprisings to take place and the excellent ideas to be accepted by the mass. It is those people who carry on actions and make the ideas or dreams of those famous people to come true. Without soldiers, it is impossible to form an army to carry on the rebellion. Without workers, it is impossible for a leading cloth factory to produce clothes in fashion. Without teachers, it is impossible for scientists’ ideas comprehensible by elemantary school students. Indeed, the mass acted so important in most events and trends and they had the power to make their leaders famous.
Although historians sometimes only focus on the famous few and ignore the contribution of the groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten, this may be the most effective way to study the history. It is unpractical for historians to put their main focus on ordinary people who are just one drop in the ocean. Yet for the famous few, their ideas, emotions and behaviors are the most representative of people of that period. The events and trends they led have greatly changed the regime or the ideas of mass. Moreover, there are much more evaluations, stories or biographies for the famous few than ordinary people. Thus, studying the famous few can effectively recover the process of the history.
In sum, it cannot be avoided that historians focus on the famous few more than groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten. The famous few lead events and trends and groups of people with unknown identities follow them or make steps for them. Both of them make the significant events and trends in past, now and in future undoubtedly.
因为今天论坛不能搜索,所以没有及时找到昨天的贴子,参考zehua的意见,特此道歉.
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